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

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

Set out each subtraction in columns. Show any regrouping.

1.
2769
−1316

Answer: 1453

  1. 9 − 6 = 3
  2. 6 − 1 = 5
  3. 7 − 3 = 4
  4. 2 − 1 = 1
2.
4543
−1776

Answer: 2767

  1. 3 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 6 = 7
  2. 3 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 7 = 6
  3. 4 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 7 = 7
  4. 3 − 1 = 2
3.
4953
−3453

Answer: 1500

  1. 3 − 3 = 0
  2. 5 − 5 = 0
  3. 9 − 4 = 5
  4. 4 − 3 = 1
4.
9483
−3584

Answer: 5899

  1. 3 is less than 4: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 4 = 9
  2. 7 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 17 − 8 = 9
  3. 3 is less than 5: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 5 = 8
  4. 8 − 3 = 5
5.
3587
−1838

Answer: 1749

  1. 7 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 17 − 8 = 9
  2. 7 − 3 = 4
  3. 5 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 8 = 7
  4. 2 − 1 = 1
6.
5958
−1880

Answer: 4078

  1. 8 − 0 = 8
  2. 5 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 8 = 7
  3. 8 − 8 = 0
  4. 5 − 1 = 4
7.
7731
−6370

Answer: 1361

  1. 1 − 0 = 1
  2. 3 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 7 = 6
  3. 6 − 3 = 3
  4. 7 − 6 = 1
8.
6856
−3605

Answer: 3251

  1. 6 − 5 = 1
  2. 5 − 0 = 5
  3. 8 − 6 = 2
  4. 6 − 3 = 3
9.
5021
−3347

Answer: 1674

  1. 1 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 7 = 4
  2. 1 is less than 4: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 4 = 7
  3. 0 lent 1 to the column before, so regroup again: this column becomes 9 → 9 − 3 = 6
  4. 4 − 3 = 1
10.
6913
−5395

Answer: 1518

  1. 3 is less than 5: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 5 = 8
  2. 0 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 9 = 1
  3. 8 − 3 = 5
  4. 6 − 5 = 1
11.
2015
−1396

Answer: 619

  1. 5 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 6 = 9
  2. 0 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 9 = 1
  3. 0 lent 1 to the column before, so regroup again: this column becomes 9 → 9 − 3 = 6
  4. 1 − 1 = 0
12.
9948
−8936

Answer: 1012

  1. 8 − 6 = 2
  2. 4 − 3 = 1
  3. 9 − 9 = 0
  4. 9 − 8 = 1
13.
7347
−3035

Answer: 4312

  1. 7 − 5 = 2
  2. 4 − 3 = 1
  3. 3 − 0 = 3
  4. 7 − 3 = 4
14.
8852
−7172

Answer: 1680

  1. 2 − 2 = 0
  2. 5 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 7 = 8
  3. 7 − 1 = 6
  4. 8 − 7 = 1
15.
9369
−2521

Answer: 6848

  1. 9 − 1 = 8
  2. 6 − 2 = 4
  3. 3 is less than 5: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 5 = 8
  4. 8 − 2 = 6
16.
7526
−5075

Answer: 2451

  1. 6 − 5 = 1
  2. 2 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 7 = 5
  3. 4 − 0 = 4
  4. 7 − 5 = 2
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