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.Arjun had 10 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Arjun have left?
- 2.9 − 8 =
- 3.What is 2 less than 5?
- 4.What is 1 less than 8?
- 5.? − 2 = 11
- 6.4 − ? = 3
- 7.What is 2 less than 9?
- 8.19 − 5 =
- 9.What is 10 less than 19?
- 10.There are 6 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 11.There are 18 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 12.6 − 1 =
- 13.7 − 4 =
- 14.What is 7 less than 9?
- 15.What is 3 less than 15?
- 16.13 − ? = 8
- 17.Isha had 18 flowers and gave 14 to a friend. How many flowers does Isha have left?
- 18.Lakshmi had 5 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Lakshmi have left?
- 19.There are 8 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 20.What is 6 less than 11?
- 21.What is 17 less than 19?
- 22.? − 3 = 3
- 23.There are 6 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.There are 3 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 25.What is 7 less than 17?
- 26.What is 9 less than 18?
- 27.There are 5 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 28.Gurpreet had 6 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Gurpreet have left?
- 29.3 − 2 =
- 30.4 − ? = 1
- 31.3 − 1 =
- 32.? − 1 = 16
- 33.3 − ? = 1
- 34.6 − 4 =
- 35.15 − 9 =
- 36.16 − 15 =
- 37.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 38.? − 2 = 1
- 39.What is 1 less than 2?
- 40.16 − ? = 14
Answer key
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 7
- 13
- 1
- 7
- 14
- 9
- 4
- 14
- 5
- 3
- 2
- 12
- 5
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 6
- 2
- 1
- 10
- 9
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 17
- 2
- 2
- 6
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 2
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