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 11?
- 2.What is 2 less than 3?
- 3.There are 3 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 4.20 − 13 =
- 5.Joseph had 20 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Joseph have left?
- 6.What is 7 less than 8?
- 7.There are 6 pencils and 5 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 8.There are 10 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 9.13 − 3 =
- 10.What is 18 less than 19?
- 11.There are 17 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 12.Meera had 18 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Meera have left?
- 13.What is 6 less than 7?
- 14.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 15.Nisha had 19 pencils and gave 15 to a friend. How many pencils does Nisha have left?
- 16.13 − 6 =
- 17.7 − 4 =
- 18.Diya had 3 balls and gave 1 to a friend. How many balls does Diya have left?
- 19.Riya had 8 pencils and gave 6 to a friend. How many pencils does Riya have left?
- 20.? − 11 = 3
- 21.5 − ? = 4
- 22.14 − 6 =
- 23.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.14 − ? = 11
- 25.There are 15 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 26.Sneha had 5 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Sneha have left?
- 27.18 − ? = 2
- 28.6 − 1 =
- 29.20 − 9 =
- 30.Priya had 6 crayons and gave 3 to a friend. How many crayons does Priya have left?
- 31.What is 12 less than 14?
- 32.Pooja had 5 laddoos and gave 2 to a friend. How many laddoos does Pooja have left?
- 33.Isha had 18 bananas and gave 14 to a friend. How many bananas does Isha have left?
- 34.What is 5 less than 15?
- 35.3 − 2 =
- 36.There are 15 birds and 10 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 37.3 − ? = 1
- 38.12 − 3 =
- 39.Priya had 8 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Priya have left?
- 40.9 − 6 =
Answer key
- 9
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 16
- 1
- 1
- 7
- 10
- 1
- 12
- 13
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 7
- 3
- 2
- 2
- 14
- 1
- 8
- 1
- 3
- 8
- 2
- 16
- 5
- 11
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 10
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 9
- 4
- 3
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