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Year 3 Subtraction Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

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Year 3 Subtraction Worksheet — Level 1 — Practice Set 4 — Answers

Set out each subtraction in columns. Show any regrouping.

1.
914
−661

Answer: 253

  1. 4 − 1 = 3
  2. 1 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 6 = 5
  3. 8 − 6 = 2
2.
681
−642

Answer: 39

  1. 1 is less than 2: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 2 = 9
  2. 7 − 4 = 3
  3. 6 − 6 = 0
3.
561
−488

Answer: 73

  1. 1 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 8 = 3
  2. 5 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 8 = 7
  3. 4 − 4 = 0
4.
599
−239

Answer: 360

  1. 9 − 9 = 0
  2. 9 − 3 = 6
  3. 5 − 2 = 3
5.
692
−458

Answer: 234

  1. 2 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 8 = 4
  2. 8 − 5 = 3
  3. 6 − 4 = 2
6.
352
−351

Answer: 1

  1. 2 − 1 = 1
  2. 5 − 5 = 0
  3. 3 − 3 = 0
7.
626
−569

Answer: 57

  1. 6 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 16 − 9 = 7
  2. 1 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 6 = 5
  3. 5 − 5 = 0
8.
476
−244

Answer: 232

  1. 6 − 4 = 2
  2. 7 − 4 = 3
  3. 4 − 2 = 2
9.
757
−110

Answer: 647

  1. 7 − 0 = 7
  2. 5 − 1 = 4
  3. 7 − 1 = 6
10.
744
−271

Answer: 473

  1. 4 − 1 = 3
  2. 4 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 7 = 7
  3. 6 − 2 = 4
11.
657
−278

Answer: 379

  1. 7 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 17 − 8 = 9
  2. 4 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 7 = 7
  3. 5 − 2 = 3
12.
732
−301

Answer: 431

  1. 2 − 1 = 1
  2. 3 − 0 = 3
  3. 7 − 3 = 4
13.
601
−539

Answer: 62

  1. 1 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 9 = 2
  2. 0 lent 1 to the column before, so regroup again: this column becomes 9 → 9 − 3 = 6
  3. 5 − 5 = 0
14.
867
−681

Answer: 186

  1. 7 − 1 = 6
  2. 6 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 16 − 8 = 8
  3. 7 − 6 = 1
15.
585
−247

Answer: 338

  1. 5 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 7 = 8
  2. 7 − 4 = 3
  3. 5 − 2 = 3
16.
991
−376

Answer: 615

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