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.
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- 1.What is 5 less than 12?
- 2.There are 12 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 3.There are 9 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 4.What is 2 less than 14?
- 5.Gurpreet had 15 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Gurpreet have left?
- 6.11 − 10 =
- 7.What is 5 less than 19?
- 8.There are 4 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 9.What is 14 less than 17?
- 10.There are 17 boys and 8 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 11.What is 15 less than 16?
- 12.What is 1 less than 4?
- 13.2 − 1 =
- 14.7 − ? = 4
- 15.There are 17 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 16.There are 6 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 17.? − 7 = 6
- 18.Priya had 4 mangoes and gave 3 to a friend. How many mangoes does Priya have left?
- 19.What is 1 less than 6?
- 20.Gurpreet had 16 flowers and gave 3 to a friend. How many flowers does Gurpreet have left?
- 21.16 − ? = 1
- 22.Isha had 20 balloons and gave 19 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 23.16 − 2 =
- 24.? − 9 = 4
- 25.There are 8 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 26.What is 2 less than 5?
- 27.There are 19 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 28.What is 2 less than 10?
- 29.Tara had 19 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Tara have left?
- 30.Farhan had 3 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 31.Kabir had 3 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Kabir have left?
- 32.Aarav had 14 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Aarav have left?
- 33.Riya had 6 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Riya have left?
- 34.Nisha had 9 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Nisha have left?
- 35.Rahul had 9 balloons and gave 6 to a friend. How many balloons does Rahul have left?
- 36.What is 7 less than 11?
- 37.4 − 2 =
- 38.There are 15 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 39.Aarav had 15 kites and gave 7 to a friend. How many kites does Aarav have left?
- 40.Joseph had 9 flowers and gave 8 to a friend. How many flowers does Joseph have left?
Answer key
- 7
- 9
- 2
- 12
- 11
- 1
- 14
- 1
- 3
- 9
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 11
- 1
- 13
- 1
- 5
- 13
- 15
- 1
- 14
- 13
- 6
- 3
- 14
- 8
- 17
- 1
- 1
- 12
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 4
- 2
- 12
- 8
- 1
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