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.Arjun had 18 balls and gave 14 to a friend. How many balls does Arjun have left?
- 2.9 − 2 =
- 3.Rohan had 6 flowers and gave 5 to a friend. How many flowers does Rohan have left?
- 4.There are 10 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 5.7 − ? = 6
- 6.17 − ? = 6
- 7.Gurpreet had 11 balloons and gave 9 to a friend. How many balloons does Gurpreet have left?
- 8.4 − 3 =
- 9.17 − 5 =
- 10.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 11.? − 11 = 7
- 12.What is 12 less than 14?
- 13.4 − 1 =
- 14.Riya had 10 laddoos and gave 3 to a friend. How many laddoos does Riya have left?
- 15.What is 3 less than 18?
- 16.15 − ? = 5
- 17.What is 2 less than 13?
- 18.Meera had 20 mangoes and gave 15 to a friend. How many mangoes does Meera have left?
- 19.Joseph had 14 crayons and gave 7 to a friend. How many crayons does Joseph have left?
- 20.16 − ? = 14
- 21.What is 3 less than 5?
- 22.Joseph had 5 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Joseph have left?
- 23.12 − 7 =
- 24.3 − 2 =
- 25.16 − 14 =
- 26.What is 8 less than 13?
- 27.There are 15 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 28.8 − 3 =
- 29.Rohan had 7 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Rohan have left?
- 30.There are 10 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 31.There are 11 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 32.? − 2 = 7
- 33.What is 3 less than 13?
- 34.2 − 1 =
- 35.4 − ? = 2
- 36.Arjun had 3 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Arjun have left?
- 37.Meera had 18 flowers and gave 11 to a friend. How many flowers does Meera have left?
- 38.Meera had 6 laddoos and gave 4 to a friend. How many laddoos does Meera have left?
- 39.There are 7 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 40.5 − ? = 1
Answer key
- 4
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 11
- 2
- 1
- 12
- 2
- 18
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 15
- 10
- 11
- 5
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 5
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 12
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 9
- 10
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 3
- 4
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