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
- 1.8 − ? = 3
- 2.4 − 1 =
- 3.What is 2 less than 16?
- 4.What is 9 less than 20?
- 5.12 − 6 =
- 6.11 − 2 =
- 7.Gurpreet had 5 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Gurpreet have left?
- 8.What is 1 less than 2?
- 9.There are 8 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 10.10 − ? = 9
- 11.? − 13 = 3
- 12.Manav had 5 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Manav have left?
- 13.There are 17 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 14.15 − 14 =
- 15.17 − ? = 9
- 16.What is 5 less than 7?
- 17.16 − 4 =
- 18.4 − 3 =
- 19.There are 5 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 20.There are 15 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 21.What is 4 less than 5?
- 22.8 − ? = 7
- 23.12 − ? = 11
- 24.Lakshmi had 14 marbles and gave 8 to a friend. How many marbles does Lakshmi have left?
- 25.? − 12 = 1
- 26.Aarav had 20 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aarav have left?
- 27.9 − 2 =
- 28.Farhan had 19 balloons and gave 6 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 29.Farhan had 9 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Farhan have left?
- 30.? − 10 = 10
- 31.Rohan had 16 balloons and gave 15 to a friend. How many balloons does Rohan have left?
- 32.13 − ? = 7
- 33.Rahul had 4 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Rahul have left?
- 34.What is 7 less than 13?
- 35.19 − 5 =
- 36.7 − 2 =
- 37.4 − ? = 2
- 38.Aditya had 16 crayons and gave 15 to a friend. How many crayons does Aditya have left?
- 39.9 − ? = 7
- 40.There are 18 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
Answer key
- 5
- 3
- 14
- 11
- 6
- 9
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 16
- 2
- 13
- 1
- 8
- 2
- 12
- 1
- 1
- 11
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 13
- 18
- 7
- 13
- 8
- 20
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 6
- 14
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 13
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