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.There are 5 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.There are 5 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.Nisha had 20 crayons and gave 3 to a friend. How many crayons does Nisha have left?
- 4.Vivaan had 13 crayons and gave 4 to a friend. How many crayons does Vivaan have left?
- 5.There are 3 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 6.Ishaan had 19 kites and gave 17 to a friend. How many kites does Ishaan have left?
- 7.What is 9 less than 18?
- 8.19 − ? = 10
- 9.What is 1 less than 8?
- 10.18 − ? = 11
- 11.20 − ? = 11
- 12.Gurpreet had 16 marbles and gave 9 to a friend. How many marbles does Gurpreet have left?
- 13.Zoya had 14 flowers and gave 4 to a friend. How many flowers does Zoya have left?
- 14.There are 4 bottles and 3 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 15.5 − 2 =
- 16.There are 19 pencils and 14 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 17.8 − 5 =
- 18.What is 2 less than 19?
- 19.12 − 1 =
- 20.Isha had 5 balloons and gave 4 to a friend. How many balloons does Isha have left?
- 21.What is 2 less than 18?
- 22.What is 4 less than 7?
- 23.Diya had 12 bananas and gave 1 to a friend. How many bananas does Diya have left?
- 24.5 − 3 =
- 25.17 − 4 =
- 26.What is 1 less than 3?
- 27.20 − ? = 6
- 28.There are 6 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 29.Vivaan had 10 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Vivaan have left?
- 30.Diya had 13 books and gave 10 to a friend. How many books does Diya have left?
- 31.There are 5 pencils and 3 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 32.What is 2 less than 12?
- 33.12 − 3 =
- 34.Sneha had 8 mangoes and gave 3 to a friend. How many mangoes does Sneha have left?
- 35.What is 4 less than 11?
- 36.There are 13 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 37.There are 15 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 38.There are 7 boys and 4 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 39.What is 1 less than 20?
- 40.Saanvi had 3 books and gave 1 to a friend. How many books does Saanvi have left?
Answer key
- 2
- 2
- 17
- 9
- 1
- 2
- 9
- 9
- 7
- 7
- 9
- 7
- 10
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 3
- 17
- 11
- 1
- 16
- 3
- 11
- 2
- 13
- 2
- 14
- 3
- 6
- 3
- 2
- 10
- 9
- 5
- 7
- 6
- 11
- 3
- 19
- 2
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