Grade 5 Subtraction: 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

Multi-Digit Subtraction

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Set 1 · Grade 5 · Subtraction

Example problems by difficulty

Real samples from this generator. Every worksheet is a fresh random set, so yours will differ.

Easy

3034 - 2410 = ___
Answer: 624
4302 - 2410 = ___
Answer: 1892

Standard

84500 - 58135 = ___
Answer: 26365
90803 - 77617 = ___
Answer: 13186

Challenge

955858 - 688955 = ___
Answer: 266903
869666 - 595878 = ___
Answer: 273788

Where this skill fits

Next 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.