Printable Three-Digit Subtraction Worksheets
Printable three-digit subtraction worksheets for 2nd and 3rd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 3 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as speed drills and word problems.
Targeted Practice by Skill
About Three-Digit Subtraction
What this skill is
Three-digit subtraction expands column subtraction to hundreds, handling single and double regrouping (tens to ones, hundreds to tens).
When children learn it
Three-digit subtraction is taught in 2nd and 3rd grade, aligned to Common Core standard 2.NBT.B.7.
Teaching Tips
- Align numbers right-justified in grid columns.
- Check answers by adding difference to subtrahend.
Common Mistakes
- Forgetting to reduce the hundreds digit after borrowing for tens column.
- Misaligning place value columns when subtracting a 2-digit number from a 3-digit number.
More Subtraction Concepts
Subtraction SentencesSubtraction Within 10Subtraction with Number LinesSubtraction Facts to 20Subtracting Whole Tens and HundredsTwo-Digit SubtractionSubtracting from Whole Tens, Hundreds and ThousandsSubtraction Word ProblemsMissing Minuend and SubtrahendMental Subtraction4-Digit SubtractionSubtracting Large Numbers