Subtraction worksheets — Class 1 to 3, with answers
Free subtraction worksheets: 1-digit, 2-digit without and with borrowing, 3-digit subtraction and word problems — new numbers every set, with answer keys.
💡 Learn it first
Subtraction means taking away: 9 − 4 = 5. The answer is called the difference.
Subtract the ones first, then the tens. If the top ones digit is smaller, borrow 1 ten (= 10 ones) from the tens place.
Check your answer by adding: difference + the number you took away = the first number.
When the top digit is smaller, we take 1 from the next place: 1 ten becomes 10 ones. Example: 52 − 27 → 12 − 7 = 5 ones, 4 − 2 = 2 tens → 25.
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Yes — print them or save as PDF free. Every worksheet has an answer key.
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Press “🔄 New set” — the questions change (maths numbers are new every time; English sentences are shuffled).
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