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.Isha had 3 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 2.11 − ? = 2
- 3.5 − 3 =
- 4.Rohan had 7 mangoes and gave 1 to a friend. How many mangoes does Rohan have left?
- 5.What is 3 less than 10?
- 6.10 − ? = 1
- 7.4 − 1 =
- 8.Lakshmi had 19 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Lakshmi have left?
- 9.There are 20 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 10.11 − 5 =
- 11.Arjun had 7 books and gave 5 to a friend. How many books does Arjun have left?
- 12.14 − 9 =
- 13.7 − ? = 4
- 14.? − 9 = 7
- 15.5 − 2 =
- 16.? − 1 = 11
- 17.What is 2 less than 5?
- 18.Isha had 15 laddoos and gave 10 to a friend. How many laddoos does Isha have left?
- 19.7 − 5 =
- 20.There are 14 birds and 9 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 21.9 − 8 =
- 22.There are 5 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 23.7 − 6 =
- 24.Kabir had 19 bananas and gave 12 to a friend. How many bananas does Kabir have left?
- 25.What is 1 less than 2?
- 26.What is 2 less than 8?
- 27.What is 6 less than 10?
- 28.Joseph had 6 balls and gave 3 to a friend. How many balls does Joseph have left?
- 29.Lakshmi had 6 marbles and gave 5 to a friend. How many marbles does Lakshmi have left?
- 30.? − 2 = 11
- 31.8 − ? = 7
- 32.17 − 9 =
- 33.4 − 3 =
- 34.13 − ? = 11
- 35.10 − 2 =
- 36.What is 4 less than 9?
- 37.? − 3 = 1
- 38.5 − 4 =
- 39.There are 17 boys and 10 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 40.16 − ? = 6
Answer key
- 2
- 9
- 2
- 6
- 7
- 9
- 3
- 15
- 18
- 6
- 2
- 5
- 3
- 16
- 3
- 12
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 6
- 4
- 3
- 1
- 13
- 1
- 8
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 5
- 4
- 1
- 7
- 10
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