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.
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- 1.There are 8 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 2.Tara had 4 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Tara have left?
- 3.Lakshmi had 15 balls and gave 7 to a friend. How many balls does Lakshmi have left?
- 4.6 − ? = 2
- 5.There are 4 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 6.What is 3 less than 4?
- 7.Riya had 7 flowers and gave 3 to a friend. How many flowers does Riya have left?
- 8.There are 10 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 9.Joseph had 12 bananas and gave 7 to a friend. How many bananas does Joseph have left?
- 10.There are 9 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 11.Vivaan had 19 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Vivaan have left?
- 12.What is 18 less than 19?
- 13.What is 12 less than 13?
- 14.Dev had 9 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Dev have left?
- 15.10 − 4 =
- 16.3 − 1 =
- 17.Vivaan had 18 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Vivaan have left?
- 18.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 19.5 − 3 =
- 20.What is 10 less than 14?
- 21.What is 2 less than 5?
- 22.There are 15 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 23.Pooja had 20 shells and gave 9 to a friend. How many shells does Pooja have left?
- 24.There are 9 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 25.Farhan had 7 kites and gave 3 to a friend. How many kites does Farhan have left?
- 26.12 − 9 =
- 27.What is 1 less than 19?
- 28.15 − 8 =
- 29.4 − 1 =
- 30.There are 4 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 31.Saanvi had 3 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Saanvi have left?
- 32.What is 4 less than 15?
- 33.7 − ? = 4
- 34.There are 19 cups and 12 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 35.? − 14 = 6
- 36.There are 5 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 37.Farhan had 3 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Farhan have left?
- 38.5 − 2 =
- 39.Meera had 15 mangoes and gave 14 to a friend. How many mangoes does Meera have left?
- 40.What is 1 less than 5?
Answer key
- 3
- 2
- 8
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 8
- 5
- 2
- 16
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 6
- 2
- 16
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 13
- 11
- 6
- 4
- 3
- 18
- 7
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 11
- 3
- 7
- 20
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 4
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