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 18 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 2.Arjun had 6 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Arjun have left?
- 3.? − 11 = 5
- 4.What is 1 less than 3?
- 5.Aarav had 8 pencils and gave 5 to a friend. How many pencils does Aarav have left?
- 6.Tara had 3 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Tara have left?
- 7.What is 1 less than 6?
- 8.Meera had 11 balls and gave 6 to a friend. How many balls does Meera have left?
- 9.? − 6 = 1
- 10.There are 14 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 11.There are 6 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 12.What is 10 less than 11?
- 13.Priya had 17 pencils and gave 13 to a friend. How many pencils does Priya have left?
- 14.? − 12 = 8
- 15.What is 4 less than 5?
- 16.Manav had 17 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Manav have left?
- 17.16 − 1 =
- 18.What is 1 less than 2?
- 19.What is 4 less than 6?
- 20.16 − ? = 12
- 21.There are 13 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 22.? − 8 = 11
- 23.What is 2 less than 20?
- 24.There are 12 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 25.What is 2 less than 5?
- 26.? − 4 = 13
- 27.20 − 10 =
- 28.Saanvi had 3 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Saanvi have left?
- 29.8 − 3 =
- 30.3 − 2 =
- 31.2 − 1 =
- 32.11 − 8 =
- 33.There are 10 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 34.6 − 3 =
- 35.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 36.? − 17 = 3
- 37.12 − ? = 7
- 38.17 − 1 =
- 39.? − 6 = 3
- 40.Tara had 3 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Tara have left?
Answer key
- 11
- 2
- 16
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 5
- 7
- 9
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 20
- 1
- 14
- 15
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 7
- 19
- 18
- 10
- 3
- 17
- 10
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 20
- 5
- 16
- 9
- 1
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