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 − 8 =
- 2.There are 7 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.There are 4 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 4.What is 12 less than 18?
- 5.There are 14 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 6.4 − ? = 1
- 7.Rohan had 18 balls and gave 10 to a friend. How many balls does Rohan have left?
- 8.Pooja had 20 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Pooja have left?
- 9.What is 4 less than 5?
- 10.? − 6 = 4
- 11.Diya had 3 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Diya have left?
- 12.20 − ? = 2
- 13.What is 1 less than 2?
- 14.? − 2 = 17
- 15.18 − 1 =
- 16.6 − 5 =
- 17.What is 3 less than 9?
- 18.5 − 3 =
- 19.5 − 1 =
- 20.What is 6 less than 19?
- 21.Pooja had 9 bananas and gave 4 to a friend. How many bananas does Pooja have left?
- 22.Aarav had 18 shells and gave 17 to a friend. How many shells does Aarav have left?
- 23.? − 4 = 4
- 24.What is 14 less than 16?
- 25.Aarav had 14 mangoes and gave 9 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aarav have left?
- 26.3 − 1 =
- 27.? − 1 = 10
- 28.13 − 8 =
- 29.Ishaan had 10 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Ishaan have left?
- 30.There are 13 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 31.What is 1 less than 3?
- 32.? − 7 = 7
- 33.There are 20 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 34.There are 18 boys and 13 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 35.Sneha had 19 pencils and gave 14 to a friend. How many pencils does Sneha have left?
- 36.Priya had 8 marbles and gave 7 to a friend. How many marbles does Priya have left?
- 37.20 − 11 =
- 38.18 − 7 =
- 39.3 − ? = 2
- 40.15 − 14 =
Answer key
- 7
- 4
- 2
- 6
- 6
- 3
- 8
- 19
- 1
- 10
- 2
- 18
- 1
- 19
- 17
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 4
- 13
- 5
- 1
- 8
- 2
- 5
- 2
- 11
- 5
- 7
- 11
- 2
- 14
- 16
- 5
- 5
- 1
- 9
- 11
- 1
- 1
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