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 18 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.? − 2 = 1
- 3.There are 4 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 4.Dev had 5 flowers and gave 3 to a friend. How many flowers does Dev have left?
- 5.There are 13 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 6.7 − 1 =
- 7.What is 4 less than 16?
- 8.Manav had 20 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Manav have left?
- 9.Ananya had 20 flowers and gave 16 to a friend. How many flowers does Ananya have left?
- 10.Isha had 3 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 11.Zoya had 3 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Zoya have left?
- 12.Farhan had 14 balloons and gave 11 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 13.There are 9 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 14.17 − 2 =
- 15.What is 4 less than 6?
- 16.14 − 11 =
- 17.5 − ? = 1
- 18.4 − 1 =
- 19.There are 15 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 20.? − 6 = 1
- 21.There are 12 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 22.There are 17 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 23.18 − 5 =
- 24.There are 17 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 25.? − 2 = 4
- 26.? − 10 = 1
- 27.What is 9 less than 17?
- 28.What is 5 less than 6?
- 29.6 − 4 =
- 30.5 − 2 =
- 31.There are 13 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 32.20 − 5 =
- 33.6 − ? = 2
- 34.Dev had 6 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Dev have left?
- 35.11 − ? = 2
- 36.Dev had 3 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Dev have left?
- 37.Nisha had 7 kites and gave 3 to a friend. How many kites does Nisha have left?
- 38.Isha had 20 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Isha have left?
- 39.Gurpreet had 4 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Gurpreet have left?
- 40.What is 6 less than 9?
Answer key
- 13
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 8
- 6
- 12
- 17
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 15
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 7
- 7
- 5
- 11
- 13
- 15
- 6
- 11
- 8
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 11
- 15
- 4
- 4
- 9
- 2
- 4
- 16
- 3
- 3
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