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 13 birds and 8 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 2.There are 19 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 3.18 − 8 =
- 4.There are 7 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 5.17 − ? = 15
- 6.11 − ? = 4
- 7.? − 1 = 10
- 8.There are 4 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 9.Pooja had 17 bananas and gave 10 to a friend. How many bananas does Pooja have left?
- 10.12 − 1 =
- 11.What is 2 less than 11?
- 12.What is 13 less than 17?
- 13.? − 11 = 9
- 14.4 − 1 =
- 15.What is 1 less than 3?
- 16.There are 7 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 17.13 − 2 =
- 18.There are 15 pencils and 14 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 19.Vivaan had 4 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Vivaan have left?
- 20.? − 18 = 2
- 21.14 − 3 =
- 22.Priya had 3 bananas and gave 2 to a friend. How many bananas does Priya have left?
- 23.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 24.3 − 2 =
- 25.Rohan had 6 balls and gave 5 to a friend. How many balls does Rohan have left?
- 26.7 − ? = 2
- 27.Manav had 11 balls and gave 8 to a friend. How many balls does Manav have left?
- 28.19 − ? = 10
- 29.? − 12 = 2
- 30.There are 16 children and 12 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 31.What is 4 less than 15?
- 32.There are 19 pencils and 13 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 33.Nisha had 3 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Nisha have left?
- 34.Pooja had 5 marbles and gave 4 to a friend. How many marbles does Pooja have left?
- 35.What is 2 less than 16?
- 36.What is 1 less than 2?
- 37.Karan had 5 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Karan have left?
- 38.13 − ? = 5
- 39.There are 10 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 40.17 − ? = 16
Answer key
- 5
- 15
- 10
- 5
- 2
- 7
- 11
- 2
- 7
- 11
- 9
- 4
- 20
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 11
- 1
- 3
- 20
- 11
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 9
- 14
- 4
- 11
- 6
- 2
- 1
- 14
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 8
- 1
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