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 16 less than 20?
- 2.There are 18 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.? − 15 = 2
- 4.There are 8 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 5.There are 10 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 6.Zoya had 9 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Zoya have left?
- 7.4 − ? = 2
- 8.There are 18 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 9.4 − ? = 3
- 10.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 11.19 − 4 =
- 12.8 − 6 =
- 13.3 − 2 =
- 14.There are 8 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 15.7 − 3 =
- 16.Arjun had 17 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Arjun have left?
- 17.There are 6 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 18.There are 14 boys and 8 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 19.What is 5 less than 20?
- 20.Arjun had 3 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Arjun have left?
- 21.7 − ? = 5
- 22.What is 2 less than 3?
- 23.14 − 13 =
- 24.4 − 3 =
- 25.There are 5 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 26.15 − 7 =
- 27.? − 8 = 6
- 28.19 − ? = 5
- 29.8 − 2 =
- 30.18 − 14 =
- 31.5 − 3 =
- 32.3 − ? = 1
- 33.Diya had 17 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Diya have left?
- 34.What is 2 less than 5?
- 35.What is 1 less than 20?
- 36.9 − 8 =
- 37.There are 19 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 38.Sneha had 20 kites and gave 5 to a friend. How many kites does Sneha have left?
- 39.2 − 1 =
- 40.There are 4 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
Answer key
- 4
- 6
- 17
- 5
- 4
- 8
- 2
- 15
- 1
- 2
- 15
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 15
- 3
- 6
- 15
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 8
- 14
- 14
- 6
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 13
- 3
- 19
- 1
- 16
- 15
- 1
- 2
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