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.What is 6 less than 7?
- 2.12 − 4 =
- 3.There are 14 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 4.What is 4 less than 13?
- 5.What is 12 less than 14?
- 6.? − 9 = 5
- 7.2 − 1 =
- 8.There are 14 cups and 12 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 9.19 − ? = 7
- 10.Meera had 9 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Meera have left?
- 11.18 − 7 =
- 12.Isha had 15 laddoos and gave 6 to a friend. How many laddoos does Isha have left?
- 13.5 − ? = 1
- 14.14 − 8 =
- 15.4 − ? = 1
- 16.What is 5 less than 7?
- 17.There are 5 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 18.16 − 5 =
- 19.19 − 1 =
- 20.There are 8 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 21.Diya had 12 pencils and gave 7 to a friend. How many pencils does Diya have left?
- 22.What is 1 less than 2?
- 23.5 − ? = 2
- 24.12 − ? = 3
- 25.? − 1 = 5
- 26.What is 3 less than 4?
- 27.? − 2 = 3
- 28.There are 8 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 29.There are 14 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 30.Joseph had 6 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Joseph have left?
- 31.Lakshmi had 8 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Lakshmi have left?
- 32.18 − ? = 12
- 33.12 − 9 =
- 34.There are 20 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.Pooja had 17 crayons and gave 14 to a friend. How many crayons does Pooja have left?
- 36.16 − 12 =
- 37.17 − 14 =
- 38.Pooja had 17 shells and gave 11 to a friend. How many shells does Pooja have left?
- 39.There are 14 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 40.Rahul had 13 pencils and gave 6 to a friend. How many pencils does Rahul have left?
Answer key
- 1
- 8
- 4
- 9
- 2
- 14
- 1
- 2
- 12
- 8
- 11
- 9
- 4
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 11
- 18
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 9
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 1
- 5
- 6
- 3
- 16
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 6
- 12
- 7
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