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.Aarav had 3 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 2.16 − 5 =
- 3.There are 12 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 4.15 − 5 =
- 5.There are 15 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 6.Manav had 8 books and gave 7 to a friend. How many books does Manav have left?
- 7.There are 13 children and 11 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 8.What is 1 less than 3?
- 9.5 − 2 =
- 10.Manav had 16 balls and gave 8 to a friend. How many balls does Manav have left?
- 11.17 − 6 =
- 12.What is 1 less than 9?
- 13.13 − 10 =
- 14.What is 1 less than 17?
- 15.3 − 1 =
- 16.Meera had 6 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Meera have left?
- 17.Gurpreet had 6 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Gurpreet have left?
- 18.? − 2 = 8
- 19.Priya had 17 mangoes and gave 5 to a friend. How many mangoes does Priya have left?
- 20.Joseph had 16 balloons and gave 14 to a friend. How many balloons does Joseph have left?
- 21.? − 7 = 2
- 22.What is 6 less than 16?
- 23.There are 16 children and 11 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 24.3 − ? = 1
- 25.Farhan had 4 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Farhan have left?
- 26.? − 6 = 2
- 27.5 − ? = 4
- 28.19 − ? = 17
- 29.What is 3 less than 17?
- 30.What is 1 less than 4?
- 31.Joseph had 17 balloons and gave 11 to a friend. How many balloons does Joseph have left?
- 32.Rohan had 19 mangoes and gave 17 to a friend. How many mangoes does Rohan have left?
- 33.There are 5 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 34.3 − 2 =
- 35.? − 13 = 2
- 36.Lakshmi had 5 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Lakshmi have left?
- 37.What is 3 less than 4?
- 38.What is 2 less than 4?
- 39.Arjun had 3 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Arjun have left?
- 40.19 − 4 =
Answer key
- 2
- 11
- 2
- 10
- 12
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 8
- 11
- 8
- 3
- 16
- 2
- 4
- 4
- 10
- 12
- 2
- 9
- 10
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 2
- 14
- 3
- 6
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 15
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 15
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