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
- 1.18 − 17 =
- 2.15 − 8 =
- 3.Kabir had 7 bananas and gave 6 to a friend. How many bananas does Kabir have left?
- 4.Diya had 6 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Diya have left?
- 5.14 − ? = 9
- 6.There are 13 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 7.Lakshmi had 9 balls and gave 6 to a friend. How many balls does Lakshmi have left?
- 8.What is 3 less than 7?
- 9.There are 4 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 10.Nisha had 4 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Nisha have left?
- 11.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 12.What is 14 less than 18?
- 13.16 − 4 =
- 14.? − 1 = 9
- 15.16 − 6 =
- 16.? − 5 = 12
- 17.20 − 5 =
- 18.Aarav had 7 books and gave 6 to a friend. How many books does Aarav have left?
- 19.12 − 9 =
- 20.18 − 11 =
- 21.There are 11 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 22.Rahul had 17 pencils and gave 10 to a friend. How many pencils does Rahul have left?
- 23.5 − 1 =
- 24.What is 1 less than 10?
- 25.Karan had 6 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Karan have left?
- 26.Karan had 7 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Karan have left?
- 27.There are 7 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 28.Saanvi had 8 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Saanvi have left?
- 29.Riya had 7 kites and gave 6 to a friend. How many kites does Riya have left?
- 30.Vivaan had 6 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Vivaan have left?
- 31.What is 1 less than 3?
- 32.Tara had 19 balls and gave 8 to a friend. How many balls does Tara have left?
- 33.19 − 12 =
- 34.Meera had 15 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Meera have left?
- 35.There are 17 children and 16 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.What is 3 less than 6?
- 37.3 − 1 =
- 38.There are 8 boys and 7 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.7 − 2 =
- 40.7 − 5 =
Answer key
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 6
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 12
- 10
- 10
- 17
- 15
- 1
- 3
- 7
- 9
- 7
- 4
- 9
- 2
- 6
- 1
- 6
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 11
- 7
- 13
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 2
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