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.Sneha had 7 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Sneha have left?
- 2.There are 9 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.What is 2 less than 9?
- 4.10 − 5 =
- 5.There are 5 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 6.13 − 5 =
- 7.18 − ? = 1
- 8.Lakshmi had 18 books and gave 9 to a friend. How many books does Lakshmi have left?
- 9.Ishaan had 4 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Ishaan have left?
- 10.What is 1 less than 3?
- 11.? − 1 = 4
- 12.13 − 1 =
- 13.Zoya had 20 balloons and gave 19 to a friend. How many balloons does Zoya have left?
- 14.Vivaan had 10 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Vivaan have left?
- 15.19 − ? = 17
- 16.Priya had 10 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Priya have left?
- 17.Ishaan had 17 balls and gave 9 to a friend. How many balls does Ishaan have left?
- 18.2 − 1 =
- 19.What is 13 less than 15?
- 20.8 − ? = 7
- 21.19 − 15 =
- 22.What is 4 less than 13?
- 23.What is 7 less than 9?
- 24.9 − 4 =
- 25.There are 7 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 26.Ananya had 20 shells and gave 17 to a friend. How many shells does Ananya have left?
- 27.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 28.What is 6 less than 13?
- 29.What is 11 less than 15?
- 30.There are 16 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 31.20 − ? = 1
- 32.There are 11 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 33.Meera had 9 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Meera have left?
- 34.There are 13 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.There are 11 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.Zoya had 12 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Zoya have left?
- 37.There are 5 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 38.3 − 2 =
- 39.There are 12 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 40.There are 10 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
Answer key
- 6
- 4
- 7
- 5
- 1
- 8
- 17
- 9
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 12
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 6
- 8
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 9
- 2
- 5
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 7
- 4
- 11
- 19
- 5
- 4
- 11
- 4
- 10
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 1
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