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.Nisha had 10 balloons and gave 7 to a friend. How many balloons does Nisha have left?
- 2.What is 4 less than 6?
- 3.There are 4 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 4.9 − 8 =
- 5.What is 7 less than 8?
- 6.Joseph had 3 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Joseph have left?
- 7.? − 3 = 14
- 8.There are 9 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 9.Kabir had 19 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Kabir have left?
- 10.What is 3 less than 6?
- 11.12 − 10 =
- 12.15 − 7 =
- 13.Farhan had 18 kites and gave 14 to a friend. How many kites does Farhan have left?
- 14.Aditya had 14 mangoes and gave 3 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aditya have left?
- 15.There are 17 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 16.Aarav had 7 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aarav have left?
- 17.What is 11 less than 19?
- 18.7 − ? = 3
- 19.There are 12 bottles and 6 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 20.Farhan had 15 balloons and gave 6 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 21.6 − ? = 4
- 22.2 − 1 =
- 23.What is 2 less than 18?
- 24.14 − 8 =
- 25.15 − ? = 7
- 26.What is 1 less than 13?
- 27.What is 5 less than 13?
- 28.14 − ? = 10
- 29.Arjun had 19 mangoes and gave 8 to a friend. How many mangoes does Arjun have left?
- 30.3 − 2 =
- 31.What is 5 less than 20?
- 32.There are 16 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 33.There are 14 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 34.There are 18 boys and 16 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 35.? − 6 = 7
- 36.? − 1 = 8
- 37.10 − 7 =
- 38.13 − 4 =
- 39.18 − ? = 6
- 40.7 − 6 =
Answer key
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 17
- 3
- 18
- 3
- 2
- 8
- 4
- 11
- 15
- 6
- 8
- 4
- 6
- 9
- 2
- 1
- 16
- 6
- 8
- 12
- 8
- 4
- 11
- 1
- 15
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 13
- 9
- 3
- 9
- 12
- 1
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