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 5 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 2.2 − 1 =
- 3.What is 9 less than 12?
- 4.9 − ? = 7
- 5.14 − 8 =
- 6.What is 1 less than 4?
- 7.There are 16 children and 11 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 8.What is 13 less than 16?
- 9.17 − 6 =
- 10.15 − 1 =
- 11.? − 3 = 6
- 12.What is 11 less than 16?
- 13.There are 19 cups and 15 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 14.15 − 7 =
- 15.What is 4 less than 5?
- 16.19 − 17 =
- 17.5 − 4 =
- 18.What is 4 less than 11?
- 19.What is 1 less than 5?
- 20.What is 8 less than 9?
- 21.11 − ? = 3
- 22.Aditya had 10 mangoes and gave 4 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aditya have left?
- 23.There are 17 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 24.14 − ? = 10
- 25.6 − 1 =
- 26.Aditya had 3 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Aditya have left?
- 27.Aarav had 10 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Aarav have left?
- 28.What is 5 less than 19?
- 29.There are 16 boys and 7 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 30.There are 6 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 31.There are 4 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 32.16 − 9 =
- 33.? − 4 = 16
- 34.? − 4 = 5
- 35.What is 2 less than 8?
- 36.There are 18 pencils and 12 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 37.8 − 2 =
- 38.There are 16 bottles and 8 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 39.There are 15 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 40.4 − ? = 1
Answer key
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 11
- 14
- 9
- 5
- 4
- 8
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 7
- 4
- 1
- 8
- 6
- 11
- 4
- 5
- 2
- 5
- 14
- 9
- 4
- 2
- 7
- 20
- 9
- 6
- 6
- 6
- 8
- 12
- 3
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