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.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.What is 12 less than 17?
- 3.What is 15 less than 20?
- 4.17 − 4 =
- 5.7 − ? = 4
- 6.What is 10 less than 11?
- 7.There are 7 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 8.19 − 2 =
- 9.6 − 2 =
- 10.4 − ? = 2
- 11.There are 9 bottles and 8 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 12.There are 10 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 13.13 − 5 =
- 14.Vivaan had 16 marbles and gave 15 to a friend. How many marbles does Vivaan have left?
- 15.Saanvi had 9 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Saanvi have left?
- 16.There are 14 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 17.10 − 5 =
- 18.6 − 3 =
- 19.12 − 3 =
- 20.What is 14 less than 16?
- 21.4 − 2 =
- 22.6 − 1 =
- 23.What is 6 less than 17?
- 24.What is 9 less than 13?
- 25.? − 4 = 2
- 26.? − 1 = 18
- 27.What is 2 less than 5?
- 28.Kabir had 9 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Kabir have left?
- 29.16 − ? = 6
- 30.20 − ? = 9
- 31.What is 4 less than 7?
- 32.What is 5 less than 8?
- 33.4 − 1 =
- 34.19 − ? = 17
- 35.Isha had 9 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Isha have left?
- 36.9 − 7 =
- 37.8 − ? = 6
- 38.? − 13 = 1
- 39.Ananya had 3 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Ananya have left?
- 40.There are 11 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
Answer key
- 2
- 5
- 5
- 13
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 17
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 5
- 8
- 1
- 7
- 10
- 5
- 3
- 9
- 2
- 2
- 5
- 11
- 4
- 6
- 19
- 3
- 7
- 10
- 11
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 2
- 2
- 14
- 2
- 9
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