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.Aarav had 12 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Aarav have left?
- 2.18 − 2 =
- 3.3 − 1 =
- 4.? − 8 = 1
- 5.2 − 1 =
- 6.What is 11 less than 15?
- 7.12 − ? = 4
- 8.? − 5 = 5
- 9.What is 1 less than 2?
- 10.16 − 9 =
- 11.Karan had 6 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Karan have left?
- 12.? − 6 = 4
- 13.15 − 5 =
- 14.7 − ? = 3
- 15.What is 3 less than 6?
- 16.? − 5 = 1
- 17.What is 3 less than 4?
- 18.What is 1 less than 3?
- 19.6 − ? = 4
- 20.What is 2 less than 16?
- 21.Kavya had 12 balloons and gave 10 to a friend. How many balloons does Kavya have left?
- 22.There are 20 children and 16 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 23.What is 2 less than 4?
- 24.There are 7 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 25.14 − 2 =
- 26.11 − ? = 3
- 27.Rohan had 3 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Rohan have left?
- 28.There are 7 bottles and 6 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 29.There are 16 children and 9 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 30.Farhan had 4 shells and gave 3 to a friend. How many shells does Farhan have left?
- 31.Arjun had 9 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Arjun have left?
- 32.There are 3 bottles and 2 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 33.10 − 2 =
- 34.What is 2 less than 9?
- 35.What is 1 less than 4?
- 36.10 − 1 =
- 37.What is 1 less than 9?
- 38.What is 12 less than 16?
- 39.? − 10 = 9
- 40.6 − ? = 5
Answer key
- 11
- 16
- 2
- 9
- 1
- 4
- 8
- 10
- 1
- 7
- 4
- 10
- 10
- 4
- 3
- 6
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 14
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 3
- 12
- 8
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 8
- 7
- 3
- 9
- 8
- 4
- 19
- 1
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