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

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

Set out each subtraction in columns. Show any regrouping.

1.
8799
−6702

Answer: 2097

  1. 9 − 2 = 7
  2. 9 − 0 = 9
  3. 7 − 7 = 0
  4. 8 − 6 = 2
2.
6262
−6118

Answer: 144

  1. 2 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 8 = 4
  2. 5 − 1 = 4
  3. 2 − 1 = 1
  4. 6 − 6 = 0
3.
9559
−5212

Answer: 4347

  1. 9 − 2 = 7
  2. 5 − 1 = 4
  3. 5 − 2 = 3
  4. 9 − 5 = 4
4.
2071
−1459

Answer: 612

  1. 1 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 9 = 2
  2. 6 − 5 = 1
  3. 0 is less than 4: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 4 = 6
  4. 1 − 1 = 0
5.
5592
−5509

Answer: 83

  1. 2 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 9 = 3
  2. 8 − 0 = 8
  3. 5 − 5 = 0
  4. 5 − 5 = 0
6.
3878
−3740

Answer: 138

  1. 8 − 0 = 8
  2. 7 − 4 = 3
  3. 8 − 7 = 1
  4. 3 − 3 = 0
7.
3342
−1420

Answer: 1922

  1. 2 − 0 = 2
  2. 4 − 2 = 2
  3. 3 is less than 4: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 13 − 4 = 9
  4. 2 − 1 = 1
8.
5550
−3902

Answer: 1648

  1. 0 is less than 2: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 2 = 8
  2. 4 − 0 = 4
  3. 5 is less than 9: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 9 = 6
  4. 4 − 3 = 1
9.
3675
−1243

Answer: 2432

  1. 5 − 3 = 2
  2. 7 − 4 = 3
  3. 6 − 2 = 4
  4. 3 − 1 = 2
10.
8617
−6226

Answer: 2391

  1. 7 − 6 = 1
  2. 1 is less than 2: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 2 = 9
  3. 5 − 2 = 3
  4. 8 − 6 = 2
11.
9265
−5228

Answer: 4037

  1. 5 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 8 = 7
  2. 5 − 2 = 3
  3. 2 − 2 = 0
  4. 9 − 5 = 4
12.
8245
−1471

Answer: 6774

  1. 5 − 1 = 4
  2. 4 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 14 − 7 = 7
  3. 1 is less than 4: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 4 = 7
  4. 7 − 1 = 6
13.
9291
−6890

Answer: 2401

  1. 1 − 0 = 1
  2. 9 − 9 = 0
  3. 2 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 8 = 4
  4. 8 − 6 = 2
14.
5230
−4638

Answer: 592

  1. 0 is less than 8: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 10 − 8 = 2
  2. 2 is less than 3: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 12 − 3 = 9
  3. 1 is less than 6: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 11 − 6 = 5
  4. 4 − 4 = 0
15.
7995
−7027

Answer: 968

  1. 5 is less than 7: regroup 1 ten from the next column → 15 − 7 = 8
  2. 8 − 2 = 6
  3. 9 − 0 = 9
  4. 7 − 7 = 0
16.
3400
−2303

Answer: 1097

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