Welcome to our 3-Digit Subtraction Worksheets page for 2nd Grade.
Here you will find a wide range of free printable subtraction worksheets, as well as clearly explained steps to help your child learn to subtract 3-digit numbers.
There is also a video and several worked examples to help you understand how the standard subtraction method works.
The worksheets are graded so that the easier ones are at the top.
This page contains a range of resources to help you learn and practice your 3-digit subtraction skills.
We have several worked examples so you can see how to work out different subtractions step-by-step.
We also have a range of worksheets suitable for different levels of ability.
The worksheets have been divided into three sections, with the easiest section first:
Using these sheets will help your child to:
Here are some of the parts of a column subtraction that we refer to in our examples:
Step 1) Subtract the Ones digit of the subtrahend from the Ones digit of the minuend.
We exchange one Ten into 10 Ones. There is now 1 Ten and 13 Ones.
Now we can subtract the Ones: 13 - 6 = 7
Step 2) Subtract the Tens digit of the subtrahend from the Tens digit of the minuend.
We exchange one Hundred into 10 Tens. There are now 7 Hundreds and 11 Tens.
Now we can subtract the Tens: 11 - 9 = 2
Step 3) Subtract the Hundreds digit of the subtrahend from the Hundreds digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Hundreds gives us: 7 - 4 = 3
This gives us a final answer of 823 - 496 = 327
This example does not need any regrouping.
Step 1) Subtract the Ones digit of the subtrahend from the Ones digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Ones gives us: 6 - 4 = 2.
Step 2) Subtract the Tens digit of the subtrahend from the Tens digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Tens gives us: 5 - 1 = 4.
Step 3) Subtract the Hundreds digit of the subtrahend from the Hundreds digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Hundreds gives us: 4 - 2 = 2.
This gives us a final answer of 456 - 214 = 242
Step 1) Subtract the Ones digit of the subtrahend from the Ones digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Ones gives us: 7 - 4 = 3
Step 2) Subtract the Tens digit of the subtrahend from the Tens digit of the minuend.
We need to take 1 Hundred and regroup it into 10 Tens. We now have 2 Hundreds and 12 Tens.
Now we can subtract the Tens: 12 - 5 = 7
Step 3) Subtract the Hundreds digit of the subtrahend from the Hundreds digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Hundreds gives us: 2 - 1 = 1.
This gives us a final answer of 327 - 154 = 173
Step 1) Subtract the Ones digit of the subtrahend from the Ones digit of the minuend.
We need to take 1 Ten and regroup it into 10 Ones. We now have 5 Tens and 11 Ones.
Now we can subtract the Ones: 11 - 9 = 2
Step 2) Subtract the Tens digit of the subtrahend from the Tens digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Tens gives us: 5 - 3 = 2
Step 3) Subtract the Hundreds digit of the subtrahend from the Hundreds digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Hundreds gives us: 8 - 6 = 2.
This gives us a final answer of 861 - 639 = 222
Step 1) Subtract the Ones digit of the subtrahend from the Ones digit of the minuend.
We need to take 1 Ten and regroup it into 10 Ones. Since there are no Tens, we need to take 1 Hundred and regroup it into 10 Tens.
We now have 5 Hundreds and 10 Tens.
We can now take 1 Ten and regroup it into 10 Ones. We now have 5 Hundred, 9 Tens and 12 Ones.
We can now subtract the Ones: 12 - 5 = 7
Step 2) Subtract the Tens digit of the subtrahend from the Tens digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Tens gives us: 9 - 7 = 2
Step 3) Subtract the Hundreds digit of the subtrahend from the Hundreds digit of the minuend.
Subtracting the Hundreds gives us: 5 - 3 = 2.
This gives us a final answer of 602 - 375 = 227
The first three sheets here involve subtracting 3 digit numbers, where no regrouping is needed.
They are all at the same level of difficulty.
The last sheet involves setting out 3-digit subtraction problems with no regrouping correctly and then solving them.
The following sheets are for kids who are confident with 3-digit subtraction and want something a bit more challenging!
To solve the problems, you have to fill in the missing digits by working backwards and thinking carefully!
Take a look at some more of our worksheets similar to these.
Take a look at our Subtraction With Regrouping Worksheet Generator.
You can create your own subtraction worksheets with your own range of numbers.
You can use numbers up to 7 digits, and also include decimals.
Here you will some of our other Second Grade Subtraction Worksheets.
The following worksheets involve using the Second Grade Math skills of subtracting numbers, and solving subtraction problems.
Using these sheets will help your child to:
We also have some more grade subtraction worksheets at easier and harder levels than those on this page.
Take a look at our 2-digit or 4-digit subtraction worksheets, or try some decimal subtraction!
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