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 5 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Joseph have left?
- 2.There are 8 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.7 − 4 =
- 4.Meera had 6 laddoos and gave 4 to a friend. How many laddoos does Meera have left?
- 5.2 − 1 =
- 6.What is 1 less than 9?
- 7.There are 6 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 8.What is 2 less than 14?
- 9.What is 7 less than 11?
- 10.15 − 9 =
- 11.There are 11 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 12.Priya had 18 books and gave 17 to a friend. How many books does Priya have left?
- 13.8 − 1 =
- 14.20 − 19 =
- 15.There are 13 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 16.8 − 3 =
- 17.18 − ? = 16
- 18.Dev had 7 balloons and gave 6 to a friend. How many balloons does Dev have left?
- 19.There are 18 pencils and 14 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 20.There are 12 children and 8 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 21.7 − ? = 3
- 22.There are 9 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 23.Pooja had 14 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Pooja have left?
- 24.What is 12 less than 16?
- 25.11 − 6 =
- 26.Ishaan had 7 shells and gave 6 to a friend. How many shells does Ishaan have left?
- 27.What is 8 less than 19?
- 28.14 − 12 =
- 29.What is 3 less than 13?
- 30.What is 6 less than 7?
- 31.15 − 11 =
- 32.9 − 3 =
- 33.What is 1 less than 6?
- 34.There are 3 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 35.17 − ? = 10
- 36.There are 8 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 37.There are 16 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 38.? − 8 = 2
- 39.7 − 6 =
- 40.? − 10 = 9
Answer key
- 2
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 8
- 2
- 12
- 4
- 6
- 6
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 13
- 4
- 5
- 1
- 11
- 2
- 10
- 1
- 4
- 6
- 5
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 6
- 10
- 1
- 19
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