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 17 children and 16 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 2.5 − 4 =
- 3.Kavya had 20 laddoos and gave 14 to a friend. How many laddoos does Kavya have left?
- 4.What is 5 less than 9?
- 5.7 − 6 =
- 6.Ishaan had 9 bananas and gave 4 to a friend. How many bananas does Ishaan have left?
- 7.4 − 2 =
- 8.What is 4 less than 19?
- 9.Priya had 20 books and gave 2 to a friend. How many books does Priya have left?
- 10.3 − 2 =
- 11.17 − 1 =
- 12.16 − 10 =
- 13.There are 8 bottles and 6 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 14.Rahul had 10 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Rahul have left?
- 15.There are 5 birds and 4 nests. How many more birds than nests are there?
- 16.? − 3 = 3
- 17.Karan had 18 balloons and gave 2 to a friend. How many balloons does Karan have left?
- 18.Karan had 4 bananas and gave 3 to a friend. How many bananas does Karan have left?
- 19.13 − ? = 6
- 20.10 − ? = 9
- 21.Gurpreet had 10 balloons and gave 5 to a friend. How many balloons does Gurpreet have left?
- 22.What is 1 less than 3?
- 23.Nisha had 16 crayons and gave 12 to a friend. How many crayons does Nisha have left?
- 24.Joseph had 3 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Joseph have left?
- 25.There are 6 bottles and 5 lids. How many more bottles than lids are there?
- 26.5 − 1 =
- 27.There are 6 boys and 3 kites. How many more boys than kites are there?
- 28.12 − 5 =
- 29.19 − ? = 15
- 30.9 − 1 =
- 31.There are 20 pencils and 2 erasers. How many more pencils than erasers are there?
- 32.Aditya had 15 mangoes and gave 10 to a friend. How many mangoes does Aditya have left?
- 33.Farhan had 14 balloons and gave 11 to a friend. How many balloons does Farhan have left?
- 34.Gurpreet had 12 balloons and gave 11 to a friend. How many balloons does Gurpreet have left?
- 35.? − 1 = 3
- 36.7 − 2 =
- 37.19 − 7 =
- 38.There are 19 children and 5 chairs. How many more children than chairs are there?
- 39.Sneha had 6 laddoos and gave 1 to a friend. How many laddoos does Sneha have left?
- 40.14 − 13 =
Answer key
- 1
- 1
- 6
- 4
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 15
- 18
- 1
- 16
- 6
- 2
- 8
- 1
- 6
- 16
- 1
- 7
- 1
- 5
- 2
- 4
- 2
- 1
- 4
- 3
- 7
- 4
- 8
- 18
- 5
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 5
- 12
- 14
- 5
- 1
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