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 18 children and 14 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.What is 3 less than 17?
- 3.11 − ? = 10
- 4.What is 2 less than 3?
- 5.? − 10 = 6
- 6.Dev had 11 balls and gave 7 to a friend. How many balls does Dev have left?
- 7.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 8.There are 20 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 9.There are 15 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.? − 6 = 7
- 11.Joseph had 11 laddoos and gave 9 to a friend. How many laddoos does Joseph have left?
- 12.What is 17 less than 20?
- 13.There are 5 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 14.Riya had 8 crayons and gave 3 to a friend. How many crayons does Riya have left?
- 15.Zoya had 4 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Zoya have left?
- 16.10 − 6 =
- 17.? − 8 = 2
- 18.20 − 16 =
- 19.Riya had 7 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Riya have left?
- 20.What is 10 less than 11?
- 21.3 − 1 =
- 22.4 − 1 =
- 23.4 − 3 =
- 24.19 − 17 =
- 25.? − 5 = 7
- 26.15 − 13 =
- 27.? − 6 = 1
- 28.11 − 4 =
- 29.What is 15 less than 19?
- 30.What is 1 less than 2?
- 31.7 − 5 =
- 32.17 − ? = 2
- 33.6 − 4 =
- 34.Meera had 13 kites and gave 11 to a friend. How many kites does Meera have left?
- 35.There are 20 cups and 11 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 36.There are 5 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 37.What is 1 less than 15?
- 38.There are 13 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 39.What is 1 less than 3?
- 40.Arjun had 7 bananas and gave 5 to a friend. How many bananas does Arjun have left?
Answer key
- 4
- 14
- 1
- 1
- 16
- 4
- 1
- 11
- 10
- 13
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 4
- 10
- 4
- 6
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 12
- 2
- 7
- 7
- 4
- 1
- 2
- 15
- 2
- 2
- 9
- 3
- 14
- 4
- 2
- 2
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