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Year 4 Subtraction Worksheet — Getting Started — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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Year 4 Subtraction Worksheet — Getting Started — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Set out each subtraction in columns. Show any regrouping.

1.
432
−123

Answer: 309

  1. 2 is less than 3: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 3 = 9
  2. 2 − 2 = 0
  3. 4 − 1 = 3
2.
515
−463

Answer: 52

  1. 5 − 3 = 2
  2. 1 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 6 = 5
  3. 4 − 4 = 0
3.
682
−317

Answer: 365

  1. 2 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 7 = 5
  2. 7 − 1 = 6
  3. 6 − 3 = 3
4.
950
−810

Answer: 140

  1. 0 − 0 = 0
  2. 5 − 1 = 4
  3. 9 − 8 = 1
5.
934
−586

Answer: 348

  1. 4 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 6 = 8
  2. 2 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 8 = 4
  3. 8 − 5 = 3
6.
541
−521

Answer: 20

  1. 1 − 1 = 0
  2. 4 − 2 = 2
  3. 5 − 5 = 0
7.
796
−214

Answer: 582

  1. 6 − 4 = 2
  2. 9 − 1 = 8
  3. 7 − 2 = 5
8.
809
−772

Answer: 37

  1. 9 − 2 = 7
  2. 0 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 7 = 3
  3. 7 − 7 = 0
9.
289
−256

Answer: 33

  1. 9 − 6 = 3
  2. 8 − 5 = 3
  3. 2 − 2 = 0
10.
963
−262

Answer: 701

  1. 3 − 2 = 1
  2. 6 − 6 = 0
  3. 9 − 2 = 7
11.
272
−259

Answer: 13

  1. 2 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 9 = 3
  2. 6 − 5 = 1
  3. 2 − 2 = 0
12.
314
−267

Answer: 47

  1. 4 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 7 = 7
  2. 0 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 6 = 4
  3. 2 − 2 = 0
13.
452
−180

Answer: 272

  1. 2 − 0 = 2
  2. 5 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 8 = 7
  3. 3 − 1 = 2
14.
717
−297

Answer: 420

  1. 7 − 7 = 0
  2. 1 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 9 = 2
  3. 6 − 2 = 4
15.
229
−144

Answer: 85

  1. 9 − 4 = 5
  2. 2 is less than 4: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 4 = 8
  3. 1 − 1 = 0
16.
373
−110

Answer: 263

  1. 3 − 0 = 3
  2. 7 − 1 = 6
  3. 3 − 1 = 2
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