Multi-digit Subtraction Math Drill Worksheets

The worksheets in this section range from simple subtraction of 2-digit numbers to subtracting large numbers with multiple regroupings.

Let’s take you through the worksheets available.

Subtraction without regrouping

There are four sets of multi-digit subtraction with no regrouping worksheets in this section:

2 to 3-digit minus 1-digit worksheets with no regrouping
2-digit minus 2-digit worksheets with no regrouping
3-digit minus 3-digit worksheets with no regrouping
4-digit minus 4-digit worksheets with no regrouping

This is what the 2-digit minus 2-digit worksheet with no regrouping looks like:

$Subtraction without regrouping worksheet$

Multi-digit subtraction with regrouping

Following is a set of worksheets that focus on drilling regrouping in multi-digit subtraction:

2-digit minus 1-digit subtraction with regrouping
2-digit minus 2-digit subtraction with regrouping
3-digit minus 2-digit subtraction with regrouping 3-digit minus 3-digit subtraction with regrouping
Subtracting up to 4 digits with regrouping
Subtracting up to 5 digits with regrouping
Subtracting up to 8 digits with regrouping

This worksheet covers subtracting up to 8 digits with regrouping.

$Subtraction with regrouping worksheet$

Horizontal subtraction practice

Next, we tackle multi-digit subtraction on the horizontal. This is a mental math exercise:

Horizontal subtraction with no regrouping
Horizontal subtraction with regrouping
Horizontal subtraction of up to 2-digit numbers
Horizontal subtraction of up to 3-digit numbers

The 2-digit horizontal subtraction worksheet looks like this:

$Horizontal subtraction worksheet$

Subtraction tables

These subtraction tables help students drill multi-digit subtraction in a concise way. We have two sets of worksheets: 1-digit subtrahends and 2-digit subtrahends.

This table shows the 2-digit subtrahend exercise:

$Subtraction tables$

Worksheets covering missing minuends and subtrahends

The next level of difficulty is working through exercises of missing minuends and subtrahends. These worksheets are organized as follows:

Subtraction with missing numbers (no regrouping)
Subtraction with missing numbers (with regrouping)
Subtraction with missing numbers (2-digits)
Subtraction with missing numbers (3-digits)

This worksheet has students working on missing numbers with regrouping:

$Missing minuends and subtrahends worksheet$

Subtracting tens, hundreds and thousands practice

The final section of worksheets covers the subtraction of tens, hundreds and thousands:

Subtracting from 10, 100 and 1,000
Subtracting from multiples of 10
Subtracting from multiples of 100
Subtracting from multiples of 1,000
Subtracting from zeros.

In this worksheet, students are working subtracting from multiples of 100.

$Subtracting multiples of 100 worksheet$