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.There are 9 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 2.14 − 5 =
- 3.Meera had 4 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Meera have left?
- 4.What is 1 less than 2?
- 5.Aditya had 16 kites and gave 11 to a friend. How many kites does Aditya have left?
- 6.Arjun had 14 books and gave 13 to a friend. How many books does Arjun have left?
- 7.What is 13 less than 17?
- 8.? − 2 = 6
- 9.15 − 5 =
- 10.What is 2 less than 16?
- 11.Karan had 14 bananas and gave 4 to a friend. How many bananas does Karan have left?
- 12.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 13.6 − 5 =
- 14.There are 8 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 15.14 − 9 =
- 16.15 − 6 =
- 17.What is 1 less than 3?
- 18.What is 6 less than 8?
- 19.Nisha had 19 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Nisha have left?
- 20.Kavya had 13 laddoos and gave 4 to a friend. How many laddoos does Kavya have left?
- 21.5 − 1 =
- 22.There are 13 children and 10 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 23.Joseph had 12 marbles and gave 9 to a friend. How many marbles does Joseph have left?
- 24.Rohan had 12 kites and gave 8 to a friend. How many kites does Rohan have left?
- 25.Karan had 19 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Karan have left?
- 26.What is 7 less than 17?
- 27.Priya had 20 laddoos and gave 8 to a friend. How many laddoos does Priya have left?
- 28.7 − 5 =
- 29.Kavya had 5 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Kavya have left?
- 30.What is 4 less than 14?
- 31.? − 8 = 2
- 32.11 − ? = 4
- 33.There are 5 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 34.Aarav had 14 mangoes and gave 8 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aarav have left?
- 35.What is 1 less than 7?
- 36.What is 2 less than 3?
- 37.Tara had 6 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Tara have left?
- 38.6 − ? = 1
- 39.14 − ? = 4
- 40.There are 20 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
Answer key
- 7
- 9
- 3
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 8
- 10
- 14
- 10
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 9
- 2
- 2
- 15
- 9
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 18
- 10
- 12
- 2
- 4
- 10
- 10
- 7
- 1
- 6
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 5
- 10
- 16
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