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 1 less than 2?
- 2.There are 9 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 3.There are 19 children and 15 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 4.There are 6 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 5.What is 9 less than 17?
- 6.There are 7 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 7.What is 1 less than 4?
- 8.What is 1 less than 7?
- 9.15 − ? = 9
- 10.20 − 1 =
- 11.Sneha had 13 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Sneha have left?
- 12.What is 5 less than 8?
- 13.What is 14 less than 20?
- 14.11 − 6 =
- 15.Lakshmi had 12 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Lakshmi have left?
- 16.2 − 1 =
- 17.19 − 4 =
- 18.11 − 1 =
- 19.What is 4 less than 12?
- 20.There are 20 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 21.There are 7 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 22.5 − 1 =
- 23.16 − 5 =
- 24.9 − 7 =
- 25.There are 20 bottles and 8 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 26.3 − ? = 1
- 27.6 − 4 =
- 28.9 − 8 =
- 29.There are 15 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 30.5 − 4 =
- 31.13 − ? = 9
- 32.What is 2 less than 4?
- 33.14 − ? = 3
- 34.There are 5 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 35.? − 5 = 11
- 36.12 − ? = 11
- 37.There are 8 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 38.16 − 8 =
- 39.12 − 4 =
- 40.What is 16 less than 19?
Answer key
- 1
- 7
- 4
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 6
- 6
- 19
- 12
- 3
- 6
- 5
- 11
- 1
- 15
- 10
- 8
- 13
- 3
- 4
- 11
- 2
- 12
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 10
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 11
- 2
- 16
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 8
- 3
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