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 8 less than 10?
- 2.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 3.What is 12 less than 14?
- 4.There are 16 children and 12 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 5.? − 16 = 1
- 6.Karan had 4 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Karan have left?
- 7.What is 4 less than 5?
- 8.? − 3 = 4
- 9.7 − 3 =
- 10.? − 9 = 3
- 11.10 − ? = 3
- 12.5 − ? = 4
- 13.Manav had 10 marbles and gave 7 to a friend. How many marbles does Manav have left?
- 14.6 − 1 =
- 15.There are 13 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 16.There are 10 bottles and 6 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 17.11 − ? = 5
- 18.There are 11 bottles and 4 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 19.Arjun had 5 crayons and gave 1 to a friend. How many crayons does Arjun have left?
- 20.What is 1 less than 3?
- 21.There are 19 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 22.What is 3 less than 9?
- 23.6 − 2 =
- 24.What is 1 less than 2?
- 25.What is 9 less than 19?
- 26.There are 15 birds and 11 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 27.13 − 10 =
- 28.Aarav had 19 mangoes and gave 10 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aarav have left?
- 29.2 − 1 =
- 30.Rahul had 15 shells and gave 7 to a friend. How many shells does Rahul have left?
- 31.7 − ? = 3
- 32.Arjun had 14 bananas and gave 2 to a friend. How many bananas does Arjun have left?
- 33.What is 8 less than 9?
- 34.There are 16 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 35.There are 18 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.19 − ? = 14
- 37.8 − 1 =
- 38.20 − 5 =
- 39.Sneha had 6 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Sneha have left?
- 40.Aditya had 7 marbles and gave 6 to a friend. How many marbles does Aditya have left?
Answer key
- 2
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 17
- 3
- 1
- 7
- 4
- 12
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 4
- 6
- 7
- 4
- 2
- 12
- 6
- 4
- 1
- 10
- 4
- 3
- 9
- 1
- 8
- 4
- 12
- 1
- 11
- 16
- 5
- 7
- 15
- 4
- 1
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