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.Kavya had 6 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Kavya have left?
- 2.5 − ? = 2
- 3.Diya had 12 laddoos and gave 7 to a friend. How many laddoos does Diya have left?
- 4.What is 4 less than 19?
- 5.8 − 2 =
- 6.3 − 1 =
- 7.There are 19 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 8.What is 1 less than 9?
- 9.What is 2 less than 5?
- 10.Tara had 12 balls and gave 7 to a friend. How many balls does Tara have left?
- 11.Isha had 4 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Isha have left?
- 12.There are 9 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 13.Sneha had 6 flowers and gave 5 to a friend. How many flowers does Sneha have left?
- 14.There are 17 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 15.? − 7 = 2
- 16.? − 1 = 2
- 17.Meera had 7 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Meera have left?
- 18.14 − 8 =
- 19.What is 3 less than 15?
- 20.15 − 9 =
- 21.Sneha had 14 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Sneha have left?
- 22.12 − 5 =
- 23.17 − 16 =
- 24.7 − 1 =
- 25.What is 1 less than 2?
- 26.What is 1 less than 6?
- 27.There are 6 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 28.Isha had 9 flowers and gave 8 to a friend. How many flowers does Isha have left?
- 29.Lakshmi had 8 kites and gave 4 to a friend. How many kites does Lakshmi have left?
- 30.What is 3 less than 6?
- 31.There are 9 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 32.17 − 5 =
- 33.20 − ? = 19
- 34.Rohan had 19 books and gave 15 to a friend. How many books does Rohan have left?
- 35.There are 6 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 36.Isha had 16 marbles and gave 13 to a friend. How many marbles does Isha have left?
- 37.What is 5 less than 8?
- 38.Sneha had 18 balls and gave 7 to a friend. How many balls does Sneha have left?
- 39.7 − 4 =
- 40.10 − 7 =
Answer key
- 3
- 3
- 5
- 15
- 6
- 2
- 17
- 8
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 11
- 9
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 12
- 6
- 10
- 7
- 1
- 6
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 5
- 12
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 3
- 11
- 3
- 3
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