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.Karan had 11 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Karan have left?
- 2.There are 9 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 3.There are 14 children and 7 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 4.16 − ? = 10
- 5.Pooja had 16 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Pooja have left?
- 6.12 − ? = 11
- 7.6 − ? = 5
- 8.? − 7 = 1
- 9.Joseph had 19 books and gave 14 to a friend. How many books does Joseph have left?
- 10.3 − 2 =
- 11.9 − 8 =
- 12.What is 4 less than 7?
- 13.9 − ? = 1
- 14.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 15.What is 12 less than 17?
- 16.20 − 8 =
- 17.5 − 4 =
- 18.20 − 16 =
- 19.19 − 1 =
- 20.What is 6 less than 16?
- 21.3 − ? = 2
- 22.Priya had 3 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Priya have left?
- 23.There are 17 cups and 10 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 24.There are 14 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 25.There are 4 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 26.3 − 1 =
- 27.There are 15 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 28.17 − 11 =
- 29.Gurpreet had 9 pencils and gave 8 to a friend. How many pencils does Gurpreet have left?
- 30.Joseph had 12 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Joseph have left?
- 31.What is 10 less than 19?
- 32.? − 7 = 5
- 33.11 − ? = 5
- 34.7 − ? = 4
- 35.There are 20 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.There are 5 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 37.16 − 14 =
- 38.? − 2 = 1
- 39.There are 19 bottles and 17 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 40.3 − ? = 1
Answer key
- 10
- 5
- 7
- 6
- 14
- 1
- 1
- 8
- 5
- 1
- 1
- 3
- 8
- 1
- 5
- 12
- 1
- 4
- 18
- 10
- 1
- 2
- 7
- 10
- 2
- 2
- 11
- 6
- 1
- 7
- 9
- 12
- 6
- 3
- 15
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 2
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