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 5 cups and 3 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 2.What is 14 less than 19?
- 3.Sneha had 17 books and gave 3 to a friend. How many books does Sneha have left?
- 4.Aarav had 18 balls and gave 9 to a friend. How many balls does Aarav have left?
- 5.There are 17 cups and 5 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 6.Arjun had 13 laddoos and gave 12 to a friend. How many laddoos does Arjun have left?
- 7.9 − 4 =
- 8.19 − 1 =
- 9.17 − 11 =
- 10.? − 1 = 5
- 11.? − 8 = 1
- 12.13 − ? = 5
- 13.9 − 8 =
- 14.There are 3 children and 2 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 15.Farhan had 8 pencils and gave 3 to a friend. How many pencils does Farhan have left?
- 16.? − 1 = 2
- 17.12 − ? = 11
- 18.9 − ? = 5
- 19.4 − 3 =
- 20.15 − 6 =
- 21.15 − ? = 12
- 22.There are 19 pencils and 15 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 23.There are 19 pencils and 8 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 24.What is 2 less than 14?
- 25.11 − 1 =
- 26.What is 2 less than 13?
- 27.Isha had 6 marbles and gave 1 to a friend. How many marbles does Isha have left?
- 28.11 − 10 =
- 29.What is 10 less than 13?
- 30.Diya had 13 books and gave 12 to a friend. How many books does Diya have left?
- 31.What is 2 less than 5?
- 32.What is 2 less than 7?
- 33.There are 20 cups and 4 saucers. How many more cups than saucers are there?
- 34.What is 8 less than 9?
- 35.16 − 13 =
- 36.? − 9 = 5
- 37.Aarav had 5 balloons and gave 1 to a friend. How many balloons does Aarav have left?
- 38.16 − 2 =
- 39.What is 11 less than 20?
- 40.16 − ? = 9
Answer key
- 2
- 5
- 14
- 9
- 12
- 1
- 5
- 18
- 6
- 6
- 9
- 8
- 1
- 1
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 1
- 9
- 3
- 4
- 11
- 12
- 10
- 11
- 5
- 1
- 3
- 1
- 3
- 5
- 16
- 1
- 3
- 14
- 4
- 14
- 9
- 7
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