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Subtraction is a process which most children learn quite naturally as soon as they learn to start counting. During kindergarten and first grade, it is really important for kids to have the chance to work practically with their math.

An example might be that a child has 10 sweets. They give 3 to their teddy. How many do they have left? What if they gave another to their teddy? What if their teddy had 8 sweets, how many would be left for them?

Later on, when children are confident Subtracting practically, they can progress on to number lines or counting back in their heads. When children have understood this, they can begin to learn their Subtraction facts and progress on to column Subtraction. At 4th and 5th grade level, they start Subtracting decimals.

Knowing your Subtraction facts is still a key skill that children need to be able to use in real life math - you may not always have a pencil and paper to hand to do your column Subtraction, but you will always have your Subtraction facts!

Here you will find a selection of Mental Subtraction sheets designed to help your child improve their recall of Subtraction Facts.

The math sheets start off with learning Subtracting facts to 10, progress on to Subtracting to 20 then up to 100 at third grade level.

When children reach 4th grade, they start learning to subtract decimals and money amounts using column Subtraction.

The printable sheets below will support your child with their Subtraction learning.

Here is our free generator for subtraction sheets.

This easy-to-use generator will create randomly generated subtraction sheets for you to use.

Each sheet comes complete with answers if required.

The areas the generator covers includes:

• subtraction with numbers up to 10, 15, 20, 50, 100 and 1000;
• subtraction by 10s from 2 digit numbers;
• subtraction by 100s from 3 digit numbers;
• subtraction with numbers to 10 with one decimal place;
• subtraction with numbers to 1 with 2 decimal places;
• subtraction involving negative numbers.

These generated sheets can be used in a number of ways to help your child with their subtraction fact learning.

Here you will find a selection of Subtraction sheets designed to help your child learn their Subtraction facts up to 10.

The sheets are graded so that kids are supported for the first few sheets with objects to count, then a number line and finally the support is withdrawn in the final sheets.

Using these sheets will help your child learn to:

• subtract numbers up to a total of 10.

Here you will find a range of Free Printable First Grade Subtraction sheets designed to help you child to learn their Subtraction facts to 12.

Using these sheets will help your child learn to:

• learn their Subtraction facts up to 12;

The following sheets will help your child learn and practice subtracting multiples of 10 up to 100.

The sheets are carefully graded and supported.

Here you will find a range of Free Printable 2nd Grade Subtraction Sheets designed to help you child to learn their Subtraction facts to 20.

Using these sheets will help your child to:

• learn their Subtraction facts up to 20;

Here you will find a range of 3rd Grade free printable Subtraction sheets.

The following sheets develop children's knowledge of their Subtraction facts up to 100.

Using these sheets will help your child to:

• learn to subtract 1s, 10s, 100s and 1000s to different numbers
• learn their Subtraction facts to 100

Here you will find a range of 5th Grade free printable Decimal Subtraction sheets.

The following sheets develop children's understanding of place value and decimals as well as applying their Subtraction fact knowledge to work out their decimal Subtraction facts.

Using these sheets will help your child to:

• subtract numbers mentally involving tenths and hundredths.

Column Subtraction starts properly once children reach 1st grade, and after they have a good understanding of counting and place value. At first grade, children learn to subtract with numbers up to 100.

Once they have mastered this, they can progress on to Subtracting a range of 3 digit, then 4 and 5 digit numbers together in columns.

Once they reach 4th and 5th grade, they learn to subtract together columns of numbers which include decimals up to 2 decimal places.

Take a look at our Subtraction Worksheet Generators.

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 and money.

Here you will find a range of 1st Grade Column Subtraction sheets which are designed to help your child master their column Subtraction.

The following sheets will help your child to:

• subtract with numbers up to 100 in columns;
• understand how to do column Subtraction.

Here you will find a range of 2nd Grade Column Subtraction sheets which are designed to help your child master their column Subtraction.

The following sheets will help your child to:

• subtract with numbers up to 1000 in columns.

Here you will find a range of 3rd Grade Column Subtraction sheets which are designed to help your child master their column Subtraction.

The following sheets will help your child to:

• subtract with numbers up to 10,000 in columns.

Here you will find a range of 4th Grade Column Subtraction sheets which are designed to help your child master their column Subtraction.

The following sheets will help your child to:

• subtract with numbers up to 100,000 in columns.

Here you will find a range of 4th Grade Column Subtraction sheets which are designed to help your child master their column Subtraction with money using decimals.

The following sheets will help your child to:

• subtract money in columns involving decimals.

We also have a generator for creating your own subtraction worksheets involving signed integers.

You can choose the values you want and tailor the worksheets to your needs.

Here are some of our subtraction word problem worksheets.

The worksheets have been sorted by grade.

Here you will find a range of Free Printable Subtraction Games to help kids learn their subtraction facts.

Using these games will help your child to learn their subtraction facts, and also to develop their memory and strategic thinking skills.

Here you will find our selection of free resources such as flashcards and 100 squares to help your child to count on and back, and learn their subtraction facts.

Here you will find a selection of printable Subtraction Flashcards designed to help your child learn their subtraction facts.

Using flashcards is a great way to learn your math facts. They can be taken on a journey, played with in a game, or used in a spare five minutes daily until your child knows their facts off by heart.

Using these sheets will help your child to:

• learn their subtraction facts.

On this webpage you will find our range of basic math fact charts.

There is a wide range of printable charts, including larger charts and mini charts, blank charts and partially filled charts.

Using these charts will help your child to:

• learn their numbers up to 100;
• understand how to count on and back in ones and tens.

The Math Salamanders hope you enjoy using these free printable Math worksheets and all our other Math games and resources.

We welcome any comments about our site or worksheets on the Facebook comments box at the bottom of every page.