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 8 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.What is 2 less than 11?
- 3.8 − 3 =
- 4.There are 20 boys and 17 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 5.? − 3 = 3
- 6.What is 1 less than 2?
- 7.Aarav had 7 shells and gave 6 to a friend. How many shells does Aarav have left?
- 8.What is 11 less than 18?
- 9.Kabir had 10 shells and gave 5 to a friend. How many shells does Kabir have left?
- 10.There are 7 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 11.What is 6 less than 19?
- 12.? − 2 = 5
- 13.19 − 3 =
- 14.Pooja had 16 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Pooja have left?
- 15.? − 11 = 3
- 16.What is 10 less than 11?
- 17.? − 4 = 3
- 18.What is 2 less than 7?
- 19.7 − ? = 5
- 20.There are 4 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 21.What is 12 less than 16?
- 22.What is 5 less than 19?
- 23.Riya had 12 pencils and gave 7 to a friend. How many pencils does Riya have left?
- 24.Lakshmi had 15 balls and gave 11 to a friend. How many balls does Lakshmi have left?
- 25.19 − ? = 2
- 26.4 − 3 =
- 27.11 − 4 =
- 28.? − 6 = 1
- 29.4 − ? = 3
- 30.Rohan had 7 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Rohan have left?
- 31.Ananya had 5 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Ananya have left?
- 32.3 − ? = 2
- 33.There are 10 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 34.What is 4 less than 18?
- 35.What is 9 less than 19?
- 36.There are 4 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 37.There are 9 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 38.15 − ? = 14
- 39.Kabir had 6 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Kabir have left?
- 40.There are 15 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
Answer key
- 6
- 9
- 5
- 3
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 5
- 1
- 13
- 7
- 16
- 14
- 14
- 1
- 7
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 14
- 5
- 4
- 17
- 1
- 7
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 6
- 14
- 10
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 5
- 11
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