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 8 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 2.There are 10 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.What is 3 less than 9?
- 4.? − 4 = 8
- 5.There are 11 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 6.16 − ? = 11
- 7.10 − 7 =
- 8.16 − ? = 8
- 9.9 − 6 =
- 10.Farhan had 6 kites and gave 2 to a friend. How many kites does Farhan have left?
- 11.16 − ? = 7
- 12.10 − 1 =
- 13.What is 7 less than 9?
- 14.18 − 11 =
- 15.4 − 3 =
- 16.What is 11 less than 18?
- 17.What is 1 less than 3?
- 18.There are 4 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 19.What is 13 less than 16?
- 20.What is 15 less than 16?
- 21.What is 5 less than 19?
- 22.17 − 3 =
- 23.Meera had 3 shells and gave 1 to a friend. How many shells does Meera have left?
- 24.14 − ? = 8
- 25.Nisha had 15 balloons and gave 10 to a friend. How many balloons does Nisha have left?
- 26.? − 15 = 3
- 27.Aditya had 8 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Aditya have left?
- 28.There are 18 cups and 15 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 29.Aarav had 6 pencils and gave 1 to a friend. How many pencils does Aarav have left?
- 30.What is 1 less than 19?
- 31.There are 18 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 32.What is 4 less than 5?
- 33.There are 16 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 34.Lakshmi had 5 laddoos and gave 4 to a friend. How many laddoos does Lakshmi have left?
- 35.What is 3 less than 7?
- 36.5 − 3 =
- 37.What is 5 less than 11?
- 38.What is 18 less than 20?
- 39.6 − 3 =
- 40.12 − 3 =
Answer key
- 2
- 5
- 6
- 12
- 9
- 5
- 3
- 8
- 3
- 4
- 9
- 9
- 2
- 7
- 1
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 14
- 14
- 2
- 6
- 5
- 18
- 7
- 3
- 5
- 18
- 6
- 1
- 10
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 6
- 2
- 3
- 9
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