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.? − 3 = 5
- 2.What is 6 less than 9?
- 3.What is 8 less than 11?
- 4.9 − ? = 2
- 5.4 − ? = 2
- 6.5 − 3 =
- 7.There are 11 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 8.10 − 4 =
- 9.Aditya had 10 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Aditya have left?
- 10.11 − 2 =
- 11.16 − ? = 9
- 12.? − 1 = 2
- 13.There are 5 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 14.There are 9 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 15.There are 15 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 16.What is 8 less than 12?
- 17.What is 2 less than 18?
- 18.What is 16 less than 17?
- 19.? − 1 = 7
- 20.Aarav had 17 flowers and gave 16 to a friend. How many flowers does Aarav have left?
- 21.2 − 1 =
- 22.Zoya had 12 balls and gave 7 to a friend. How many balls does Zoya have left?
- 23.What is 1 less than 4?
- 24.19 − 13 =
- 25.Ananya had 17 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Ananya have left?
- 26.There are 18 birds and 13 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 27.19 − 14 =
- 28.What is 1 less than 20?
- 29.16 − ? = 2
- 30.16 − 14 =
- 31.? − 4 = 16
- 32.? − 14 = 3
- 33.What is 9 less than 11?
- 34.Gurpreet had 18 laddoos and gave 12 to a friend. How many laddoos does Gurpreet have left?
- 35.14 − ? = 10
- 36.What is 4 less than 5?
- 37.There are 15 pencils and 13 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 38.What is 2 less than 5?
- 39.Vivaan had 15 flowers and gave 7 to a friend. How many flowers does Vivaan have left?
- 40.What is 1 less than 3?
Answer key
- 8
- 3
- 3
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 7
- 6
- 7
- 9
- 7
- 3
- 2
- 4
- 12
- 4
- 16
- 1
- 8
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 6
- 12
- 5
- 5
- 19
- 14
- 2
- 20
- 17
- 2
- 6
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 2
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