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.Kavya had 17 books and gave 9 to a friend. How many books does Kavya have left?
- 2.There are 20 birds and 7 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.Rohan had 16 pencils and gave 11 to a friend. How many pencils does Rohan have left?
- 4.? − 6 = 7
- 5.What is 17 less than 20?
- 6.There are 18 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 7.What is 1 less than 2?
- 8.4 − 2 =
- 9.? − 5 = 5
- 10.8 − 2 =
- 11.5 − 3 =
- 12.20 − 11 =
- 13.Isha had 8 marbles and gave 3 to a friend. How many marbles does Isha have left?
- 14.9 − 7 =
- 15.What is 6 less than 8?
- 16.13 − 9 =
- 17.Rohan had 18 balls and gave 9 to a friend. How many balls does Rohan have left?
- 18.There are 3 boys and 2 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 19.There are 10 cups and 6 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 20.There are 4 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 21.There are 9 children and 8 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 22.What is 3 less than 7?
- 23.What is 1 less than 3?
- 24.Vivaan had 17 pencils and gave 13 to a friend. How many pencils does Vivaan have left?
- 25.16 − 4 =
- 26.8 − 3 =
- 27.There are 9 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 28.There are 8 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 29.There are 7 pencils and 4 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 30.15 − 12 =
- 31.Nisha had 18 books and gave 13 to a friend. How many books does Nisha have left?
- 32.Priya had 7 shells and gave 4 to a friend. How many shells does Priya have left?
- 33.What is 8 less than 9?
- 34.? − 4 = 9
- 35.There are 10 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 36.Diya had 17 marbles and gave 2 to a friend. How many marbles does Diya have left?
- 37.There are 14 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 38.? − 5 = 11
- 39.There are 13 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 40.19 − 1 =
Answer key
- 8
- 13
- 5
- 13
- 3
- 12
- 1
- 2
- 10
- 6
- 2
- 9
- 5
- 2
- 2
- 4
- 9
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 4
- 2
- 4
- 12
- 5
- 3
- 6
- 3
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 13
- 8
- 15
- 9
- 16
- 8
- 18
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