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 − ? = 1
- 2.? − 5 = 13
- 3.There are 6 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 4.What is 2 less than 16?
- 5.What is 2 less than 12?
- 6.What is 2 less than 4?
- 7.There are 8 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 8.? − 4 = 3
- 9.? − 3 = 17
- 10.? − 2 = 2
- 11.What is 2 less than 15?
- 12.11 − 4 =
- 13.What is 2 less than 6?
- 14.What is 2 less than 3?
- 15.Saanvi had 5 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Saanvi have left?
- 16.Riya had 20 books and gave 15 to a friend. How many books does Riya have left?
- 17.16 − ? = 6
- 18.What is 2 less than 7?
- 19.What is 3 less than 12?
- 20.? − 2 = 1
- 21.Dev had 12 flowers and gave 5 to a friend. How many flowers does Dev have left?
- 22.9 − 3 =
- 23.What is 12 less than 16?
- 24.What is 3 less than 8?
- 25.15 − ? = 8
- 26.8 − 4 =
- 27.Gurpreet had 4 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Gurpreet have left?
- 28.16 − 14 =
- 29.What is 3 less than 10?
- 30.There are 7 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 31.5 − 1 =
- 32.What is 7 less than 11?
- 33.There are 17 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 34.There are 4 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 35.There are 18 bottles and 12 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 36.20 − 5 =
- 37.19 − 14 =
- 38.What is 3 less than 15?
- 39.What is 8 less than 20?
- 40.18 − 3 =
Answer key
- 11
- 18
- 1
- 14
- 10
- 2
- 4
- 7
- 20
- 4
- 13
- 7
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 5
- 10
- 5
- 9
- 3
- 7
- 6
- 4
- 5
- 7
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 7
- 5
- 4
- 4
- 13
- 1
- 6
- 15
- 5
- 12
- 12
- 15
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