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 1 less than 2?
- 2.There are 15 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 3.There are 7 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 4.? − 1 = 3
- 5.3 − ? = 2
- 6.? − 7 = 1
- 7.? − 11 = 6
- 8.? − 3 = 8
- 9.What is 5 less than 11?
- 10.19 − ? = 6
- 11.What is 1 less than 17?
- 12.There are 6 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.Kavya had 15 flowers and gave 7 to a friend. How many flowers does Kavya have left?
- 14.There are 11 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 15.4 − 1 =
- 16.There are 14 cups and 9 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 17.There are 12 boys and 7 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 18.What is 8 less than 13?
- 19.? − 4 = 11
- 20.There are 15 children and 13 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 21.Aditya had 9 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Aditya have left?
- 22.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 23.? − 2 = 1
- 24.Lakshmi had 18 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Lakshmi have left?
- 25.? − 13 = 1
- 26.There are 11 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.6 − ? = 3
- 28.14 − ? = 9
- 29.There are 12 bottles and 6 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 30.What is 18 less than 19?
- 31.What is 15 less than 16?
- 32.What is 3 less than 7?
- 33.14 − 3 =
- 34.What is 8 less than 10?
- 35.There are 6 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 36.What is 2 less than 3?
- 37.6 − 5 =
- 38.What is 4 less than 20?
- 39.There are 17 cups and 9 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 40.Diya had 14 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Diya have left?
Answer key
- 1
- 8
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 8
- 17
- 11
- 6
- 13
- 16
- 3
- 8
- 6
- 3
- 5
- 5
- 5
- 15
- 2
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 17
- 14
- 4
- 3
- 5
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 11
- 2
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 16
- 8
- 12
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