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.Sneha had 9 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Sneha have left?
- 2.What is 5 less than 6?
- 3.What is 1 less than 2?
- 4.Aarav had 12 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Aarav have left?
- 5.Arjun had 18 laddoos and gave 14 to a friend. How many laddoos does Arjun have left?
- 6.14 − ? = 7
- 7.? − 14 = 3
- 8.? − 1 = 7
- 9.? − 1 = 13
- 10.Aditya had 15 pencils and gave 13 to a friend. How many pencils does Aditya have left?
- 11.15 − 12 =
- 12.What is 4 less than 9?
- 13.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 14.19 − 8 =
- 15.What is 2 less than 5?
- 16.What is 4 less than 17?
- 17.There are 16 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 18.? − 6 = 1
- 19.Gurpreet had 5 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Gurpreet have left?
- 20.Aarav had 17 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Aarav have left?
- 21.6 − 3 =
- 22.Manav had 14 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Manav have left?
- 23.There are 11 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 24.20 − 1 =
- 25.10 − ? = 8
- 26.What is 2 less than 3?
- 27.2 − 1 =
- 28.9 − 3 =
- 29.Lakshmi had 17 bananas and gave 4 to a friend. How many bananas does Lakshmi have left?
- 30.3 − 2 =
- 31.What is 4 less than 6?
- 32.? − 2 = 4
- 33.Zoya had 20 pencils and gave 11 to a friend. How many pencils does Zoya have left?
- 34.? − 2 = 7
- 35.There are 14 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 36.There are 12 bottles and 9 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 37.Rohan had 5 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Rohan have left?
- 38.10 − 6 =
- 39.? − 8 = 11
- 40.There are 14 boys and 13 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
Answer key
- 6
- 1
- 1
- 10
- 4
- 7
- 17
- 8
- 14
- 2
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 11
- 3
- 13
- 13
- 7
- 4
- 13
- 3
- 12
- 4
- 19
- 2
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 13
- 1
- 2
- 6
- 9
- 9
- 7
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 19
- 1
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