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 17 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 2.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 3.What is 10 less than 13?
- 4.16 − 10 =
- 5.5 − 2 =
- 6.Rahul had 5 bananas and gave 2 to a friend. How many bananas does Rahul have left?
- 7.10 − 5 =
- 8.There are 15 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 9.There are 8 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 10.Joseph had 20 pencils and gave 15 to a friend. How many pencils does Joseph have left?
- 11.20 − 1 =
- 12.13 − 8 =
- 13.? − 9 = 1
- 14.Aarav had 17 crayons and gave 10 to a friend. How many crayons does Aarav have left?
- 15.6 − ? = 5
- 16.There are 13 pencils and 7 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 17.20 − 11 =
- 18.? − 3 = 4
- 19.4 − ? = 1
- 20.14 − 9 =
- 21.Dev had 9 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Dev have left?
- 22.16 − 7 =
- 23.? − 4 = 1
- 24.What is 2 less than 3?
- 25.Saanvi had 10 mangoes and gave 4 to a friend. How many mangoes does Saanvi have left?
- 26.What is 5 less than 9?
- 27.Gurpreet had 7 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Gurpreet have left?
- 28.2 − 1 =
- 29.16 − 8 =
- 30.Farhan had 6 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 31.10 − ? = 8
- 32.There are 9 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 33.Riya had 7 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Riya have left?
- 34.What is 1 less than 10?
- 35.What is 4 less than 15?
- 36.? − 1 = 19
- 37.What is 1 less than 2?
- 38.What is 2 less than 9?
- 39.There are 5 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 40.8 − 5 =
Answer key
- 7
- 2
- 3
- 6
- 3
- 3
- 5
- 12
- 6
- 5
- 19
- 5
- 10
- 7
- 1
- 6
- 9
- 7
- 3
- 5
- 8
- 9
- 5
- 1
- 6
- 4
- 4
- 1
- 8
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 9
- 11
- 20
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 3
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