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.? − 1 = 2
- 2.? − 1 = 6
- 3.What is 17 less than 20?
- 4.There are 20 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 5.13 − 6 =
- 6.16 − 14 =
- 7.6 − 2 =
- 8.There are 4 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 9.What is 3 less than 5?
- 10.19 − 13 =
- 11.? − 3 = 17
- 12.5 − ? = 4
- 13.What is 1 less than 6?
- 14.What is 10 less than 18?
- 15.What is 1 less than 2?
- 16.There are 12 children and 11 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 17.Ananya had 18 balls and gave 5 to a friend. How many balls does Ananya have left?
- 18.5 − 1 =
- 19.? − 1 = 18
- 20.There are 7 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 21.? − 11 = 8
- 22.10 − 7 =
- 23.Sneha had 17 marbles and gave 14 to a friend. How many marbles does Sneha have left?
- 24.There are 8 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 25.11 − ? = 6
- 26.Meera had 7 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Meera have left?
- 27.? − 4 = 7
- 28.? − 6 = 8
- 29.There are 13 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 30.What is 2 less than 6?
- 31.There are 13 pencils and 12 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 32.13 − ? = 12
- 33.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 34.There are 5 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 35.11 − ? = 9
- 36.18 − ? = 4
- 37.What is 10 less than 12?
- 38.3 − 1 =
- 39.12 − ? = 8
- 40.? − 1 = 5
Answer key
- 3
- 7
- 3
- 13
- 7
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 6
- 20
- 1
- 5
- 8
- 1
- 1
- 13
- 4
- 19
- 2
- 19
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 5
- 11
- 14
- 9
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 14
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 6
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