These subtraction worksheets focus on subtraction incorporating borrowing across zeroes. These are great subtraction worksheets to use to really practice borrowing if your student is struggling with regrouping concepts.
Make your own subtracting across zeros sheets: choose the digits and how many zeros to borrow across, with an answer key.
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Across zeros
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Subtracting across a zero. Three-digit numbers with a zero to work across.Subtracting across two zeros. Four-digit numbers like 5,002 − 1,348.Subtracting from round numbers. Starting from whole hundreds, like 600 − 89.Three-number subtraction. Take two numbers away, one after the other.Addition within 10. Sums up to 10, set in columns.Addition within 20. Sums up to 20, set in columns.Subtraction within 10. Starting numbers up to 10.Subtraction within 20. Starting numbers up to 20.Addition and subtraction within 20. Both operations on one sheet. Watch the signs.Adding three numbers. Three one-digit numbers across the line.Adding 9. Every problem adds 9, sums up to 20.Doubles. Doubles facts up to 10 + 10.Make 10. Find the number that makes 10.Two-digit plus one-digit addition. A two-digit number and a one-digit number.Two-digit addition, no regrouping. No column adds to ten or more.Two-digit addition. Two-digit numbers, regrouping as it comes.Two-digit addition with regrouping. Every problem regroups at least once.Two-digit addition, regrouping in every column. The ones and the tens both regroup.Three-digit plus two-digit addition. A three-digit and a two-digit number.Regrouping in the tens. Three-digit addition that regroups in the tens only.Three-digit addition with regrouping. Every problem regroups at least once.Four-digit addition with regrouping. Four-digit numbers, regrouping at least once.Column addition: four numbers. Four two-digit numbers in a column.Two-digit subtraction, no borrowing. Each top digit is the larger.Two-digit subtraction. Two-digit numbers, the larger on top.Three-digit subtraction, no zeros to cross. Each problem borrows; no zero in the way.Four-digit subtraction. Four-digit numbers, the larger on top.Two-digit addition and subtraction. Both operations on one sheet. Watch the signs.Three-digit addition and subtraction. Three-digit numbers, both operations.Missing addends within 20. Find the number that completes each sum.Two-digit missing addends. Two-digit sums with one addend hidden.Missing numbers, adding and subtracting. Any number can be the missing one, within 20.Missing digits. Find the hidden digits in each problem.Adding decimals: tenths. Tenths with up to two whole digits.Adding decimals: hundredths. Hundredths, the points lined up.Subtracting decimals: hundredths. Hundredths, the larger number on top.Adding and subtracting decimals. Tenths and hundredths together, both operations.Line up the decimal points. Copy each problem into the grid, then solve.
Make your own subtracting across zeros worksheet
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Left empty, the sheet is titled "Three-Digit and Two-Digit Subtraction — Across One Zero".
30 problems · three-digit and two-digit subtraction · across one zero · key shows regrouping · score box · 6 columns · with answer key · name line · border · logo
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30 problems · three-digit and two-digit subtraction · across one zero · key shows regrouping · score box · 6 columns · with answer key · name line · border · logoUS Letter · print at 100%
Subtraction Worksheets Focusing on Borrowing Across Zero
These subtraction worksheets focus on borrowing across zero (or regrouping across zero). Some times when subtraction regrouping is required, the next place value digit is a zero. In order to borrow from that place value, you have to borrow again from the NEXT digit to the left. That turns the zero digit into a 10, and you borrow from that digit, leaving 9 in that place value, and then use the increment borrowed from the 10 to finally increase the original place value you were working. This regrouping procedure can be even more challenging in a multi-digit subtraction problem with consequetive zeroes in the minuend. Unfortunately, these subtraction problems don't appear 'in the wild' super frequently, so when a student encounters them initially, they can be daunting. These subtraction worksheets focus extensively on regrouping across zero. Because every one of these problems introduces this complex subtraction task, they can be used to build incredible proficiency with more tricky multiple digit subtraction problems, and when they are found in regular worksheets, they will instantly feel familiar and solvable.
