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.? − 2 = 3
- 2.What is 1 less than 9?
- 3.4 − 2 =
- 4.What is 2 less than 19?
- 5.What is 10 less than 11?
- 6.Diya had 11 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Diya have left?
- 7.There are 12 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 8.10 − 5 =
- 9.10 − ? = 5
- 10.18 − 2 =
- 11.15 − 9 =
- 12.Rahul had 12 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Rahul have left?
- 13.5 − 3 =
- 14.What is 4 less than 14?
- 15.Manav had 11 kites and gave 10 to a friend. How many kites does Manav have left?
- 16.? − 6 = 1
- 17.There are 13 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 18.There are 9 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 19.11 − ? = 2
- 20.6 − 1 =
- 21.20 − 8 =
- 22.? − 1 = 4
- 23.9 − ? = 5
- 24.9 − 1 =
- 25.15 − 5 =
- 26.There are 17 children and 13 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.? − 13 = 2
- 28.What is 14 less than 15?
- 29.? − 2 = 1
- 30.18 − 7 =
- 31.There are 16 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 32.? − 10 = 10
- 33.17 − 10 =
- 34.Farhan had 19 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Farhan have left?
- 35.12 − 7 =
- 36.? − 2 = 9
- 37.Rahul had 8 laddoos and gave 5 to a friend. How many laddoos does Rahul have left?
- 38.17 − ? = 14
- 39.7 − 5 =
- 40.There are 10 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
Answer key
- 5
- 8
- 2
- 17
- 1
- 8
- 9
- 5
- 5
- 16
- 6
- 7
- 2
- 10
- 1
- 7
- 9
- 6
- 9
- 5
- 12
- 5
- 4
- 8
- 10
- 4
- 15
- 1
- 3
- 11
- 14
- 20
- 7
- 15
- 5
- 11
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 8
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