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Subtraction worksheets

From taking away a few counters to regrouping across zero. Choose the idea you want to practice, download a ready-made sheet, or set the numbers yourself.

Every activity has a printable preview and Letter/A4 downloads. Picture practice, whole-number work and advanced options are separate so you can choose an appropriate next step.

Subtraction practice

Pictures and subtraction facts

Connect taking away to numbers. Start with objects or dot figures, then practice a chosen set of facts.

Printable subtract shapes worksheet preview

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Subtract shapes

Use original shape groups to model taking away, connect the action to a subtraction equation, and find a non-negative result.

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Printable subtract with dots worksheet preview

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Subtract with dots

Use loose dots to solve subtraction facts. Start with 0–9, or expand the top-number choices to 25 and bottom-number choices to 15.

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Printable subtract with dot figures worksheet preview

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Subtract with dot figures

Subtract structured dot figures from 0 to 10 in horizontal or vertical form, with larger and smaller values ordered automatically.

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Printable subtract with dot figures to 20 worksheet preview

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Subtract with dot figures to 20

Use structured dot arrangements through twenty to compare quantities, take away a part, and connect the model to an equation.

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Printable subtraction facts table worksheet preview

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Subtraction facts table

Study completed subtraction facts for the numbers 1 through 12, including negative differences. Print the tables together or on separate reference pages.

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Printable single-digit subtraction worksheet preview

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Single-digit subtraction

Build fluency with vertical subtraction facts using individually selected digit ranges and non-negative differences.

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Printable subtraction from 0 to 20 worksheet preview

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Subtraction from 0 to 20

Practice vertical subtraction with minuends and subtrahends chosen from zero through twenty and answers kept non-negative.

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Printable subtraction from 0 to 99 worksheet preview

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Subtraction from 0 to 99

Subtract vertical number pairs drawn from selected ranges through 99, with enough space to show regrouping when needed.

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Printable subtraction within a chosen number worksheet preview

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Subtraction within a chosen number

Generate subtraction facts within a chosen maximum. Standard sets may repeat facts; the three unique-set presets provide distinct problems.

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Printable subtraction facts with answers 1 to 10 worksheet preview

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Subtraction facts with answers 1 to 10

Practice vertical facts selected so every nonzero difference falls from one through ten, with configurable starting ranges.

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Printable visual subtraction worksheet preview

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Visual subtraction

Model take-away stories with original geometric groups, visible crossed-out items, equations, and space to record what remains.

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Subtraction practice

Place value and regrouping

Keep the digit columns aligned. Choose a specific borrowing pattern, including regrouping through zero.

Printable multi-digit subtraction worksheet preview

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Multi-digit subtraction

Subtract two-, three-, or four-digit numbers vertically with configurable regrouping and subtraction across zero.

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Printable large-number subtraction worksheet preview

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Large-number subtraction

Practice vertical subtraction with four-, five-, or six-digit values while maintaining alignment across long place-value columns.

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Printable subtraction across zero worksheet preview

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Subtraction across zero

Practice multi-digit subtraction that requires regrouping through one or more zero places without losing place-value meaning.

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Subtraction practice

Reasoning and fluency

Find a missing value, work with signed numbers, or use a timed paper drill after the method makes sense.

Printable horizontal subtraction worksheet preview

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Horizontal subtraction

Solve single- or multi-digit subtraction in equation form, including teacher-selected signs and explicit zero inclusion or exclusion.

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Printable missing-number subtraction worksheet preview

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Missing-number subtraction

Find an unknown minuend, subtrahend, or difference in horizontal equations using symbols and related addition facts.

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Printable missing-digit subtraction worksheet preview

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Missing-digit subtraction

Restore hidden digits in vertical multi-digit subtraction by reasoning column by column from the known result.

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Printable timed subtraction drills worksheet preview

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Timed subtraction drills

Practice selected subtraction facts using numbers from 0–27 and 0–20, with a teacher-chosen one-, three-, or five-minute label.

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Printable advanced subtraction drills worksheet preview

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Advanced subtraction drills

Build a custom drill from fact tables through 15, with selectable problem count and an optional practice-time label.

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Subtraction practice

Decimals, money and measurement

Align decimal places or exchange compound units before subtracting. Work with exact fractional inches when needed.

Printable decimal subtraction worksheet preview

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Decimal subtraction

Subtract decimal numbers with configurable whole and fractional places while preserving decimal-point alignment.

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Printable money subtraction worksheet preview

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Money subtraction

Subtract monetary amounts in vertical form using a selected currency symbol and fixed two-place decimal notation.

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Printable subtract compound units worksheet preview

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Subtract compound units

Subtract feet and inches, pounds and ounces, hours and minutes, minutes and seconds, or yards and quarter-feet using the correct unit exchange.

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Printable subtract feet and fractional inches worksheet preview

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Subtract feet and fractional inches

Subtract length measurements written in feet and fractional inches, including teacher-selected fractional precision.

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Choose what the learner needs next

Begin with a short example. Ask what is being taken away, which place-value column changes, and whether the answer is reasonable. A larger number range adds complexity; it does not automatically make an activity the right next lesson.