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.What is 9 less than 16?
- 2.Arjun had 4 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Arjun have left?
- 3.2 − 1 =
- 4.? − 15 = 5
- 5.What is 2 less than 3?
- 6.What is 2 less than 6?
- 7.What is 6 less than 18?
- 8.What is 2 less than 4?
- 9.9 − 8 =
- 10.20 − ? = 3
- 11.5 − ? = 2
- 12.What is 11 less than 19?
- 13.There are 13 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 14.20 − 10 =
- 15.11 − ? = 10
- 16.? − 4 = 2
- 17.There are 19 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 18.Rahul had 15 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Rahul have left?
- 19.Rohan had 20 flowers and gave 1 to a friend. How many flowers does Rohan have left?
- 20.Farhan had 3 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Farhan have left?
- 21.9 − ? = 1
- 22.There are 11 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 23.What is 3 less than 4?
- 24.18 − 5 =
- 25.16 − 3 =
- 26.Aditya had 8 books and gave 7 to a friend. How many books does Aditya have left?
- 27.Joseph had 5 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Joseph have left?
- 28.17 − 5 =
- 29.17 − 15 =
- 30.13 − ? = 5
- 31.? − 5 = 8
- 32.Saanvi had 13 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Saanvi have left?
- 33.? − 4 = 4
- 34.Farhan had 16 balloons and gave 6 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 35.There are 4 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 36.Sneha had 16 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Sneha have left?
- 37.Sneha had 8 kites and gave 7 to a friend. How many kites does Sneha have left?
- 38.? − 3 = 3
- 39.20 − 3 =
- 40.Meera had 7 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Meera have left?
Answer key
- 7
- 1
- 1
- 20
- 1
- 4
- 12
- 2
- 1
- 17
- 3
- 8
- 4
- 10
- 1
- 6
- 11
- 12
- 19
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 1
- 13
- 13
- 1
- 2
- 12
- 2
- 8
- 13
- 11
- 8
- 10
- 2
- 15
- 1
- 6
- 17
- 5
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