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.Joseph had 10 laddoos and gave 9 to a friend. How many laddoos does Joseph have left?
- 2.7 − ? = 1
- 3.Aarav had 12 bananas and gave 5 to a friend. How many bananas does Aarav have left?
- 4.13 − 1 =
- 5.8 − ? = 5
- 6.4 − 2 =
- 7.What is 7 less than 8?
- 8.Aditya had 11 balls and gave 7 to a friend. How many balls does Aditya have left?
- 9.What is 1 less than 9?
- 10.2 − 1 =
- 11.9 − ? = 1
- 12.? − 1 = 8
- 13.Saanvi had 4 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Saanvi have left?
- 14.Priya had 17 marbles and gave 4 to a friend. How many marbles does Priya have left?
- 15.3 − ? = 1
- 16.17 − 14 =
- 17.14 − 12 =
- 18.What is 11 less than 16?
- 19.10 − ? = 2
- 20.9 − ? = 7
- 21.16 − ? = 8
- 22.What is 4 less than 8?
- 23.There are 8 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 24.10 − 9 =
- 25.What is 3 less than 17?
- 26.What is 1 less than 7?
- 27.What is 1 less than 14?
- 28.What is 2 less than 9?
- 29.8 − ? = 4
- 30.There are 19 pencils and 17 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 31.Aditya had 3 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Aditya have left?
- 32.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 33.13 − 2 =
- 34.Zoya had 18 shells and gave 13 to a friend. How many shells does Zoya have left?
- 35.What is 6 less than 15?
- 36.What is 5 less than 13?
- 37.There are 14 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 38.20 − 10 =
- 39.Aditya had 4 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Aditya have left?
- 40.? − 2 = 4
Answer key
- 1
- 6
- 7
- 12
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 8
- 1
- 8
- 9
- 2
- 13
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 8
- 2
- 8
- 4
- 6
- 1
- 14
- 6
- 13
- 7
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 2
- 11
- 5
- 9
- 8
- 12
- 10
- 3
- 6
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