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.What is 6 less than 12?
- 2.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.Riya had 3 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Riya have left?
- 4.There are 11 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 5.There are 8 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 6.? − 8 = 1
- 7.? − 2 = 7
- 8.What is 7 less than 11?
- 9.Saanvi had 19 marbles and gave 7 to a friend. How many marbles does Saanvi have left?
- 10.What is 4 less than 7?
- 11.2 − 1 =
- 12.3 − 1 =
- 13.16 − ? = 12
- 14.Riya had 13 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Riya have left?
- 15.Vivaan had 20 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Vivaan have left?
- 16.10 − 4 =
- 17.What is 4 less than 12?
- 18.15 − 14 =
- 19.Riya had 6 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Riya have left?
- 20.What is 2 less than 3?
- 21.? − 13 = 4
- 22.? − 1 = 15
- 23.There are 17 pencils and 14 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.13 − ? = 4
- 25.? − 6 = 4
- 26.? − 6 = 6
- 27.There are 14 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 28.What is 1 less than 15?
- 29.What is 1 less than 3?
- 30.4 − 3 =
- 31.? − 1 = 3
- 32.8 − 2 =
- 33.15 − ? = 11
- 34.6 − 2 =
- 35.17 − 9 =
- 36.What is 17 less than 20?
- 37.3 − ? = 2
- 38.What is 2 less than 14?
- 39.Nisha had 18 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Nisha have left?
- 40.There are 7 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
Answer key
- 6
- 2
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 9
- 9
- 4
- 12
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 11
- 18
- 6
- 8
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 17
- 16
- 3
- 9
- 10
- 12
- 5
- 14
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 6
- 4
- 4
- 8
- 3
- 1
- 12
- 17
- 3
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