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.
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- 1.There are 12 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 2.Riya had 4 flowers and gave 3 to a friend. How many flowers does Riya have left?
- 3.What is 5 less than 6?
- 4.? − 1 = 4
- 5.There are 8 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 6.5 − ? = 3
- 7.There are 20 pencils and 16 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 8.There are 16 cups and 12 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 9.What is 1 less than 15?
- 10.20 − 16 =
- 11.14 − 2 =
- 12.What is 1 less than 3?
- 13.Sneha had 18 shells and gave 13 to a friend. How many shells does Sneha have left?
- 14.17 − 7 =
- 15.What is 3 less than 20?
- 16.There are 9 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 17.? − 1 = 16
- 18.What is 6 less than 9?
- 19.Saanvi had 3 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Saanvi have left?
- 20.16 − 3 =
- 21.? − 5 = 1
- 22.11 − 7 =
- 23.There are 4 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 24.Pooja had 10 books and gave 9 to a friend. How many books does Pooja have left?
- 25.Aditya had 5 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Aditya have left?
- 26.4 − 1 =
- 27.10 − 7 =
- 28.15 − 8 =
- 29.19 − ? = 9
- 30.2 − 1 =
- 31.17 − 14 =
- 32.4 − ? = 2
- 33.? − 3 = 2
- 34.What is 1 less than 2?
- 35.? − 5 = 10
- 36.What is 4 less than 14?
- 37.Aarav had 6 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Aarav have left?
- 38.Kabir had 6 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Kabir have left?
- 39.What is 1 less than 8?
- 40.Vivaan had 4 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Vivaan have left?
Answer key
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 14
- 4
- 12
- 2
- 5
- 10
- 17
- 5
- 17
- 3
- 2
- 13
- 6
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 7
- 10
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 15
- 10
- 3
- 1
- 7
- 2
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