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.? − 2 = 1
- 2.Aditya had 4 shells and gave 2 to a friend. How many shells does Aditya have left?
- 3.What is 1 less than 10?
- 4.There are 17 pencils and 10 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 5.4 − 3 =
- 6.What is 1 less than 6?
- 7.Dev had 5 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Dev have left?
- 8.There are 19 birds and 8 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 9.Farhan had 13 balls and gave 2 to a friend. How many balls does Farhan have left?
- 10.2 − 1 =
- 11.7 − ? = 4
- 12.17 − 12 =
- 13.8 − 7 =
- 14.There are 6 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 15.5 − 2 =
- 16.What is 5 less than 19?
- 17.What is 3 less than 11?
- 18.What is 2 less than 20?
- 19.There are 17 birds and 16 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 20.3 − 1 =
- 21.? − 1 = 7
- 22.? − 5 = 6
- 23.There are 12 cups and 10 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 24.4 − ? = 3
- 25.17 − ? = 5
- 26.Arjun had 6 laddoos and gave 4 to a friend. How many laddoos does Arjun have left?
- 27.What is 5 less than 17?
- 28.There are 16 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 29.What is 1 less than 4?
- 30.There are 4 birds and 2 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 31.What is 5 less than 8?
- 32.6 − 4 =
- 33.5 − 4 =
- 34.What is 2 less than 5?
- 35.Farhan had 10 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 36.14 − ? = 5
- 37.? − 1 = 4
- 38.? − 5 = 1
- 39.What is 1 less than 2?
- 40.7 − 4 =
Answer key
- 3
- 2
- 9
- 7
- 1
- 5
- 1
- 11
- 11
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 14
- 8
- 18
- 1
- 2
- 8
- 11
- 2
- 1
- 12
- 2
- 12
- 11
- 3
- 2
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 3
- 8
- 9
- 5
- 6
- 1
- 3
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