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.What is 1 less than 19?
- 2.What is 2 less than 6?
- 3.19 − 2 =
- 4.There are 5 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 5.? − 18 = 1
- 6.13 − ? = 3
- 7.Isha had 15 books and gave 13 to a friend. How many books does Isha have left?
- 8.2 − 1 =
- 9.13 − ? = 9
- 10.There are 12 cups and 9 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 11.There are 5 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 12.Meera had 19 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Meera have left?
- 13.20 − 17 =
- 14.9 − 4 =
- 15.10 − ? = 6
- 16.There are 20 bottles and 9 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 17.There are 13 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 18.There are 10 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 19.There are 17 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 20.There are 6 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 21.Kavya had 4 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Kavya have left?
- 22.6 − 3 =
- 23.9 − 5 =
- 24.10 − ? = 3
- 25.18 − 2 =
- 26.12 − 10 =
- 27.What is 10 less than 18?
- 28.Dev had 5 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Dev have left?
- 29.What is 1 less than 2?
- 30.There are 18 cups and 11 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 31.? − 13 = 4
- 32.? − 7 = 3
- 33.? − 1 = 9
- 34.There are 11 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 35.6 − 2 =
- 36.6 − 1 =
- 37.There are 11 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 38.18 − ? = 16
- 39.There are 12 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 40.6 − 5 =
Answer key
- 18
- 4
- 17
- 1
- 19
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 16
- 3
- 5
- 4
- 11
- 10
- 4
- 10
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 16
- 2
- 8
- 2
- 1
- 7
- 17
- 10
- 10
- 6
- 4
- 5
- 8
- 2
- 9
- 1
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