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.Pooja had 3 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Pooja have left?
- 2.3 − ? = 1
- 3.What is 12 less than 19?
- 4.Isha had 11 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Isha have left?
- 5.9 − 5 =
- 6.Rahul had 9 mangoes and gave 7 to a friend. How many mangoes does Rahul have left?
- 7.Diya had 10 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Diya have left?
- 8.There are 4 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 9.What is 5 less than 17?
- 10.8 − ? = 3
- 11.There are 19 cups and 16 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 12.There are 17 cups and 9 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 13.Dev had 3 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Dev have left?
- 14.Rohan had 17 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Rohan have left?
- 15.Lakshmi had 8 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Lakshmi have left?
- 16.There are 11 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 17.14 − 7 =
- 18.20 − 1 =
- 19.Arjun had 10 marbles and gave 7 to a friend. How many marbles does Arjun have left?
- 20.There are 17 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 21.? − 1 = 17
- 22.2 − 1 =
- 23.12 − ? = 9
- 24.What is 5 less than 10?
- 25.There are 19 boys and 17 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 26.Lakshmi had 19 balls and gave 6 to a friend. How many balls does Lakshmi have left?
- 27.What is 15 less than 16?
- 28.? − 7 = 4
- 29.6 − 4 =
- 30.10 − ? = 7
- 31.There are 9 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 32.Priya had 14 balls and gave 11 to a friend. How many balls does Priya have left?
- 33.8 − ? = 5
- 34.18 − 17 =
- 35.What is 3 less than 16?
- 36.18 − 15 =
- 37.20 − ? = 3
- 38.What is 3 less than 9?
- 39.There are 13 boys and 10 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 40.What is 6 less than 8?
Answer key
- 1
- 2
- 7
- 7
- 4
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 12
- 5
- 3
- 8
- 2
- 13
- 5
- 1
- 7
- 19
- 3
- 10
- 18
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 13
- 1
- 11
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 13
- 3
- 17
- 6
- 3
- 2
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