These grade 5 subtraction worksheets give students printable practice with multi-digit whole numbers, decimals, regrouping, and real-world problem solving. The activities progress from approachable calculations to more challenging problems so students can build accuracy, explain their thinking, and check whether answers make sense. Parents, teachers, tutors, and homeschool families can use the pages for classwork, homework, review, or independent practice.

How to Use These Worksheets

• Begin with Easy Practice if students need a confidence-building review of subtraction and regrouping.
• Move to Medium Practice for larger numbers and decimal subtraction to the hundredths place.
• Use Advanced Practice for multi-step calculations and enrichment with larger values and decimals.
• Finish with Mixed Practice to review skills in varied formats.
• Encourage students to estimate first, line up place values and decimal points, regroup carefully, and check by adding the difference to the number subtracted.

Skills Covered

• Subtracting multi-digit whole numbers, including regrouping across zeros
• Subtracting decimals to the hundredths place
• Estimating and checking subtraction answers
• Solving one-step and multi-step word problems
• Interpreting units, money amounts, distances, quantities, and differences

Relevant Common Core State Standards

5.NBT.B.7 — Add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals to hundredths using concrete models or drawings and strategies based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between operations; relate the strategy to a written method and explain the reasoning.

5.NBT.A.1 — Recognize that in a multi-digit number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. This place-value understanding supports accurate regrouping when subtracting whole numbers.

The whole-number subtraction practice supports place-value fluency and prerequisite skills; the decimal sections directly practice the decimal subtraction expectations in 5.NBT.B.7.

Easy Practice Problems

Subtract each number. Regroup when needed. Check your work if time allows.

Name: __________________________________    Date: ________________

1.  846 − 321 = ______	2.  975 − 452 = ______
3.  684 − 263 = ______	4.  758 − 136 = ______
5.  999 − 444 = ______	6.  632 − 210 = ______
7.  587 − 164 = ______	8.  764 − 321 = ______
9.  895 − 573 = ______	10.  746 − 125 = ______
11.  563 − 241 = ______	12.  888 − 555 = ______
13.  679 − 248 = ______	14.  954 − 631 = ______
15.  725 − 302 = ______	16.  468 − 127 = ______
17.  837 − 415 = ______	18.  692 − 271 = ______
19.  781 − 350 = ______	20.  945 − 524 = ______
21.  576 − 234 = ______	22.  863 − 421 = ______
23.  734 − 312 = ______	24.  658 − 146 = ______
25.  927 − 605 = ______

 

Easy Practice Problems

Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer
1	525	2	523	3	421
4	622	5	555	6	422
7	423	8	443	9	322
10	621	11	322	12	333
13	431	14	323	15	423
16	341	17	422	18	421
19	431	20	421	21	342
22	442	23	422	24	512
25	322

 

Medium Practice Problems

Solve each whole-number or decimal subtraction problem. Keep place values aligned.

Name: __________________________________    Date: ________________

1.  5,004 − 2,786 = ______	2.  7,021 − 3,847 = ______
3.  9,000 − 4,568 = ______	4.  6,412 − 2,975 = ______
5.  8,035 − 4,689 = ______	6.  12,000 − 7,654 = ______
7.  6,040 − 2,867 = ______	8.  10,003 − 5,876 = ______
9.  7,532 − 3,984 = ______	10.  8,100 − 4,765 = ______
11.  23,000 − 14,879 = ______	12.  7,056 − 2,897 = ______
13.  15,002 − 8,675 = ______	14.  9,401 − 5,728 = ______
15.  6,205 − 3,896 = ______	16.  20,000 − 12,345 = ______
17.  11,010 − 6,847 = ______	18.  8,320 − 4,956 = ______
19.  17,004 − 9,868 = ______	20.  50,000 − 27,864 = ______
21.  6.75 − 2.48 = ______	22.  14.20 − 7.86 = ______
23.  32.00 − 18.57 = ______	24.  9.03 − 4.68 = ______
25.  50.00 − 26.79 = ______

 

Medium Practice Problems

Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer
1	2218	2	3174	3	4432
4	3437	5	3346	6	4346
7	3173	8	4127	9	3548
10	3335	11	8121	12	4159
13	6327	14	3673	15	2309
16	7655	17	4163	18	3364
19	7136	20	22136	21	4.27
22	6.34	23	13.43	24	4.35
25	23.21

 

Advanced Practice Problems

These larger values and decimal calculations may require regrouping across several places. Show your work on scrap paper.

