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 14 bottles and 9 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 2.? − 1 = 14
- 3.What is 3 less than 17?
- 4.What is 7 less than 14?
- 5.What is 3 less than 7?
- 6.There are 10 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 7.There are 20 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 8.19 − 5 =
- 9.There are 12 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 10.Lakshmi had 5 kites and gave 3 to a friend. How many kites does Lakshmi have left?
- 11.What is 6 less than 7?
- 12.There are 9 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.20 − ? = 8
- 14.What is 2 less than 7?
- 15.Zoya had 14 balls and gave 6 to a friend. How many balls does Zoya have left?
- 16.There are 16 pencils and 12 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 17.Aditya had 6 books and gave 5 to a friend. How many books does Aditya have left?
- 18.18 − 10 =
- 19.What is 4 less than 7?
- 20.There are 15 cups and 12 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 21.What is 1 less than 6?
- 22.What is 10 less than 12?
- 23.? − 2 = 15
- 24.What is 2 less than 4?
- 25.8 − 3 =
- 26.There are 6 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.15 − 10 =
- 28.Pooja had 5 bananas and gave 4 to a friend. How many bananas does Pooja have left?
- 29.What is 8 less than 19?
- 30.15 − ? = 4
- 31.What is 2 less than 5?
- 32.11 − ? = 3
- 33.6 − 3 =
- 34.What is 5 less than 7?
- 35.There are 18 boys and 13 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 36.9 − 2 =
- 37.What is 1 less than 8?
- 38.? − 4 = 5
- 39.17 − 4 =
- 40.11 − 3 =
Answer key
- 5
- 15
- 14
- 7
- 4
- 6
- 14
- 14
- 8
- 2
- 1
- 6
- 12
- 5
- 8
- 4
- 1
- 8
- 3
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 17
- 2
- 5
- 4
- 5
- 1
- 11
- 11
- 3
- 8
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 7
- 7
- 9
- 13
- 8
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