Grade 3 Subtraction Worksheets
Grade 3 subtraction covers three-digit subtraction with regrouping, including across zeros. The six sheets below take that work in six formats, and each comes in three versions with its own answer key.
What the grade 3 subtraction sheets cover
Grade 3 subtraction comes in six formats (problem counts in brackets): drill (30, straight practice), timed drill (72, timed fluency), missing number (24, find the blank), mixed review (30, mixed shapes), word problems (10, stories), and vertical format (20, column work). Set A uses numbers from 1 to 5,000, 104 column problems that regroup, and 24 fill-in blanks. Problem types: three-digit subtraction with regrouping, subtraction facts within 20, and two-digit subtraction mentally, plus one more. All six come as Sets A, B and C with answer keys, 186 problems per set from 10 to 72 a sheet. From the Set A drill, problem 11: "914 - 545" (answer 369). Common Core: 2.OA.2 and 3.NBT.2.
Teaching notes: How to Teach Subtraction. Set other grade 3 subtraction ranges in the worksheet generator.
Grade 3 Subtraction Drill
Straight practice, 20-40 problems.
Grade 3 Subtraction Timed Drill
Fact fluency, 50-100 problems, timer box on sheet.
Grade 3 Subtraction Missing Number
Solve for the blank in any position.
Grade 3 Subtraction Mixed Review
Assorted problem shapes from the operation.
Grade 3 Subtraction Word Problems
Story problems in real-world contexts.
Grade 3 Three-Digit Subtraction with Regrouping
Column arithmetic with regrouping lines.
The drill has 30 problems, 30 of them regrouping (problem 11: "914 - 545"). The timed drill has 72 problems, 32 of them regrouping (problem 25: "8 - 2"). The missing number has 24 problems, numbers to 937 (problem 9: "___ - 182 = 37"). The mixed review has 30 problems, 22 of them regrouping (problem 11: "300 - 15"). The word problems has 10 problems, story problems (problem 4: "Yara needs 193 points to win and already has 68. How many…"). The vertical format has 20 problems, twenty of them regrouping (problem 7: "883 − 317").
Across the six sheets the generator draws on three-digit subtraction with regrouping, subtraction facts within 20, two-digit subtraction mentally, and subtracting across zeros. The pages are tagged to Common Core 3.NBT.2 and 2.OA.2, and each tag links to the standards index.
Subtraction continues at kindergarten, grade 1, grade 2, and grade 4, so a student who finishes the grade 3 sheets can move up without changing topic.
Treat the three versions of each grade 3 subtraction sheet as a week: Set A on Monday to find the gaps, Set B midweek after the fix, Set C at the end as the check that it held — 186 problems per set across the row.