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Year 5 Subtraction Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

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Year 5 Subtraction Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers

Set out each subtraction in columns. Show any regrouping.

1.
8794
−6548

Answer: 2246

  1. 4 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 8 = 6
  2. 8 − 4 = 4
  3. 7 − 5 = 2
  4. 8 − 6 = 2
2.
8973
−3808

Answer: 5165

  1. 3 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 8 = 5
  2. 6 − 0 = 6
  3. 9 − 8 = 1
  4. 8 − 3 = 5
3.
4334
−3347

Answer: 987

  1. 4 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 7 = 7
  2. 2 is less than 4: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 4 = 8
  3. 2 is less than 3: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 3 = 9
  4. 3 − 3 = 0
4.
6469
−4459

Answer: 2010

  1. 9 − 9 = 0
  2. 6 − 5 = 1
  3. 4 − 4 = 0
  4. 6 − 4 = 2
5.
8194
−7560

Answer: 634

  1. 4 − 0 = 4
  2. 9 − 6 = 3
  3. 1 is less than 5: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 5 = 6
  4. 7 − 7 = 0
6.
6200
−3135

Answer: 3065

  1. 0 is less than 5: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 5 = 5
  2. 0 lent 1 to the column before, so regroup again: this column becomes 9 → 9 − 3 = 6
  3. 1 − 1 = 0
  4. 6 − 3 = 3
7.
2844
−1310

Answer: 1534

  1. 4 − 0 = 4
  2. 4 − 1 = 3
  3. 8 − 3 = 5
  4. 2 − 1 = 1
8.
6327
−2126

Answer: 4201

  1. 7 − 6 = 1
  2. 2 − 2 = 0
  3. 3 − 1 = 2
  4. 6 − 2 = 4
9.
7400
−6246

Answer: 1154

  1. 0 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 6 = 4
  2. 0 lent 1 to the column before, so regroup again: this column becomes 9 → 9 − 4 = 5
  3. 3 − 2 = 1
  4. 7 − 6 = 1
10.
7664
−5159

Answer: 2505

  1. 4 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 9 = 5
  2. 5 − 5 = 0
  3. 6 − 1 = 5
  4. 7 − 5 = 2
11.
4098
−2627

Answer: 1471

  1. 8 − 7 = 1
  2. 9 − 2 = 7
  3. 0 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 6 = 4
  4. 3 − 2 = 1
12.
8118
−7092

Answer: 1026

  1. 8 − 2 = 6
  2. 1 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 9 = 2
  3. 0 − 0 = 0
  4. 8 − 7 = 1
13.
3175
−3005

Answer: 170

  1. 5 − 5 = 0
  2. 7 − 0 = 7
  3. 1 − 0 = 1
  4. 3 − 3 = 0
14.
8482
−5737

Answer: 2745

  1. 2 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 7 = 5
  2. 7 − 3 = 4
  3. 4 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 7 = 7
  4. 7 − 5 = 2
15.
5076
−4776

Answer: 300

  1. 6 − 6 = 0
  2. 7 − 7 = 0
  3. 0 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 7 = 3
  4. 4 − 4 = 0
16.
3319
−2466

Answer: 853

  1. 9 − 6 = 3
  2. 1 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 6 = 5
  3. 2 is less than 4: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 4 = 8
  4. 2 − 2 = 0
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