Subtraction worksheets
Subtraction worksheets from single-digit take-aways to three-digit differences. No answer is ever negative, so the sheets suit anyone still building confidence.
Subtraction: easy
A number from 11 to 30 minus a single digit, such as 23 − 7. Useful for practising going back through ten.
Open the easy sheet MEDIUMSubtraction: medium
Two-digit subtraction, such as 83 − 29. Subtract the tens first, or take away a round number and adjust.
Open the medium sheet HARDSubtraction: hard
Three-digit subtraction, such as 642 − 187. Take away the hundreds, then the tens, then the ones.
Open the hard sheetSubtraction: easy to hard on one page
Twelve questions: four from each level, in order. Useful for finding the level where the work starts to slow down.
Subtraction worksheet: easy to hard
12 questions · four easy, four medium, four hard
NameDateScore/ 12
- 18 − 9 =
- 28 − 4 =
- 23 − 8 =
- 28 − 2 =
- 78 − 60 =
- 72 − 15 =
- 53 − 35 =
- 89 − 40 =
- 895 − 304 =
- 281 − 204 =
- 431 − 248 =
- 616 − 114 =
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Answer key
Subtraction worksheet: easy to hard
- 18 − 9 = 9
- 28 − 4 = 24
- 23 − 8 = 15
- 28 − 2 = 26
- 78 − 60 = 18
- 72 − 15 = 57
- 53 − 35 = 18
- 89 − 40 = 49
- 895 − 304 = 591
- 281 − 204 = 77
- 431 − 248 = 183
- 616 − 114 = 502
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