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 8 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 2.There are 4 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 3.Isha had 7 books and gave 5 to a friend. How many books does Isha have left?
- 4.? − 2 = 2
- 5.Tara had 12 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Tara have left?
- 6.There are 19 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 7.15 − 8 =
- 8.13 − 5 =
- 9.20 − ? = 12
- 10.There are 14 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 11.Isha had 12 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Isha have left?
- 12.6 − 4 =
- 13.What is 11 less than 20?
- 14.Ananya had 6 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Ananya have left?
- 15.? − 3 = 11
- 16.Arjun had 6 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Arjun have left?
- 17.18 − 16 =
- 18.19 − ? = 12
- 19.There are 10 boys and 8 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 20.16 − 9 =
- 21.What is 1 less than 2?
- 22.6 − ? = 5
- 23.There are 10 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 24.What is 1 less than 12?
- 25.10 − 4 =
- 26.What is 4 less than 6?
- 27.What is 11 less than 16?
- 28.Karan had 20 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Karan have left?
- 29.Kavya had 6 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Kavya have left?
- 30.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 31.Rahul had 9 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Rahul have left?
- 32.? − 9 = 10
- 33.19 − 7 =
- 34.4 − 3 =
- 35.There are 9 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.There are 17 birds and 13 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 37.? − 2 = 9
- 38.What is 5 less than 14?
- 39.? − 5 = 1
- 40.5 − 1 =
Answer key
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 7
- 17
- 7
- 8
- 8
- 4
- 11
- 2
- 9
- 2
- 14
- 3
- 2
- 7
- 2
- 7
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 11
- 6
- 2
- 5
- 17
- 5
- 2
- 8
- 19
- 12
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 11
- 9
- 6
- 4
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