Grade 5 Subtraction: Mixed multi-digit subtraction

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What students practice: Grade 5 has no whole-number subtraction standard; this extends the Grade 4 fluency standard to larger numbers.

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Grade 5 · Subtraction

Mixed Multi-Digit Subtraction

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Set 1 · Grade 5 · Subtraction

Example problems by difficulty

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Easy

21 - 10 = ___
Answer: 11
401 - 223 = ___
Answer: 178

Standard

185 - 127 = ___
Answer: 58
1639 - 526 = ___
Answer: 1113

Challenge

775685 - 769699 = ___
Answer: 5986
6966 - 6756 = ___
Answer: 210

Where this skill fits

Previous skill: Decimal subtraction
All grades: Subtraction worksheets, Grades 1–5

Related Common Core standards

4.NBT.B.4 — Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers with the standard algorithm.

The match is approximate (a prerequisite, extension or different context), so treat this as related practice rather than coverage of the standard. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.