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.What is 4 less than 8?
- 2.? − 7 = 4
- 3.Meera had 4 crayons and gave 3 to a friend. How many crayons does Meera have left?
- 4.There are 5 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 5.? − 2 = 6
- 6.Meera had 6 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Meera have left?
- 7.What is 7 less than 20?
- 8.20 − ? = 5
- 9.There are 16 birds and 12 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 10.17 − 10 =
- 11.There are 9 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 12.Riya had 20 bananas and gave 14 to a friend. How many bananas does Riya have left?
- 13.There are 20 pencils and 19 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 14.Joseph had 4 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Joseph have left?
- 15.5 − 4 =
- 16.15 − 4 =
- 17.Lakshmi had 8 crayons and gave 6 to a friend. How many crayons does Lakshmi have left?
- 18.2 − 1 =
- 19.16 − 1 =
- 20.What is 4 less than 10?
- 21.There are 4 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 22.19 − 13 =
- 23.Kavya had 3 crayons and gave 2 to a friend. How many crayons does Kavya have left?
- 24.Aarav had 5 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Aarav have left?
- 25.There are 19 children and 17 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 26.What is 15 less than 16?
- 27.? − 11 = 7
- 28.? − 5 = 12
- 29.6 − 2 =
- 30.? − 7 = 13
- 31.What is 2 less than 6?
- 32.What is 2 less than 15?
- 33.There are 12 pencils and 9 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 34.12 − 8 =
- 35.What is 2 less than 9?
- 36.What is 2 less than 7?
- 37.4 − 3 =
- 38.15 − 2 =
- 39.What is 18 less than 19?
- 40.There are 7 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
Answer key
- 4
- 11
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 4
- 13
- 15
- 4
- 7
- 6
- 6
- 1
- 2
- 1
- 11
- 2
- 1
- 15
- 6
- 2
- 6
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 18
- 17
- 4
- 20
- 4
- 13
- 3
- 4
- 7
- 5
- 1
- 13
- 1
- 2
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