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
- 1.12 − ? = 9
- 2.What is 4 less than 12?
- 3.Diya had 7 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Diya have left?
- 4.? − 9 = 8
- 5.Arjun had 12 pencils and gave 8 to a friend. How many pencils does Arjun have left?
- 6.10 − ? = 5
- 7.What is 2 less than 18?
- 8.What is 2 less than 3?
- 9.8 − ? = 1
- 10.What is 6 less than 10?
- 11.14 − 3 =
- 12.There are 19 children and 17 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.? − 3 = 8
- 14.6 − 2 =
- 15.There are 8 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 16.Priya had 9 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Priya have left?
- 17.Nisha had 12 laddoos and gave 11 to a friend. How many laddoos does Nisha have left?
- 18.What is 4 less than 17?
- 19.12 − 3 =
- 20.Diya had 18 books and gave 17 to a friend. How many books does Diya have left?
- 21.Nisha had 13 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Nisha have left?
- 22.3 − 2 =
- 23.What is 2 less than 15?
- 24.Riya had 18 balloons and gave 11 to a friend. How many balloons does Riya have left?
- 25.? − 4 = 3
- 26.What is 3 less than 4?
- 27.16 − 13 =
- 28.What is 9 less than 14?
- 29.Lakshmi had 6 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Lakshmi have left?
- 30.There are 13 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 31.2 − 1 =
- 32.What is 2 less than 9?
- 33.Riya had 19 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Riya have left?
- 34.9 − 6 =
- 35.What is 6 less than 18?
- 36.There are 4 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 37.16 − 3 =
- 38.17 − 1 =
- 39.What is 5 less than 6?
- 40.What is 1 less than 4?
Answer key
- 3
- 8
- 3
- 17
- 4
- 5
- 16
- 1
- 7
- 4
- 11
- 2
- 11
- 4
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 13
- 9
- 1
- 11
- 1
- 13
- 7
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 4
- 7
- 1
- 7
- 17
- 3
- 12
- 1
- 13
- 16
- 1
- 3
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