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
- 1.5 − ? = 2
- 2.Kabir had 18 laddoos and gave 4 to a friend. How many laddoos does Kabir have left?
- 3.Saanvi had 8 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Saanvi have left?
- 4.Pooja had 20 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Pooja have left?
- 5.There are 4 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 6.20 − 7 =
- 7.What is 3 less than 6?
- 8.Lakshmi had 9 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Lakshmi have left?
- 9.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.There are 14 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 11.19 − 1 =
- 12.? − 6 = 6
- 13.Diya had 18 shells and gave 11 to a friend. How many shells does Diya have left?
- 14.9 − 5 =
- 15.Priya had 10 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Priya have left?
- 16.10 − 9 =
- 17.4 − 1 =
- 18.9 − 8 =
- 19.18 − 16 =
- 20.What is 5 less than 17?
- 21.? − 2 = 7
- 22.What is 4 less than 8?
- 23.There are 20 children and 19 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 24.3 − 2 =
- 25.What is 1 less than 16?
- 26.What is 3 less than 5?
- 27.2 − 1 =
- 28.16 − ? = 14
- 29.What is 14 less than 17?
- 30.What is 2 less than 15?
- 31.6 − ? = 1
- 32.What is 5 less than 9?
- 33.8 − 1 =
- 34.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 35.What is 4 less than 18?
- 36.Pooja had 18 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Pooja have left?
- 37.What is 7 less than 15?
- 38.7 − ? = 5
- 39.13 − 11 =
- 40.? − 5 = 5
Answer key
- 3
- 14
- 7
- 18
- 2
- 13
- 3
- 8
- 1
- 12
- 18
- 12
- 7
- 4
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 12
- 9
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 15
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 13
- 5
- 4
- 7
- 2
- 14
- 15
- 8
- 2
- 2
- 10
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