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
- 1.3 − 1 =
- 2.13 − ? = 5
- 3.16 − ? = 6
- 4.15 − 7 =
- 5.What is 8 less than 10?
- 6.What is 4 less than 9?
- 7.9 − ? = 5
- 8.20 − 4 =
- 9.Kavya had 16 marbles and gave 4 to a friend. How many marbles does Kavya have left?
- 10.Gurpreet had 11 crayons and gave 9 to a friend. How many crayons does Gurpreet have left?
- 11.Sneha had 9 mangoes and gave 4 to a friend. How many mangoes does Sneha have left?
- 12.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.There are 6 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 14.There are 15 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 15.There are 19 children and 13 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 16.What is 15 less than 19?
- 17.What is 3 less than 18?
- 18.6 − ? = 4
- 19.17 − 1 =
- 20.There are 12 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 21.What is 1 less than 7?
- 22.? − 1 = 3
- 23.There are 10 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 24.What is 1 less than 12?
- 25.There are 13 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 26.Diya had 19 mangoes and gave 8 to a friend. How many mangoes does Diya have left?
- 27.What is 5 less than 20?
- 28.There are 9 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 29.There are 7 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 30.? − 4 = 10
- 31.17 − 10 =
- 32.2 − 1 =
- 33.Kavya had 4 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Kavya have left?
- 34.There are 8 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.Aarav had 10 kites and gave 3 to a friend. How many kites does Aarav have left?
- 36.There are 19 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 37.What is 6 less than 11?
- 38.There are 6 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.4 − 1 =
- 40.? − 4 = 4
Answer key
- 2
- 8
- 10
- 8
- 2
- 5
- 4
- 16
- 12
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 12
- 6
- 4
- 15
- 2
- 16
- 7
- 6
- 4
- 3
- 11
- 6
- 11
- 15
- 5
- 4
- 14
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 7
- 14
- 5
- 3
- 3
- 8
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