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Missing Start Number is a free printable Grade 1 maths worksheet on the unknown at the start of a subtraction past fifteen, aligned to Common Core standard 1.OA.D.8. It prints 16 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Missing Start Number

1.OA.D.8

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Work out each answer.

1.___ − 4 = 12
2.___ − 8 = 8
3.___ − 16 = 3
4.___ − 9 = 7
5.___ − 11 = 8
6.___ − 16 = 0
7.___ − 2 = 14
8.___ − 12 = 5
9.___ − 6 = 10
10.___ − 13 = 7
11.___ − 4 = 15
12.___ − 3 = 14
13.___ − 12 = 4
14.___ − 10 = 6
15.___ − 11 = 5
16.___ − 15 = 2

LessonPrint · 1.OA.D.8 · Set 15 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Missing Start Number

Set 15. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.16
  2. 2.16
  3. 3.19
  4. 4.16
  5. 5.19
  6. 6.16
  7. 7.16
  8. 8.17
  9. 9.16
  10. 10.20
  11. 11.19
  12. 12.17
  13. 13.16
  14. 14.16
  15. 15.16
  16. 16.17

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 1.OA.D.8 of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.