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Three-digit subtraction without borrowing worksheets Grades 2–3

Subtract three-digit numbers in columns: ones, then tens, then hundreds.

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How to do it

Subtract ones, then tens, then hundreds.

Example problems

  1. 279− 224\begin{array}{r}279 \\ -\,224 \\ \hline \end{array}
  2. 659− 158\begin{array}{r}659 \\ -\,158 \\ \hline \end{array}
  3. 283− 202\begin{array}{r}283 \\ -\,202 \\ \hline \end{array}
  4. 646− 542\begin{array}{r}646 \\ -\,542 \\ \hline \end{array}

Three- and four-digit addition and subtraction

  1. Three-digit addition without carrying
  2. Three-digit addition, carrying from the ones
  3. Three-digit addition, carrying from the tens
  4. Three-digit addition, carrying twice
  5. Three-digit subtraction without borrowing
  6. Three-digit subtraction, borrowing from the tens
  7. Three-digit subtraction, borrowing from the hundreds
  8. Three-digit subtraction, borrowing twice
  9. Subtracting across zeros
  10. Four-digit addition and subtraction
  11. Adding columns of numbers