Year 3 Subtraction Worksheet — Getting Started — Practice Set 2 — 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.
73
−62
Answer: 11
- 3 − 2 = 1
- 7 − 6 = 1
2.
62
−46
Answer: 16
- 2 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 6 = 6
- 5 − 4 = 1
3.
89
−12
Answer: 77
- 9 − 2 = 7
- 8 − 1 = 7
4.
69
−61
Answer: 8
- 9 − 1 = 8
- 6 − 6 = 0
5.
67
−15
Answer: 52
- 7 − 5 = 2
- 6 − 1 = 5
6.
93
−82
Answer: 11
- 3 − 2 = 1
- 9 − 8 = 1
7.
31
−28
Answer: 3
- 1 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 8 = 3
- 2 − 2 = 0
8.
79
−14
Answer: 65
- 9 − 4 = 5
- 7 − 1 = 6
9.
40
−37
Answer: 3
- 0 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 7 = 3
- 3 − 3 = 0
10.
46
−34
Answer: 12
- 6 − 4 = 2
- 4 − 3 = 1
11.
44
−37
Answer: 7
- 4 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 7 = 7
- 3 − 3 = 0
12.
51
−50
Answer: 1
- 1 − 0 = 1
- 5 − 5 = 0
13.
34
−24
Answer: 10
- 4 − 4 = 0
- 3 − 2 = 1
14.
68
−50
Answer: 18
- 8 − 0 = 8
- 6 − 5 = 1
15.
54
−14
Answer: 40
- 4 − 4 = 0
- 5 − 1 = 4
16.
52
−49
Answer: 3
- 2 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 9 = 3
- 4 − 4 = 0
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