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 8 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.12 − 3 =
- 3.Dev had 11 bananas and gave 7 to a friend. How many bananas does Dev have left?
- 4.Lakshmi had 3 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Lakshmi have left?
- 5.Zoya had 5 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Zoya have left?
- 6.Tara had 14 marbles and gave 10 to a friend. How many marbles does Tara have left?
- 7.Aditya had 14 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Aditya have left?
- 8.3 − ? = 1
- 9.10 − 6 =
- 10.There are 18 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 11.Lakshmi had 15 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Lakshmi have left?
- 12.There are 7 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 13.There are 12 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 14.5 − 3 =
- 15.2 − 1 =
- 16.Arjun had 17 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Arjun have left?
- 17.13 − ? = 2
- 18.What is 6 less than 14?
- 19.What is 10 less than 20?
- 20.11 − 5 =
- 21.There are 19 boys and 15 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 22.Gurpreet had 3 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Gurpreet have left?
- 23.Karan had 5 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Karan have left?
- 24.Meera had 17 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Meera have left?
- 25.There are 10 bottles and 9 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 26.16 − 13 =
- 27.? − 17 = 3
- 28.What is 6 less than 10?
- 29.Kabir had 6 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Kabir have left?
- 30.Arjun had 15 mangoes and gave 4 to a friend. How many mangoes does Arjun have left?
- 31.19 − 13 =
- 32.17 − 6 =
- 33.There are 18 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 34.There are 10 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.Rahul had 8 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Rahul have left?
- 36.Karan had 15 flowers and gave 6 to a friend. How many flowers does Karan have left?
- 37.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 38.7 − ? = 5
- 39.Aarav had 5 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 40.What is 11 less than 13?
Answer key
- 5
- 9
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 12
- 2
- 4
- 15
- 14
- 2
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 14
- 11
- 8
- 10
- 6
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 14
- 1
- 3
- 20
- 4
- 1
- 11
- 6
- 11
- 14
- 6
- 7
- 9
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 2
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