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Year 3 Subtraction Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

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Year 3 Subtraction Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 3 — Answers

Set out each subtraction in columns. Show any regrouping.

1.
897
−558

Answer: 339

  1. 7 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 17 − 8 = 9
  2. 8 − 5 = 3
  3. 8 − 5 = 3
2.
526
−112

Answer: 414

  1. 6 − 2 = 4
  2. 2 − 1 = 1
  3. 5 − 1 = 4
3.
286
−182

Answer: 104

  1. 6 − 2 = 4
  2. 8 − 8 = 0
  3. 2 − 1 = 1
4.
512
−187

Answer: 325

  1. 2 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 7 = 5
  2. 0 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 8 = 2
  3. 4 − 1 = 3
5.
843
−318

Answer: 525

  1. 3 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 8 = 5
  2. 3 − 1 = 2
  3. 8 − 3 = 5
6.
506
−289

Answer: 217

  1. 6 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 16 − 9 = 7
  2. 0 lent 1 to the column before, so regroup again: this column becomes 9 → 9 − 8 = 1
  3. 4 − 2 = 2
7.
649
−440

Answer: 209

  1. 9 − 0 = 9
  2. 4 − 4 = 0
  3. 6 − 4 = 2
8.
747
−546

Answer: 201

  1. 7 − 6 = 1
  2. 4 − 4 = 0
  3. 7 − 5 = 2
9.
366
−202

Answer: 164

  1. 6 − 2 = 4
  2. 6 − 0 = 6
  3. 3 − 2 = 1
10.
975
−127

Answer: 848

  1. 5 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 7 = 8
  2. 6 − 2 = 4
  3. 9 − 1 = 8
11.
948
−180

Answer: 768

  1. 8 − 0 = 8
  2. 4 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 8 = 6
  3. 8 − 1 = 7
12.
217
−130

Answer: 87

  1. 7 − 0 = 7
  2. 1 is less than 3: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 3 = 8
  3. 1 − 1 = 0
13.
855
−620

Answer: 235

  1. 5 − 0 = 5
  2. 5 − 2 = 3
  3. 8 − 6 = 2
14.
387
−332

Answer: 55

  1. 7 − 2 = 5
  2. 8 − 3 = 5
  3. 3 − 3 = 0
15.
459
−334

Answer: 125

  1. 9 − 4 = 5
  2. 5 − 3 = 2
  3. 4 − 3 = 1
16.
385
−109

Answer: 276

  1. 5 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 9 = 6
  2. 7 − 0 = 7
  3. 3 − 1 = 2
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