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 1 less than 2?
- 2.What is 9 less than 15?
- 3.7 − ? = 4
- 4.Joseph had 18 marbles and gave 9 to a friend. How many marbles does Joseph have left?
- 5.17 − 8 =
- 6.Rahul had 20 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Rahul have left?
- 7.12 − ? = 2
- 8.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 9.16 − 7 =
- 10.6 − 3 =
- 11.There are 4 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 12.What is 11 less than 15?
- 13.Rahul had 11 balls and gave 9 to a friend. How many balls does Rahul have left?
- 14.What is 7 less than 9?
- 15.5 − 4 =
- 16.Aarav had 4 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 17.Rahul had 5 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Rahul have left?
- 18.? − 1 = 6
- 19.2 − 1 =
- 20.What is 2 less than 20?
- 21.9 − 6 =
- 22.What is 1 less than 4?
- 23.There are 5 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.19 − ? = 13
- 25.15 − 5 =
- 26.There are 15 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.4 − 2 =
- 28.Kavya had 10 mangoes and gave 2 to a friend. How many mangoes does Kavya have left?
- 29.Dev had 15 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Dev have left?
- 30.9 − 1 =
- 31.19 − 5 =
- 32.What is 6 less than 15?
- 33.Isha had 12 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 34.4 − 1 =
- 35.What is 2 less than 3?
- 36.What is 6 less than 7?
- 37.Kavya had 15 kites and gave 4 to a friend. How many kites does Kavya have left?
- 38.? − 7 = 6
- 39.Joseph had 8 pencils and gave 2 to a friend. How many pencils does Joseph have left?
- 40.What is 5 less than 6?
Answer key
- 1
- 6
- 3
- 9
- 9
- 18
- 10
- 1
- 9
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 3
- 7
- 1
- 18
- 3
- 3
- 2
- 6
- 10
- 13
- 2
- 8
- 13
- 8
- 14
- 9
- 7
- 3
- 1
- 1
- 11
- 13
- 6
- 1
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