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
- 1.10 − 9 =
- 2.12 − 10 =
- 3.Tara had 4 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Tara have left?
- 4.20 − 15 =
- 5.What is 3 less than 6?
- 6.What is 6 less than 15?
- 7.Diya had 20 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Diya have left?
- 8.14 − ? = 10
- 9.Riya had 8 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Riya have left?
- 10.There are 12 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 11.There are 18 bottles and 6 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 12.There are 16 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.Ananya had 18 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Ananya have left?
- 14.17 − ? = 9
- 15.What is 2 less than 4?
- 16.Aditya had 19 flowers and gave 18 to a friend. How many flowers does Aditya have left?
- 17.What is 3 less than 7?
- 18.There are 16 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 19.Tara had 16 shells and gave 7 to a friend. How many shells does Tara have left?
- 20.11 − 7 =
- 21.What is 4 less than 8?
- 22.10 − 2 =
- 23.There are 12 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.There are 6 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 25.19 − 6 =
- 26.There are 10 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 27.19 − 13 =
- 28.Saanvi had 14 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Saanvi have left?
- 29.What is 1 less than 12?
- 30.Sneha had 19 kites and gave 12 to a friend. How many kites does Sneha have left?
- 31.Kabir had 8 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Kabir have left?
- 32.4 − 2 =
- 33.13 − ? = 5
- 34.What is 2 less than 12?
- 35.9 − 2 =
- 36.What is 11 less than 17?
- 37.16 − 10 =
- 38.There are 12 cups and 9 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 39.There are 4 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 40.? − 8 = 10
Answer key
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 3
- 9
- 19
- 4
- 5
- 7
- 12
- 14
- 17
- 8
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 12
- 9
- 4
- 4
- 8
- 9
- 1
- 13
- 7
- 6
- 9
- 11
- 7
- 6
- 2
- 8
- 10
- 7
- 6
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 18
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