Name: __________________________________    Date: ________________

1.  100,000 − 58,769 = ______	2.  804,003 − 467,895 = ______
3.  700,000 − 358,746 = ______	4.  910,205 − 678,439 = ______
5.  600,010 − 298,765 = ______	6.  1,000,000 − 675,849 = ______
7.  503,020 − 287,654 = ______	8.  850,000 − 496,875 = ______
9.  702,004 − 389,768 = ______	10.  400,500 − 278,965 = ______
11.  100.00 − 48.76 = ______	12.  205.04 − 98.87 = ______
13.  1,000.00 − 678.95 = ______	14.  502.30 − 287.68 = ______
15.  80.00 − 39.99 = ______	16.  7,000.00 − 4,567.89 = ______
17.  304.02 − 178.96 = ______	18.  900.10 − 567.85 = ______
19.  120.00 − 86.47 = ______	20.  10,000.00 − 6,789.56 = ______
21.  600,000 − 298,765 = ______	22.  200,020 − 98,765 = ______
23.  900,001 − 456,789 = ______	24.  505,050 − 278,986 = ______
25.  1,000,000 − 999,999 = ______

 

Advanced Practice Problems

Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer
1	41231	2	336108	3	341254
4	231766	5	301245	6	324151
7	215366	8	353125	9	312236
10	121535	11	51.24	12	106.17
13	321.05	14	214.62	15	40.01
16	2432.11	17	125.06	18	332.25
19	33.53	20	3210.44	21	301235
22	101255	23	443212	24	226064
25	1

 

Mixed Practice Problems

Choose a careful strategy for each problem. The set mixes whole numbers, decimals, and different levels of regrouping.

Name: __________________________________    Date: ________________

1.  7,642 − 3,985 = ______	2.  20.00 − 8.76 = ______
3.  50,000 − 27,684 = ______	4.  63.40 − 27.85 = ______
5.  9,005 − 4,789 = ______	6.  1,000.00 − 654.78 = ______
7.  73,210 − 48,675 = ______	8.  45.02 − 19.68 = ______
9.  800,000 − 456,789 = ______	10.  300.00 − 178.49 = ______
11.  64,005 − 28,796 = ______	12.  12.50 − 6.85 = ______
13.  100,000 − 56,987 = ______	14.  501.03 − 298.76 = ______
15.  7,007 − 3,998 = ______	16.  150.00 − 87.65 = ______
17.  94,000 − 58,769 = ______	18.  80.05 − 39.87 = ______
19.  602,030 − 298,765 = ______	20.  75.00 − 48.96 = ______
21.  12,004 − 7,896 = ______	22.  100.00 − 0.67 = ______
23.  500,500 − 267,895 = ______	24.  42.60 − 18.75 = ______
25.  1,000,000 − 786,543 = ______

 

Mixed Practice Problems

Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer
1	3657	2	11.24	3	22316
4	35.55	5	4216	6	345.22
7	24535	8	25.34	9	343211
10	121.51	11	35209	12	5.65
13	43013	14	202.27	15	3009
16	62.35	17	35231	18	40.18
19	303265	20	26.04	21	4108
22	99.33	23	232605	24	23.85
25	213457

 

Easy Word Problems

Read each situation, subtract, and write an answer with the correct unit.

Name: __________________________________    Date: ________________

1.  A school library has 845 books on one shelf and lends 326 of them. How many books remain on the shelf?	2.  A nature center counted 972 visitors in June and 458 visitors in July. How many fewer visitors came in July?
3.  Maya saved $75 and spent $28 on a game. How much money does she have left?	4.  A team scored 684 points over a season and another team scored 257 points. How many more points did the first team score?
5.  A farmer picked 936 apples and packed 415 into boxes. How many apples were not packed yet?	6.  A school collected 758 cans and donated 239. How many cans remain?
7.  There were 600 seats in a gym. If 374 seats were occupied, how many were empty?	8.  Ava read 523 pages of a 789-page book. How many pages does she have left?
9.  A store had 950 pencils and sold 486. How many pencils remain?	10.  A trail is 8 miles long. A family has walked 3 miles. How many miles are left?
11.  A class raised $425 for a field trip and spent $178. How much remains?	12.  A stadium had 875 fans at a game and 429 left early. How many fans stayed?
13.  A box held 720 stickers. Students used 365 stickers. How many stickers are left?	14.  A garden had 648 flowers. Students picked 219 for an event. How many flowers remained?
15.  A runner planned to run 10 miles and completed 6 miles. How many miles remain?	16.  A shop had 803 notebooks and sold 275. How many notebooks are left?
17.  A school bus route is 42 miles. The bus has traveled 17 miles. How many miles remain?	18.  A museum welcomed 691 guests on Saturday and 358 on Sunday. How many more guests came Saturday?
19.  Noah had $90 and bought shoes for $46. How much money remained?	20.  A baker made 540 cookies and sold 286. How many cookies are left?
21.  A class needs 500 sheets of paper and has 327. How many more sheets are needed?	22.  A park planted 764 trees and 238 were damaged by a storm. How many were not damaged?
23.  A library had 1,000 bookmarks and gave away 647. How many remain?	24.  A team traveled 385 miles of a 620-mile trip. How many miles are left?
25.  A toy shop had 732 puzzles and sold 418. How many puzzles remain?

