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 12 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 2.20 − 6 =
- 3.What is 18 less than 20?
- 4.What is 11 less than 20?
- 5.? − 4 = 5
- 6.? − 4 = 3
- 7.There are 13 bottles and 8 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 8.Pooja had 7 flowers and gave 3 to a friend. How many flowers does Pooja have left?
- 9.7 − ? = 2
- 10.What is 2 less than 6?
- 11.Kavya had 4 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Kavya have left?
- 12.12 − 4 =
- 13.There are 17 birds and 11 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 14.What is 2 less than 10?
- 15.Dev had 4 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Dev have left?
- 16.4 − 2 =
- 17.What is 1 less than 20?
- 18.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 19.There are 19 birds and 16 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 20.? − 17 = 2
- 21.There are 16 birds and 11 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 22.8 − 2 =
- 23.9 − 2 =
- 24.There are 10 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 25.7 − 4 =
- 26.19 − 9 =
- 27.7 − 3 =
- 28.There are 20 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 29.? − 1 = 17
- 30.? − 1 = 5
- 31.What is 1 less than 2?
- 32.There are 13 bottles and 12 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 33.What is 1 less than 3?
- 34.There are 7 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 35.There are 6 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 36.What is 12 less than 14?
- 37.What is 2 less than 20?
- 38.What is 2 less than 7?
- 39.There are 13 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 40.6 − 3 =
Answer key
- 8
- 14
- 2
- 9
- 9
- 7
- 5
- 4
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 8
- 6
- 8
- 3
- 2
- 19
- 2
- 3
- 19
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 3
- 10
- 4
- 15
- 18
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 18
- 5
- 7
- 3
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