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
- 1.8 − 6 =
- 2.What is 1 less than 4?
- 3.Ananya had 4 bananas and gave 2 to a friend. How many bananas does Ananya have left?
- 4.7 − 2 =
- 5.? − 14 = 2
- 6.Sneha had 14 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Sneha have left?
- 7.What is 4 less than 11?
- 8.Manav had 7 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Manav have left?
- 9.10 − 3 =
- 10.? − 1 = 2
- 11.17 − 7 =
- 12.Sneha had 17 bananas and gave 6 to a friend. How many bananas does Sneha have left?
- 13.What is 11 less than 13?
- 14.Rahul had 5 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Rahul have left?
- 15.What is 5 less than 9?
- 16.Ananya had 10 flowers and gave 3 to a friend. How many flowers does Ananya have left?
- 17.19 − ? = 14
- 18.There are 13 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 19.? − 8 = 2
- 20.There are 7 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 21.What is 10 less than 15?
- 22.What is 9 less than 13?
- 23.What is 6 less than 10?
- 24.There are 11 bottles and 8 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 25.? − 9 = 4
- 26.There are 18 cups and 16 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 27.What is 13 less than 15?
- 28.Ishaan had 7 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Ishaan have left?
- 29.Riya had 7 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Riya have left?
- 30.There are 5 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 31.Saanvi had 12 shells and gave 5 to a friend. How many shells does Saanvi have left?
- 32.Arjun had 3 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Arjun have left?
- 33.Aarav had 13 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Aarav have left?
- 34.What is 2 less than 5?
- 35.There are 10 children and 8 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 37.Kavya had 4 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Kavya have left?
- 38.19 − ? = 18
- 39.There are 10 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 40.What is 14 less than 19?
Answer key
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 16
- 11
- 7
- 2
- 7
- 3
- 10
- 11
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 5
- 10
- 10
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 13
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 6
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 11
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 5
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