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
- 1.20 − ? = 3
- 2.What is 13 less than 14?
- 3.There are 5 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 4.Kavya had 15 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Kavya have left?
- 5.Dev had 18 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Dev have left?
- 6.What is 12 less than 18?
- 7.? − 4 = 2
- 8.5 − 4 =
- 9.6 − 1 =
- 10.6 − 2 =
- 11.6 − ? = 5
- 12.8 − 2 =
- 13.4 − 1 =
- 14.16 − 5 =
- 15.14 − 4 =
- 16.10 − 8 =
- 17.6 − 5 =
- 18.? − 5 = 13
- 19.? − 2 = 14
- 20.What is 1 less than 3?
- 21.8 − 5 =
- 22.Pooja had 6 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Pooja have left?
- 23.What is 9 less than 14?
- 24.19 − 4 =
- 25.13 − ? = 5
- 26.Riya had 16 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Riya have left?
- 27.Aarav had 15 balloons and gave 9 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 28.What is 14 less than 20?
- 29.What is 5 less than 18?
- 30.There are 14 birds and 11 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 31.Ananya had 10 balloons and gave 9 to a friend. How many balloons does Ananya have left?
- 32.7 − ? = 1
- 33.? − 1 = 4
- 34.Ishaan had 11 flowers and gave 9 to a friend. How many flowers does Ishaan have left?
- 35.There are 9 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.There are 5 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 37.18 − 1 =
- 38.Manav had 17 balls and gave 7 to a friend. How many balls does Manav have left?
- 39.What is 4 less than 6?
- 40.There are 14 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
Answer key
- 17
- 1
- 2
- 11
- 16
- 6
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 4
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 11
- 10
- 2
- 1
- 18
- 16
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 15
- 8
- 14
- 6
- 6
- 13
- 3
- 1
- 6
- 5
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 17
- 10
- 2
- 10
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