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.
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- 1.What is 1 less than 2?
- 2.There are 8 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 3.There are 5 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 4.3 − 2 =
- 5.? − 11 = 3
- 6.What is 2 less than 17?
- 7.Dev had 8 mangoes and gave 7 to a friend. How many mangoes does Dev have left?
- 8.2 − 1 =
- 9.What is 5 less than 19?
- 10.Dev had 19 kites and gave 7 to a friend. How many kites does Dev have left?
- 11.Manav had 9 bananas and gave 6 to a friend. How many bananas does Manav have left?
- 12.There are 4 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 13.Manav had 16 crayons and gave 13 to a friend. How many crayons does Manav have left?
- 14.8 − ? = 4
- 15.There are 18 boys and 14 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 16.10 − 8 =
- 17.? − 6 = 4
- 18.? − 1 = 3
- 19.Isha had 11 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Isha have left?
- 20.16 − ? = 2
- 21.20 − 17 =
- 22.There are 19 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 23.4 − ? = 1
- 24.3 − 1 =
- 25.? − 3 = 7
- 26.There are 20 pencils and 19 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 27.What is 7 less than 18?
- 28.5 − ? = 3
- 29.What is 5 less than 6?
- 30.5 − 2 =
- 31.There are 13 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 32.Dev had 10 flowers and gave 6 to a friend. How many flowers does Dev have left?
- 33.19 − ? = 15
- 34.There are 14 birds and 11 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 35.Nisha had 8 balloons and gave 3 to a friend. How many balloons does Nisha have left?
- 36.Tara had 9 mangoes and gave 8 to a friend. How many mangoes does Tara have left?
- 37.Kavya had 10 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Kavya have left?
- 38.14 − 7 =
- 39.Aditya had 4 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Aditya have left?
- 40.What is 1 less than 4?
Answer key
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 14
- 15
- 1
- 1
- 14
- 12
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 2
- 10
- 4
- 7
- 14
- 3
- 17
- 3
- 2
- 10
- 1
- 11
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 10
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 9
- 7
- 3
- 3
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