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 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 2.What is 10 less than 17?
- 3.There are 15 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 4.5 − 2 =
- 5.11 − 10 =
- 6.There are 10 boys and 9 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 7.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 8.? − 1 = 3
- 9.18 − 17 =
- 10.What is 3 less than 5?
- 11.Lakshmi had 18 flowers and gave 11 to a friend. How many flowers does Lakshmi have left?
- 12.What is 15 less than 17?
- 13.There are 5 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 14.9 − 1 =
- 15.11 − ? = 4
- 16.2 − 1 =
- 17.18 − 11 =
- 18.16 − 5 =
- 19.? − 2 = 3
- 20.8 − 5 =
- 21.There are 18 birds and 11 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 22.There are 16 boys and 12 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 23.14 − 3 =
- 24.Diya had 11 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Diya have left?
- 25.There are 5 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 26.12 − ? = 2
- 27.11 − 5 =
- 28.There are 12 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 29.3 − 1 =
- 30.Aditya had 6 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Aditya have left?
- 31.There are 15 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 32.There are 12 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 33.6 − 5 =
- 34.16 − 9 =
- 35.17 − 15 =
- 36.Tara had 15 marbles and gave 10 to a friend. How many marbles does Tara have left?
- 37.18 − ? = 5
- 38.There are 18 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.9 − ? = 4
- 40.17 − ? = 14
Answer key
- 1
- 7
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 8
- 7
- 1
- 7
- 11
- 5
- 3
- 7
- 4
- 11
- 7
- 3
- 10
- 6
- 10
- 2
- 2
- 10
- 5
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 5
- 13
- 12
- 5
- 3
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