Year 3 Subtraction Worksheet — Getting Started — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 3 subtraction worksheet.
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Set out each subtraction in columns. Show any regrouping.
1.
41
−35
Answer: 6
- 1 is less than 5: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 5 = 6
- 3 − 3 = 0
2.
39
−14
Answer: 25
- 9 − 4 = 5
- 3 − 1 = 2
3.
99
−69
Answer: 30
- 9 − 9 = 0
- 9 − 6 = 3
4.
74
−25
Answer: 49
- 4 is less than 5: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 5 = 9
- 6 − 2 = 4
5.
98
−87
Answer: 11
- 8 − 7 = 1
- 9 − 8 = 1
6.
61
−53
Answer: 8
- 1 is less than 3: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 3 = 8
- 5 − 5 = 0
7.
48
−11
Answer: 37
- 8 − 1 = 7
- 4 − 1 = 3
8.
61
−50
Answer: 11
- 1 − 0 = 1
- 6 − 5 = 1
9.
31
−11
Answer: 20
- 1 − 1 = 0
- 3 − 1 = 2
10.
68
−11
Answer: 57
- 8 − 1 = 7
- 6 − 1 = 5
11.
60
−47
Answer: 13
- 0 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 7 = 3
- 5 − 4 = 1
12.
83
−26
Answer: 57
- 3 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 6 = 7
- 7 − 2 = 5
13.
95
−41
Answer: 54
- 5 − 1 = 4
- 9 − 4 = 5
14.
75
−37
Answer: 38
- 5 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 7 = 8
- 6 − 3 = 3
15.
48
−18
Answer: 30
- 8 − 8 = 0
- 4 − 1 = 3
16.
58
−34
Answer: 24
- 8 − 4 = 4
- 5 − 3 = 2
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