Worksheet skill
Subtraction worksheets
Choose the numbers and regrouping rules for your subtraction worksheet. Preview the problems before printing.
Sample worksheet
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Before starting: Understand subtraction as taking away or finding a difference, and exchange one ten for ten ones.
After this: Use missing-number addition to check differences before trying subtraction across zeros.
Example questions
- 12 - 5 = ___
- 52 - 19 = ___
- 704 - 286 = ___
Settings in the builder
- number range
- borrowing
- positive or signed answers
Worked example
52 - 19
Answer: 33
How to solve it
Rename 52 as 4 tens and 12 ones. Subtract 9 ones and 1 ten. Check by adding 33 + 19 = 52.
Common mistakes
What to check
- subtracting the smaller digit from the larger digit in each column
- regrouping without reducing the next place
Ways to review the work
- 1
Ask learners to estimate first so an impossible answer is easier to notice.
- 2
Have the learner explain how the renamed tens and ones still represent the original number.
Teaching content updated 2026-09-05. Read our accuracy standards.