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 7 less than 8?
- 2.What is 1 less than 19?
- 3.Farhan had 9 crayons and gave 7 to a friend. How many crayons does Farhan have left?
- 4.Kabir had 16 balls and gave 11 to a friend. How many balls does Kabir have left?
- 5.There are 11 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 6.What is 13 less than 17?
- 7.16 − ? = 4
- 8.There are 6 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 9.There are 9 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 10.What is 1 less than 12?
- 11.There are 16 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 12.There are 7 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 13.What is 1 less than 8?
- 14.Kabir had 3 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Kabir have left?
- 15.There are 7 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 16.There are 15 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 17.What is 1 less than 2?
- 18.There are 17 birds and 8 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 19.What is 10 less than 19?
- 20.What is 8 less than 10?
- 21.5 − 3 =
- 22.2 − 1 =
- 23.There are 17 bottles and 16 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 24.5 − 2 =
- 25.? − 13 = 5
- 26.Meera had 15 balloons and gave 13 to a friend. How many balloons does Meera have left?
- 27.What is 5 less than 6?
- 28.? − 6 = 5
- 29.There are 17 cups and 15 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 30.There are 14 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 31.What is 2 less than 3?
- 32.What is 2 less than 15?
- 33.? − 1 = 5
- 34.19 − ? = 2
- 35.16 − 2 =
- 36.Riya had 14 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Riya have left?
- 37.Aarav had 16 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Aarav have left?
- 38.19 − ? = 3
- 39.19 − ? = 13
- 40.9 − 8 =
Answer key
- 1
- 18
- 2
- 5
- 7
- 4
- 12
- 4
- 4
- 11
- 14
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 9
- 9
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 18
- 2
- 1
- 11
- 2
- 9
- 1
- 13
- 6
- 17
- 14
- 10
- 12
- 16
- 6
- 1
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