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 14 less than 15?
- 2.Vivaan had 11 laddoos and gave 9 to a friend. How many laddoos does Vivaan have left?
- 3.Meera had 8 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Meera have left?
- 4.18 − 7 =
- 5.12 − 5 =
- 6.4 − ? = 3
- 7.What is 9 less than 17?
- 8.Isha had 10 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 9.What is 1 less than 11?
- 10.There are 8 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 11.7 − 6 =
- 12.There are 18 birds and 15 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 13.Vivaan had 15 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Vivaan have left?
- 14.Diya had 20 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Diya have left?
- 15.There are 11 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 16.15 − 3 =
- 17.5 − ? = 3
- 18.20 − 19 =
- 19.16 − ? = 15
- 20.2 − 1 =
- 21.Lakshmi had 4 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Lakshmi have left?
- 22.There are 4 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 23.There are 4 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 24.What is 12 less than 13?
- 25.There are 20 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 26.There are 11 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 27.What is 1 less than 3?
- 28.There are 19 boys and 7 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 29.What is 1 less than 4?
- 30.There are 16 cups and 9 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 31.There are 5 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 32.9 − 2 =
- 33.What is 10 less than 20?
- 34.There are 3 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 35.12 − 10 =
- 36.? − 1 = 15
- 37.What is 6 less than 18?
- 38.18 − 8 =
- 39.What is 5 less than 6?
- 40.There are 20 pencils and 15 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
Answer key
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 11
- 7
- 1
- 8
- 7
- 10
- 6
- 1
- 3
- 14
- 19
- 9
- 12
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 18
- 1
- 2
- 12
- 3
- 7
- 3
- 7
- 10
- 1
- 2
- 16
- 12
- 10
- 1
- 5
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