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 4 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.19 − 17 =
- 3.Riya had 6 balls and gave 5 to a friend. How many balls does Riya have left?
- 4.There are 9 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 5.20 − 19 =
- 6.16 − 10 =
- 7.What is 6 less than 18?
- 8.What is 2 less than 18?
- 9.? − 2 = 8
- 10.15 − ? = 3
- 11.11 − 1 =
- 12.What is 1 less than 3?
- 13.There are 17 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 14.17 − 14 =
- 15.Sneha had 10 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Sneha have left?
- 16.Isha had 14 kites and gave 9 to a friend. How many kites does Isha have left?
- 17.9 − 1 =
- 18.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 19.? − 6 = 3
- 20.4 − ? = 2
- 21.What is 1 less than 2?
- 22.There are 3 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 23.Ishaan had 5 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Ishaan have left?
- 24.Arjun had 13 pencils and gave 8 to a friend. How many pencils does Arjun have left?
- 25.5 − ? = 1
- 26.7 − 4 =
- 27.9 − 6 =
- 28.There are 13 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 29.14 − ? = 9
- 30.17 − 7 =
- 31.10 − ? = 1
- 32.Manav had 3 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Manav have left?
- 33.7 − ? = 5
- 34.Kavya had 3 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Kavya have left?
- 35.Dev had 11 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Dev have left?
- 36.What is 14 less than 16?
- 37.11 − 10 =
- 38.2 − 1 =
- 39.10 − 3 =
- 40.14 − 1 =
Answer key
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- 2
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 6
- 12
- 16
- 10
- 12
- 10
- 2
- 12
- 3
- 7
- 5
- 8
- 2
- 9
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 9
- 5
- 10
- 9
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 13
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