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.Isha had 4 laddoos and gave 3 to a friend. How many laddoos does Isha have left?
- 2.What is 1 less than 5?
- 3.There are 6 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 4.? − 9 = 11
- 5.7 − 4 =
- 6.? − 1 = 5
- 7.9 − 5 =
- 8.18 − 8 =
- 9.12 − ? = 7
- 10.15 − 4 =
- 11.4 − ? = 1
- 12.8 − 1 =
- 13.What is 4 less than 6?
- 14.What is 1 less than 6?
- 15.5 − 2 =
- 16.There are 20 birds and 19 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 17.There are 10 bottles and 8 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 18.Kabir had 10 bananas and gave 2 to a friend. How many bananas does Kabir have left?
- 19.9 − 6 =
- 20.Arjun had 18 flowers and gave 8 to a friend. How many flowers does Arjun have left?
- 21.10 − ? = 1
- 22.17 − 8 =
- 23.There are 5 children and 4 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 24.Joseph had 17 balloons and gave 13 to a friend. How many balloons does Joseph have left?
- 25.Riya had 18 balloons and gave 8 to a friend. How many balloons does Riya have left?
- 26.There are 20 boys and 17 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 27.? − 11 = 8
- 28.20 − ? = 19
- 29.15 − 7 =
- 30.? − 3 = 6
- 31.4 − 1 =
- 32.14 − ? = 13
- 33.Ishaan had 13 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Ishaan have left?
- 34.13 − ? = 2
- 35.5 − 3 =
- 36.What is 1 less than 4?
- 37.14 − 12 =
- 38.There are 6 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 39.18 − 12 =
- 40.What is 8 less than 9?
Answer key
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 20
- 3
- 6
- 4
- 10
- 5
- 11
- 3
- 7
- 2
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 3
- 10
- 9
- 9
- 1
- 4
- 10
- 3
- 19
- 1
- 8
- 9
- 3
- 1
- 11
- 11
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 6
- 1
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