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 2 less than 6?
- 2.There are 17 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 3.What is 8 less than 14?
- 4.There are 12 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 5.17 − ? = 12
- 6.10 − 3 =
- 7.What is 3 less than 14?
- 8.There are 9 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 9.5 − 1 =
- 10.7 − 6 =
- 11.What is 15 less than 18?
- 12.Arjun had 12 books and gave 7 to a friend. How many books does Arjun have left?
- 13.What is 3 less than 4?
- 14.What is 4 less than 16?
- 15.What is 1 less than 12?
- 16.What is 4 less than 14?
- 17.What is 1 less than 2?
- 18.There are 20 boys and 19 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 19.Farhan had 16 balloons and gave 14 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 20.Vivaan had 5 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Vivaan have left?
- 21.Isha had 5 pencils and gave 4 to a friend. How many pencils does Isha have left?
- 22.7 − 2 =
- 23.? − 2 = 3
- 24.There are 5 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 25.17 − ? = 3
- 26.There are 16 bottles and 12 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 27.What is 3 less than 7?
- 28.Kavya had 14 books and gave 7 to a friend. How many books does Kavya have left?
- 29.6 − 1 =
- 30.20 − ? = 10
- 31.? − 2 = 15
- 32.15 − 3 =
- 33.What is 4 less than 11?
- 34.What is 4 less than 7?
- 35.There are 7 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 36.What is 11 less than 14?
- 37.10 − ? = 2
- 38.2 − 1 =
- 39.Kabir had 18 flowers and gave 13 to a friend. How many flowers does Kabir have left?
- 40.8 − 1 =
Answer key
- 4
- 13
- 6
- 5
- 5
- 7
- 11
- 3
- 4
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 12
- 11
- 10
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 1
- 5
- 5
- 3
- 14
- 4
- 4
- 7
- 5
- 10
- 17
- 12
- 7
- 3
- 4
- 3
- 8
- 1
- 5
- 7
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