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 16 children and 14 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.What is 1 less than 3?
- 3.4 − 2 =
- 4.19 − 16 =
- 5.What is 1 less than 9?
- 6.Ananya had 12 mangoes and gave 9 to a friend. How many mangoes does Ananya have left?
- 7.7 − 3 =
- 8.2 − 1 =
- 9.What is 11 less than 17?
- 10.Isha had 19 balloons and gave 18 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 11.There are 6 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 12.What is 10 less than 13?
- 13.What is 4 less than 8?
- 14.15 − ? = 6
- 15.18 − 3 =
- 16.Meera had 10 flowers and gave 3 to a friend. How many flowers does Meera have left?
- 17.7 − 6 =
- 18.What is 6 less than 9?
- 19.11 − ? = 8
- 20.5 − 4 =
- 21.15 − 1 =
- 22.What is 3 less than 14?
- 23.There are 5 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 24.What is 2 less than 3?
- 25.Rahul had 12 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Rahul have left?
- 26.? − 2 = 4
- 27.8 − 2 =
- 28.There are 8 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 29.There are 8 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 30.What is 3 less than 5?
- 31.What is 1 less than 12?
- 32.4 − ? = 1
- 33.8 − ? = 3
- 34.Lakshmi had 7 mangoes and gave 6 to a friend. How many mangoes does Lakshmi have left?
- 35.18 − 2 =
- 36.There are 11 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 37.There are 5 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 38.7 − 2 =
- 39.What is 6 less than 10?
- 40.What is 1 less than 2?
Answer key
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 6
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 9
- 15
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 14
- 11
- 2
- 1
- 10
- 6
- 6
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 11
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 16
- 7
- 2
- 5
- 4
- 1
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