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.There are 9 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.What is 7 less than 19?
- 3.11 − 8 =
- 4.11 − ? = 9
- 5.7 − 5 =
- 6.19 − 11 =
- 7.What is 1 less than 3?
- 8.There are 18 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 9.Lakshmi had 10 bananas and gave 5 to a friend. How many bananas does Lakshmi have left?
- 10.Lakshmi had 3 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Lakshmi have left?
- 11.15 − 2 =
- 12.What is 3 less than 11?
- 13.There are 5 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 14.? − 1 = 9
- 15.15 − 3 =
- 16.What is 5 less than 15?
- 17.There are 5 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 18.There are 11 boys and 7 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 19.What is 3 less than 5?
- 20.There are 8 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 21.There are 5 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 22.? − 4 = 3
- 23.What is 15 less than 17?
- 24.There are 4 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 25.4 − 3 =
- 26.There are 8 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 27.11 − 1 =
- 28.What is 1 less than 5?
- 29.10 − 4 =
- 30.4 − ? = 2
- 31.18 − 12 =
- 32.What is 4 less than 13?
- 33.2 − 1 =
- 34.12 − 5 =
- 35.16 − 5 =
- 36.Aarav had 14 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Aarav have left?
- 37.What is 6 less than 13?
- 38.12 − 8 =
- 39.10 − 5 =
- 40.8 − ? = 1
Answer key
- 5
- 12
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 8
- 2
- 14
- 5
- 1
- 13
- 8
- 3
- 10
- 12
- 10
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 10
- 4
- 6
- 2
- 6
- 9
- 1
- 7
- 11
- 10
- 7
- 4
- 5
- 7
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