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 14 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 2.What is 3 less than 14?
- 3.Rahul had 16 flowers and gave 15 to a friend. How many flowers does Rahul have left?
- 4.? − 3 = 12
- 5.18 − 10 =
- 6.Gurpreet had 6 flowers and gave 5 to a friend. How many flowers does Gurpreet have left?
- 7.What is 4 less than 17?
- 8.4 − 2 =
- 9.Lakshmi had 16 marbles and gave 15 to a friend. How many marbles does Lakshmi have left?
- 10.6 − 1 =
- 11.14 − 13 =
- 12.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 13.Kabir had 20 marbles and gave 14 to a friend. How many marbles does Kabir have left?
- 14.There are 20 birds and 14 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 15.What is 2 less than 3?
- 16.16 − 11 =
- 17.11 − 4 =
- 18.? − 10 = 9
- 19.Dev had 20 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Dev have left?
- 20.Saanvi had 9 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Saanvi have left?
- 21.What is 1 less than 2?
- 22.12 − 3 =
- 23.Ananya had 16 bananas and gave 11 to a friend. How many bananas does Ananya have left?
- 24.? − 2 = 2
- 25.19 − 8 =
- 26.8 − 7 =
- 27.4 − 1 =
- 28.5 − 4 =
- 29.There are 5 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 30.3 − 2 =
- 31.There are 13 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 32.3 − 1 =
- 33.14 − 10 =
- 34.There are 16 birds and 14 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.There are 17 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 36.There are 20 boys and 15 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 37.? − 12 = 1
- 38.Rahul had 7 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Rahul have left?
- 39.7 − 3 =
- 40.Arjun had 16 laddoos and gave 7 to a friend. How many laddoos does Arjun have left?
Answer key
- 8
- 11
- 1
- 15
- 8
- 1
- 13
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 6
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 7
- 19
- 16
- 8
- 1
- 9
- 5
- 4
- 11
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 6
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 13
- 5
- 13
- 4
- 4
- 9
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