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.Riya had 8 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Riya have left?
- 2.4 − 2 =
- 3.15 − 3 =
- 4.Farhan had 17 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 5.What is 3 less than 14?
- 6.7 − 3 =
- 7.What is 1 less than 2?
- 8.7 − 4 =
- 9.Gurpreet had 11 pencils and gave 5 to a friend. How many pencils does Gurpreet have left?
- 10.There are 14 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 11.Kabir had 18 mangoes and gave 17 to a friend. How many mangoes does Kabir have left?
- 12.11 − 5 =
- 13.There are 8 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 14.There are 12 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 15.14 − 2 =
- 16.10 − 5 =
- 17.Arjun had 17 laddoos and gave 11 to a friend. How many laddoos does Arjun have left?
- 18.What is 10 less than 12?
- 19.Rohan had 19 laddoos and gave 18 to a friend. How many laddoos does Rohan have left?
- 20.19 − 3 =
- 21.11 − ? = 4
- 22.Tara had 8 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Tara have left?
- 23.17 − 2 =
- 24.20 − 12 =
- 25.12 − ? = 2
- 26.16 − ? = 14
- 27.There are 5 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 28.What is 1 less than 20?
- 29.Zoya had 4 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Zoya have left?
- 30.What is 1 less than 3?
- 31.5 − ? = 1
- 32.Kavya had 15 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Kavya have left?
- 33.? − 4 = 1
- 34.4 − 3 =
- 35.Meera had 7 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Meera have left?
- 36.8 − 1 =
- 37.? − 9 = 1
- 38.2 − 1 =
- 39.What is 4 less than 6?
- 40.Farhan had 3 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
Answer key
- 7
- 2
- 12
- 14
- 11
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 4
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 5
- 12
- 5
- 6
- 2
- 1
- 16
- 7
- 4
- 15
- 8
- 10
- 2
- 3
- 19
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 10
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 7
- 10
- 1
- 2
- 2
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