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.
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- 1.There are 13 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 2.Kavya had 15 books and gave 14 to a friend. How many books does Kavya have left?
- 3.What is 10 less than 14?
- 4.9 − ? = 8
- 5.Rohan had 18 books and gave 16 to a friend. How many books does Rohan have left?
- 6.There are 11 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 7.What is 7 less than 9?
- 8.What is 3 less than 7?
- 9.17 − 6 =
- 10.4 − ? = 3
- 11.What is 1 less than 2?
- 12.There are 13 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 13.20 − ? = 15
- 14.Dev had 9 shells and gave 6 to a friend. How many shells does Dev have left?
- 15.Farhan had 4 kites and gave 3 to a friend. How many kites does Farhan have left?
- 16.Ananya had 11 bananas and gave 10 to a friend. How many bananas does Ananya have left?
- 17.Ananya had 12 pencils and gave 11 to a friend. How many pencils does Ananya have left?
- 18.Gurpreet had 13 pencils and gave 5 to a friend. How many pencils does Gurpreet have left?
- 19.There are 6 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 20.? − 2 = 16
- 21.What is 6 less than 14?
- 22.Meera had 16 balloons and gave 13 to a friend. How many balloons does Meera have left?
- 23.There are 5 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 24.There are 16 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 25.11 − ? = 1
- 26.? − 4 = 2
- 27.There are 12 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 28.Sneha had 18 shells and gave 6 to a friend. How many shells does Sneha have left?
- 29.Tara had 13 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Tara have left?
- 30.2 − 1 =
- 31.9 − 1 =
- 32.9 − 4 =
- 33.There are 16 children and 14 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 34.13 − ? = 1
- 35.There are 19 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 36.What is 4 less than 7?
- 37.What is 4 less than 9?
- 38.Isha had 7 marbles and gave 4 to a friend. How many marbles does Isha have left?
- 39.There are 14 bottles and 11 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 40.There are 10 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
Answer key
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 9
- 2
- 4
- 11
- 1
- 1
- 10
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 2
- 18
- 8
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 10
- 6
- 5
- 12
- 11
- 1
- 8
- 5
- 2
- 12
- 12
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 3
- 7
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