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 16 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.There are 14 bottles and 8 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 3.? − 10 = 4
- 4.13 − ? = 8
- 5.There are 15 boys and 9 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 6.What is 2 less than 3?
- 7.Pooja had 18 kites and gave 9 to a friend. How many kites does Pooja have left?
- 8.What is 6 less than 8?
- 9.What is 5 less than 6?
- 10.Ananya had 5 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Ananya have left?
- 11.Aarav had 19 laddoos and gave 13 to a friend. How many laddoos does Aarav have left?
- 12.What is 1 less than 3?
- 13.Rohan had 16 books and gave 8 to a friend. How many books does Rohan have left?
- 14.Aarav had 12 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Aarav have left?
- 15.Meera had 17 bananas and gave 15 to a friend. How many bananas does Meera have left?
- 16.Gurpreet had 15 balls and gave 12 to a friend. How many balls does Gurpreet have left?
- 17.3 − ? = 1
- 18.7 − 1 =
- 19.? − 6 = 3
- 20.11 − 8 =
- 21.There are 17 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 22.3 − 1 =
- 23.What is 3 less than 11?
- 24.There are 11 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 25.What is 1 less than 4?
- 26.7 − 3 =
- 27.Aditya had 5 mangoes and gave 3 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aditya have left?
- 28.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 29.Manav had 5 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Manav have left?
- 30.There are 17 boys and 14 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 31.10 − 5 =
- 32.? − 6 = 11
- 33.? − 2 = 2
- 34.20 − 10 =
- 35.Pooja had 3 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Pooja have left?
- 36.What is 16 less than 19?
- 37.? − 8 = 2
- 38.? − 1 = 5
- 39.4 − ? = 1
- 40.? − 10 = 9
Answer key
- 12
- 6
- 14
- 5
- 6
- 1
- 9
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 8
- 7
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 9
- 3
- 7
- 2
- 8
- 7
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 17
- 4
- 10
- 1
- 3
- 10
- 6
- 3
- 19
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