3 Digit Subtraction with Regrouping Worksheet

- Year groups
- Primary, Years 3–5
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Subtraction, Addition and Subtraction, Maths
- Topic
- Subtraction, Triple Digits
- Resource types
- Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
- Preparation
- Print ready
- England expectations
- Year 3 · Addition and subtraction
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About this resource
This resource is a Triple Digit Subtraction with Regrouping Worksheet.
There are 26 problems with 1 bonus problem on this page.
Answer key included.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
Students will subtract three-digit numbers requiring regrouping across the tens and hundreds place.
Students will apply triple-digit subtraction to solve word problems involving quantities left over.
Students will check their regrouping work against the included answer key.
Teaching tips
Use the provided answer key for self-checking or peer-checking the 24 regrouping problems before moving to the word problems.
Model the bonus problem (7344 minus 4269) as a challenge extension for students who finish the main 24-problem set early.
Have students show borrowing marks above each column, since several problems (e.g., 356 minus 139) require regrouping across two place values.
Skills covered
Multi-digit regrouping subtraction — students solve 24 vertical triple-digit subtraction problems that require borrowing across place values.
Word-problem translation — students convert two short story problems (kittens, carrots) into subtraction equations.
Answer verification — an included answer key lets students confirm each of the 24 problems and the bonus problem.
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National Curriculum in England
National Curriculum in England expectations
England expectations
- Year 3 · Addition and subtraction — England Year 3 Mathematics: add and subtract numbers with up to 3 digits, using formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction.
Core concepts
Subtraction with regrouping
Place value
Word problems
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