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 17 less than 19?
- 2.19 − 10 =
- 3.There are 8 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 4.? − 3 = 5
- 5.2 − 1 =
- 6.16 − 1 =
- 7.What is 2 less than 12?
- 8.Lakshmi had 11 books and gave 9 to a friend. How many books does Lakshmi have left?
- 9.What is 2 less than 11?
- 10.What is 11 less than 14?
- 11.Manav had 13 balloons and gave 8 to a friend. How many balloons does Manav have left?
- 12.What is 3 less than 4?
- 13.Saanvi had 20 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Saanvi have left?
- 14.What is 15 less than 20?
- 15.16 − 4 =
- 16.Meera had 11 shells and gave 10 to a friend. How many shells does Meera have left?
- 17.17 − ? = 16
- 18.Saanvi had 18 kites and gave 1 to a friend. How many kites does Saanvi have left?
- 19.8 − 7 =
- 20.What is 11 less than 18?
- 21.What is 8 less than 11?
- 22.14 − 8 =
- 23.12 − ? = 6
- 24.There are 20 bottles and 10 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 25.? − 1 = 12
- 26.There are 17 boys and 6 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 27.What is 12 less than 18?
- 28.? − 5 = 9
- 29.3 − ? = 1
- 30.There are 9 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 31.7 − ? = 4
- 32.There are 18 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 33.Lakshmi had 14 books and gave 8 to a friend. How many books does Lakshmi have left?
- 34.17 − 7 =
- 35.5 − 1 =
- 36.10 − 8 =
- 37.20 − 16 =
- 38.Aditya had 15 flowers and gave 8 to a friend. How many flowers does Aditya have left?
- 39.? − 10 = 5
- 40.? − 2 = 3
Answer key
- 2
- 9
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 15
- 10
- 2
- 9
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 19
- 5
- 12
- 1
- 1
- 17
- 1
- 7
- 3
- 6
- 6
- 10
- 13
- 11
- 6
- 14
- 2
- 2
- 3
- 14
- 6
- 10
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 7
- 15
- 5
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