Subtraction · US · Grades 1–3

4-Digit Subtraction Worksheets (With Regrouping)

Twenty four-digit minus four-digit problems in columns, with borrowing wherever the digits call for it, including across zeros (4,005 − 1,378) — the standard algorithm as grade 4 expects it. The answer key is on page 2.

Problems
20 · 4-Digit Subtraction
Regrouping
some regroup
Answer key
Included, same positions
Paper size
US Letter (A4 available)

Worksheet settings

Operation
Number size

The bottom number never has more digits than the top one.

Regrouping (carrying / borrowing)
Problems per page
Layout
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About this worksheet

Set Regrouping to "Every problem" for a harder sheet, "None" for a place-value warm-up. Thirty and fifty problems per page are available in smaller type.

Standards

  • Common Core 4.NBT.B.4 — fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm
  • Common Core 3.NBT.A.2

Questions

Does it include borrowing across zeros?

Yes, whenever the random numbers produce a zero in a column that must lend. It is not forced on every problem.