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.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 2.Aditya had 8 kites and gave 6 to a friend. How many kites does Aditya have left?
- 3.7 − 2 =
- 4.There are 18 boys and 10 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 5.There are 10 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 6.18 − ? = 1
- 7.8 − ? = 4
- 8.17 − ? = 1
- 9.14 − 6 =
- 10.2 − 1 =
- 11.13 − ? = 10
- 12.5 − 1 =
- 13.Meera had 9 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Meera have left?
- 14.There are 15 children and 11 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 15.20 − 11 =
- 16.11 − 5 =
- 17.? − 1 = 2
- 18.Lakshmi had 18 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Lakshmi have left?
- 19.There are 16 pencils and 15 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 20.Rohan had 8 kites and gave 4 to a friend. How many kites does Rohan have left?
- 21.19 − 3 =
- 22.There are 11 boys and 10 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 23.Saanvi had 14 shells and gave 12 to a friend. How many shells does Saanvi have left?
- 24.What is 2 less than 4?
- 25.7 − 4 =
- 26.Meera had 17 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Meera have left?
- 27.? − 4 = 1
- 28.Kabir had 18 shells and gave 5 to a friend. How many shells does Kabir have left?
- 29.Pooja had 14 balls and gave 13 to a friend. How many balls does Pooja have left?
- 30.Rohan had 4 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Rohan have left?
- 31.Aarav had 9 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 32.There are 7 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 33.There are 7 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 34.15 − 10 =
- 35.16 − 2 =
- 36.7 − ? = 2
- 37.8 − 7 =
- 38.? − 7 = 10
- 39.18 − 9 =
- 40.What is 1 less than 7?
Answer key
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 8
- 5
- 17
- 4
- 16
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 4
- 9
- 6
- 3
- 15
- 1
- 4
- 16
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 16
- 5
- 13
- 1
- 3
- 7
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 14
- 5
- 1
- 17
- 9
- 6
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