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
- 1.12 − 5 =
- 2.Ananya had 15 pencils and gave 14 to a friend. How many pencils does Ananya have left?
- 3.What is 7 less than 11?
- 4.What is 1 less than 4?
- 5.8 − 5 =
- 6.Manav had 3 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Manav have left?
- 7.Ishaan had 17 marbles and gave 13 to a friend. How many marbles does Ishaan have left?
- 8.18 − ? = 6
- 9.There are 8 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.20 − 18 =
- 11.2 − 1 =
- 12.What is 8 less than 14?
- 13.What is 2 less than 19?
- 14.Gurpreet had 8 flowers and gave 2 to a friend. How many flowers does Gurpreet have left?
- 15.9 − ? = 4
- 16.There are 18 birds and 14 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 17.What is 5 less than 7?
- 18.Lakshmi had 8 kites and gave 3 to a friend. How many kites does Lakshmi have left?
- 19.? − 18 = 2
- 20.Aditya had 11 books and gave 9 to a friend. How many books does Aditya have left?
- 21.There are 16 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 22.What is 17 less than 19?
- 23.There are 13 pencils and 10 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.? − 5 = 2
- 25.8 − 1 =
- 26.There are 5 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.Joseph had 12 flowers and gave 8 to a friend. How many flowers does Joseph have left?
- 28.15 − 14 =
- 29.Dev had 16 laddoos and gave 12 to a friend. How many laddoos does Dev have left?
- 30.What is 4 less than 13?
- 31.There are 9 birds and 8 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 32.? − 2 = 14
- 33.14 − 2 =
- 34.12 − 8 =
- 35.6 − 4 =
- 36.12 − ? = 4
- 37.7 − 2 =
- 38.What is 4 less than 6?
- 39.? − 4 = 11
- 40.19 − 2 =
Answer key
- 7
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 12
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 6
- 17
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 20
- 2
- 13
- 2
- 3
- 7
- 7
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 4
- 9
- 1
- 16
- 12
- 4
- 2
- 8
- 5
- 2
- 15
- 17
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