Two-Digit Subtraction Without Regrouping Worksheets for 2nd Grade

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Grade 2MathAddition & SubtractionCCSS 2.NBT.B.5

Skill: Subtracting two-digit numbers without borrowing

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Teaching tips and what to try next

Subtracting tens from tens and ones from ones gets children used to working in columns before borrowing is needed. Have them say each column in place value terms: "6 tens minus 2 tens is 4 tens." Next, try Two-Digit Subtraction With Regrouping, or mix both operations in Addition and Subtraction Word Problems Within 100.

10 versions, each with its own answer key

Same skill and layout, a fresh set of problems in every version, so children can keep practicing without repeating a page. Problems are not repeated between versions unless a skill has only a small number of possible problems (for example, the addition facts within 10).

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Two-digit subtraction is easiest to learn one column at a time. This second-grade worksheet gives twenty vertical subtraction problems where the top ones digit is always bigger than the bottom ones digit, so children never need to borrow. That lets them practice the routine of subtracting the ones, then the tens, before regrouping is added.

Every problem subtracts a number from 10 to 89 from a larger two-digit number, such as 87 - 52 or 64 - 33. A few problems subtract a multiple of ten, such as 92 - 50, which shows that only the tens digit changes. Every answer is at least 11, and the largest are in the eighties. The ten versions each use a new set of problems, so there is plenty of practice without repeating a page.

How to use it: have your child say the steps out loud: "Ones first: 7 take away 2 is 5. Tens next: 8 take away 5 is 3. The answer is 35." Base-ten blocks or a quick sketch of tens and ones help children see what they are taking away. To check an answer, add it to the bottom number; the sum should be the top number. This is also a good time to talk about why subtraction does not work in either order like addition does.

The answer key lists every difference. This worksheet supports Common Core standard 2.NBT.B.5. When your child is ready, move on to our Two-Digit Subtraction With Regrouping worksheet.