Subtraction Worksheets Generator — with and without borrowing
Column subtraction with 1- to 4-digit numbers. Choose whether every problem borrows, some do or none, 20 to 50 problems a page, up to four versions. Download the PDF with the answer key.
- Numbers
- 1 to 4 digits, each line
- Borrowing
- Every problem, some, or none
- Answer key
- Same layout, one page per version
- Paper
- US Letter or A4
Built in your browser. 2 pages, about 25 KB. Nothing is uploaded.
Page 1 of 2 · US Letter · 0.5″ margins. The PDF prints at exactly this layout.
Subtraction worksheets for common requests
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2-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping (Borrowing) Worksheets
Every problem borrows from the tens. 20 problems, answer key.
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3-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping Worksheets
Three-digit borrowing, sometimes twice, sometimes across a zero.
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Subtraction Without Regrouping Worksheets (2-Digit)
Two-digit differences with no borrowing, for the first weeks of column subtraction.
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Subtraction Worksheets — 2nd Grade PDF
Two-digit subtraction, some borrow and some don’t: the test-day mix.
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2-Digit Minus 1-Digit Subtraction Worksheets
A two-digit number minus a single digit, the first-grade bridge to borrowing.
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3-Digit Subtraction Without Regrouping Worksheets
Hundreds, tens and ones with nothing to borrow.
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4-Digit Subtraction Worksheets (With Regrouping)
Thousands: four-digit differences, borrowing across zeros included.
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3rd Grade Subtraction Worksheets (3-Digit)
Thirty three-digit differences, the grade 3 fluency sheet.
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1st Grade Subtraction Worksheets
The grade 1 sheet: two-digit minus one-digit, nothing to borrow.
How to use the generator
- Choose the operation and the number size. 2-digit plus 2-digit is the grade 2 standard; 2-digit plus 1-digit comes first; 3 and 4 digits follow in grades 3–4. The bottom number never has more digits than the top one, and the answer is always positive.
- Decide about borrowing. "Every problem" for the week the step is taught, "Some problems" once it is known (children must look before they borrow), "None" for the mechanics of column work.
- Pick the number of problems and versions. 20 leaves room to write carries; 50 is a fluency check. Up to four versions, each with its own answer key.
- Download or print. The PDF is built in your browser. Copy the link to get the same sheet again.
Which sheet for which grade?
Grade 1: 2-digit minus 1-digit, then 2-digit without borrowing. Grade 2: 2-digit with borrowing, then mixed, then 3-digit (Common Core 2.NBT.B.5, 2.NBT.B.7). Grade 3: 3-digit with borrowing, including across zeros, to fluency within 1000 (3.NBT.A.2). Grade 4: 4-digit numbers (4.NBT.B.4).
Why a generator?
Every sheet is new, so a child who has seen the answers once cannot reuse them; the link rebuilds the same sheet for a make-up or a parent; and the answer key is computed from the same numbers, so it is always right for the page in your hand. The Borrowing control is the part fixed PDFs cannot offer: the same page with the step forced, mixed in or removed.
See also the addition worksheets generator and multiplication worksheets.