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 10 less than 15?
- 2.18 − 14 =
- 3.What is 2 less than 3?
- 4.17 − 13 =
- 5.Kabir had 16 flowers and gave 5 to a friend. How many flowers does Kabir have left?
- 6.What is 1 less than 5?
- 7.3 − ? = 2
- 8.What is 13 less than 20?
- 9.Saanvi had 3 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Saanvi have left?
- 10.3 − 1 =
- 11.15 − 7 =
- 12.11 − 9 =
- 13.11 − 3 =
- 14.What is 4 less than 5?
- 15.? − 5 = 4
- 16.There are 11 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 17.What is 2 less than 17?
- 18.There are 14 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 19.There are 7 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 20.Karan had 7 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Karan have left?
- 21.There are 9 children and 8 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 22.What is 7 less than 14?
- 23.Isha had 20 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 24.? − 4 = 1
- 25.5 − 1 =
- 26.What is 3 less than 6?
- 27.What is 4 less than 9?
- 28.17 − 6 =
- 29.What is 3 less than 11?
- 30.16 − 3 =
- 31.2 − 1 =
- 32.Farhan had 3 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Farhan have left?
- 33.? − 10 = 5
- 34.What is 14 less than 18?
- 35.10 − ? = 9
- 36.What is 1 less than 4?
- 37.3 − ? = 1
- 38.13 − ? = 1
- 39.There are 6 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 40.What is 3 less than 7?
Answer key
- 5
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 11
- 4
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 8
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 9
- 2
- 15
- 5
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 7
- 17
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 5
- 11
- 8
- 13
- 1
- 1
- 15
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 12
- 4
- 4
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