Class 1 Maths Worksheet: Subtraction
The method (Count back): Start at the bigger number. Count back the number you take away. How many more or how many left = bigger number − smaller number. Check by adding back: answer + number taken away = the first number.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.15 − 3 =
- 2.There are 18 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.Tara had 18 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Tara have left?
- 4.There are 6 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 5.20 − 18 =
- 6.17 − ? = 1
- 7.8 − ? = 6
- 8.There are 7 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 9.What is 11 less than 19?
- 10.? − 4 = 12
- 11.There are 11 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 12.What is 4 less than 5?
- 13.? − 3 = 2
- 14.10 − ? = 9
- 15.There are 16 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 16.20 − ? = 10
- 17.There are 15 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 18.There are 10 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 19.13 − 11 =
- 20.Rahul had 12 balloons and gave 8 to a friend. How many balloons does Rahul have left?
- 21.5 − 3 =
- 22.Rohan had 4 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Rohan have left?
- 23.There are 18 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.There are 13 boys and 8 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 25.8 − 7 =
- 26.What is 1 less than 2?
- 27.6 − 4 =
- 28.13 − 9 =
- 29.8 − ? = 7
- 30.7 − ? = 4
- 31.3 − 1 =
- 32.Vivaan had 12 crayons and gave 10 to a friend. How many crayons does Vivaan have left?
- 33.What is 3 less than 13?
- 34.Farhan had 7 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Farhan have left?
- 35.? − 2 = 12
- 36.16 − 5 =
- 37.Arjun had 6 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Arjun have left?
- 38.Nisha had 6 bananas and gave 2 to a friend. How many bananas does Nisha have left?
- 39.There are 19 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 40.? − 1 = 5
Answer key
- 12
- 9
- 14
- 3
- 2
- 16
- 2
- 4
- 8
- 16
- 7
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 12
- 10
- 12
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 12
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 10
- 2
- 14
- 11
- 1
- 4
- 7
- 6
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