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.? − 1 = 3
- 2.What is 15 less than 16?
- 3.What is 1 less than 2?
- 4.? − 2 = 2
- 5.? − 10 = 9
- 6.There are 5 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 7.13 − 11 =
- 8.20 − ? = 15
- 9.There are 13 children and 12 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 10.11 − 3 =
- 11.There are 4 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 12.7 − ? = 6
- 13.? − 2 = 5
- 14.6 − 3 =
- 15.14 − 6 =
- 16.What is 12 less than 16?
- 17.20 − ? = 17
- 18.There are 11 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 19.Diya had 13 books and gave 11 to a friend. How many books does Diya have left?
- 20.There are 6 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 21.What is 3 less than 16?
- 22.8 − 6 =
- 23.6 − 4 =
- 24.What is 2 less than 7?
- 25.Gurpreet had 11 books and gave 5 to a friend. How many books does Gurpreet have left?
- 26.There are 16 bottles and 14 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 27.What is 1 less than 4?
- 28.? − 1 = 2
- 29.8 − 1 =
- 30.There are 8 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 31.15 − 11 =
- 32.19 − 6 =
- 33.What is 12 less than 17?
- 34.5 − 1 =
- 35.There are 5 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 36.11 − 6 =
- 37.Isha had 3 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Isha have left?
- 38.There are 10 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 39.? − 3 = 4
- 40.11 − 2 =
Answer key
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 19
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 8
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 3
- 8
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 13
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 6
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 7
- 3
- 4
- 13
- 5
- 4
- 2
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 7
- 9
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