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.Gurpreet had 4 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Gurpreet have left?
- 2.Aditya had 3 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Aditya have left?
- 3.7 − ? = 5
- 4.What is 2 less than 18?
- 5.14 − 13 =
- 6.What is 2 less than 11?
- 7.There are 5 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 8.16 − ? = 13
- 9.6 − 2 =
- 10.15 − ? = 14
- 11.? − 8 = 9
- 12.2 − 1 =
- 13.There are 15 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 14.There are 14 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 15.Gurpreet had 13 laddoos and gave 6 to a friend. How many laddoos does Gurpreet have left?
- 16.There are 8 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 17.Ishaan had 15 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Ishaan have left?
- 18.Priya had 16 flowers and gave 8 to a friend. How many flowers does Priya have left?
- 19.? − 14 = 1
- 20.Aditya had 12 crayons and gave 7 to a friend. How many crayons does Aditya have left?
- 21.What is 1 less than 6?
- 22.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 23.4 − 3 =
- 24.Vivaan had 20 balloons and gave 12 to a friend. How many balloons does Vivaan have left?
- 25.3 − 1 =
- 26.What is 5 less than 14?
- 27.? − 4 = 8
- 28.Tara had 19 shells and gave 7 to a friend. How many shells does Tara have left?
- 29.Priya had 7 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Priya have left?
- 30.11 − 6 =
- 31.Rahul had 16 books and gave 7 to a friend. How many books does Rahul have left?
- 32.10 − ? = 3
- 33.15 − ? = 5
- 34.What is 10 less than 20?
- 35.4 − 1 =
- 36.7 − ? = 2
- 37.3 − ? = 2
- 38.What is 8 less than 9?
- 39.There are 19 pencils and 16 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 40.There are 8 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
Answer key
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 16
- 1
- 9
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 17
- 1
- 9
- 12
- 7
- 4
- 10
- 8
- 15
- 5
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 8
- 2
- 9
- 12
- 12
- 6
- 5
- 9
- 7
- 10
- 10
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 6
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