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.
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- 1.What is 3 less than 7?
- 2.Meera had 14 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Meera have left?
- 3.6 − ? = 5
- 4.? − 3 = 13
- 5.17 − ? = 5
- 6.14 − 1 =
- 7.5 − 2 =
- 8.What is 1 less than 2?
- 9.? − 3 = 11
- 10.8 − 4 =
- 11.12 − 1 =
- 12.There are 4 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 13.15 − 10 =
- 14.18 − 16 =
- 15.Kavya had 13 bananas and gave 9 to a friend. How many bananas does Kavya have left?
- 16.What is 7 less than 9?
- 17.What is 3 less than 9?
- 18.Lakshmi had 18 laddoos and gave 9 to a friend. How many laddoos does Lakshmi have left?
- 19.20 − 8 =
- 20.6 − 2 =
- 21.12 − ? = 10
- 22.Meera had 7 laddoos and gave 6 to a friend. How many laddoos does Meera have left?
- 23.? − 3 = 10
- 24.? − 11 = 5
- 25.? − 1 = 6
- 26.16 − 4 =
- 27.5 − 4 =
- 28.16 − ? = 13
- 29.What is 1 less than 18?
- 30.16 − 7 =
- 31.What is 7 less than 16?
- 32.20 − ? = 3
- 33.Diya had 12 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Diya have left?
- 34.19 − 18 =
- 35.What is 8 less than 13?
- 36.? − 6 = 2
- 37.What is 5 less than 10?
- 38.What is 15 less than 20?
- 39.What is 2 less than 3?
- 40.Tara had 9 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Tara have left?
Answer key
- 4
- 12
- 1
- 16
- 12
- 13
- 3
- 1
- 14
- 4
- 11
- 2
- 5
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 6
- 9
- 12
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 13
- 16
- 7
- 12
- 1
- 3
- 17
- 9
- 9
- 17
- 11
- 1
- 5
- 8
- 5
- 5
- 1
- 8
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