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.There are 16 children and 3 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.There are 9 birds and 5 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 3.What is 12 less than 13?
- 4.What is 2 less than 18?
- 5.There are 12 birds and 6 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 6.? − 11 = 3
- 7.There are 20 pencils and 12 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 8.? − 8 = 2
- 9.12 − 6 =
- 10.3 − 1 =
- 11.Rohan had 5 crayons and gave 3 to a friend. How many crayons does Rohan have left?
- 12.18 − ? = 5
- 13.What is 8 less than 12?
- 14.10 − ? = 5
- 15.13 − 4 =
- 16.17 − 11 =
- 17.5 − ? = 4
- 18.There are 15 boys and 5 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 19.Zoya had 6 crayons and gave 3 to a friend. How many crayons does Zoya have left?
- 20.Joseph had 20 pencils and gave 9 to a friend. How many pencils does Joseph have left?
- 21.9 − 3 =
- 22.What is 9 less than 12?
- 23.There are 6 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 24.What is 3 less than 13?
- 25.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 26.There are 12 children and 6 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 27.There are 16 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 28.What is 1 less than 2?
- 29.What is 6 less than 12?
- 30.19 − ? = 10
- 31.16 − 4 =
- 32.7 − 2 =
- 33.? − 2 = 1
- 34.There are 18 children and 17 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 35.There are 17 pencils and 6 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 36.10 − 9 =
- 37.? − 1 = 13
- 38.4 − ? = 1
- 39.What is 3 less than 14?
- 40.There are 17 cups and 7 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
Answer key
- 13
- 4
- 1
- 16
- 6
- 14
- 8
- 10
- 6
- 2
- 2
- 13
- 4
- 5
- 9
- 6
- 1
- 10
- 3
- 11
- 6
- 3
- 3
- 10
- 1
- 6
- 11
- 1
- 6
- 9
- 12
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 11
- 1
- 14
- 3
- 11
- 10
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