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.What is 13 less than 16?
- 2.Priya had 9 mangoes and gave 6 to a friend. How many mangoes does Priya have left?
- 3.18 − ? = 17
- 4.Riya had 7 crayons and gave 5 to a friend. How many crayons does Riya have left?
- 5.6 − 4 =
- 6.11 − 2 =
- 7.What is 5 less than 17?
- 8.There are 20 birds and 3 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 9.Arjun had 12 books and gave 7 to a friend. How many books does Arjun have left?
- 10.What is 7 less than 15?
- 11.12 − 6 =
- 12.What is 4 less than 20?
- 13.There are 9 cups and 2 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 14.Rahul had 16 shells and gave 13 to a friend. How many shells does Rahul have left?
- 15.What is 1 less than 5?
- 16.17 − 7 =
- 17.2 − 1 =
- 18.There are 11 birds and 8 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 19.What is 8 less than 16?
- 20.Lakshmi had 19 balls and gave 5 to a friend. How many balls does Lakshmi have left?
- 21.19 − 5 =
- 22.5 − 1 =
- 23.What is 4 less than 17?
- 24.What is 2 less than 5?
- 25.15 − 5 =
- 26.There are 20 bottles and 7 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 27.? − 1 = 11
- 28.13 − 8 =
- 29.7 − ? = 6
- 30.6 − 3 =
- 31.Dev had 9 balls and gave 4 to a friend. How many balls does Dev have left?
- 32.12 − 10 =
- 33.What is 12 less than 19?
- 34.What is 5 less than 10?
- 35.There are 8 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 36.What is 13 less than 20?
- 37.3 − 1 =
- 38.There are 19 pencils and 17 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 39.? − 11 = 1
- 40.? − 9 = 6
Answer key
- 3
- 3
- 1
- 2
- 2
- 9
- 12
- 17
- 5
- 8
- 6
- 16
- 7
- 3
- 4
- 10
- 1
- 3
- 8
- 14
- 14
- 4
- 13
- 3
- 10
- 13
- 12
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 2
- 7
- 5
- 4
- 7
- 2
- 2
- 12
- 15
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