 

Easy Word Problems

Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer
1	519 books	2	514 visitors	3	$47
4	427 points	5	521 apples	6	519 cans
7	226 seats	8	266 pages	9	464 pencils
10	5 miles	11	$247	12	446 fans
13	355 stickers	14	429 flowers	15	4 miles
16	528 notebooks	17	25 miles	18	333 guests
19	$44	20	254 cookies	21	173 sheets
22	526 trees	23	353 bookmarks	24	235 miles
25	314 puzzles

 

Medium Word Problems

These real-world problems use larger numbers and decimal amounts. Show your steps.

Name: __________________________________    Date: ________________

1.  A school district printed 5,204 flyers and delivered 2,786. How many flyers are left to deliver?	2.  A hiker’s route is 18.5 miles. The hiker has walked 7.8 miles. How many miles remain?
3.  A family budgeted $250.00 for groceries and spent $168.47. How much is left?	4.  A warehouse had 12,000 notebooks and shipped 7,685. How many notebooks remain?
5.  A water tank held 65.00 gallons and used 28.75 gallons. How much water remains?	6.  A school collected 8,035 cans and sent 4,689 for recycling. How many cans are still waiting?
7.  A cyclist planned to ride 42.6 miles and completed 18.75 miles. How much farther must the cyclist ride?	8.  A store started with 9,500 trading cards and sold 3,876. How many cards remain?
9.  A science class measured a plant at 34.25 cm and another at 19.8 cm. What is the difference in height?	10.  A charity goal is $1,000.00. The group has raised $687.35. How much more is needed?
11.  A bus traveled 305.8 miles over two days, including 127.65 miles on day one. How far did it travel on day two?	12.  A library had 15,002 books and moved 8,675 to another branch. How many stayed?
13.  A baker had 25.00 pounds of flour and used 13.68 pounds. How much remains?	14.  A stadium sold 7,056 tickets and 2,897 were for the afternoon game. How many were for other games?
15.  A runner’s goal is 100 miles. She has completed 63.45 miles. How many miles remain?	16.  A store’s monthly sales goal is $8,000.00. It earned $5,768.90. How much more is needed?
17.  A school ordered 6,205 pencils and distributed 3,896. How many pencils are left?	18.  A lake’s water level dropped from 125.75 feet to 118.4 feet. What was the drop?
19.  A delivery truck carried 4,500 pounds of supplies and delivered 2,785. How many pounds remain?	20.  A family drove 725.6 miles on a trip. They drove 348.85 miles on the first leg. How far did they drive afterward?
21.  A school raised $3,250 and spent $1,875.50 on equipment. How much money remains?	22.  A factory made 20,000 parts and found 1,568 defective. How many were not defective?
23.  A ribbon is 15.00 meters long. A crafter uses 6.78 meters. How much ribbon is left?	24.  A library’s target is 10,000 books. It currently has 8,746. How many more books are needed?
25.  A sports club had $950.00 and paid $476.85 for uniforms. How much money remains?

 

Medium Word Problems

Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer
1	2,418 flyers	2	10.70 miles	3	$81.53
4	4,315 notebooks	5	36.25 gallons	6	3,346 cans
7	23.85 miles	8	5,624 cards	9	14.45 cm
10	$312.65	11	178.15 miles	12	6,327 books
13	11.32 pounds	14	4,159 tickets	15	36.55 miles
16	$2,231.10	17	2,309 pencils	18	7.35 feet
19	1,715 pounds	20	376.75 miles	21	$1,374.50
22	18,432 parts	23	8.22 meters	24	1,254 books
25	$473.15

 

Advanced Word Problems

Some problems require two subtraction steps. Work carefully and include units.

Name: __________________________________    Date: ________________

1.  A district budget is $125,000.00. It spends $78,645.85 on supplies and $19,875.40 on transport. How much remains?	2.  A reservoir held 850,000 gallons. After 367,895 gallons were used, how many gallons remained?
3.  A museum had 205,040 visitors planned across two exhibits and recorded 98,765 at the first. How many visitors were recorded at the second if the total was 205,040?	4.  A school collected $10,000.00 for renovations. It spent $2,786.45 on paint and $3,498.70 on flooring. How much remains?
5.  A long-distance race is 100.00 miles. A runner has completed 68.75 miles, then runs 12.8 more. How many miles remain?	6.  A warehouse stocked 700,000 batteries and shipped 358,746. How many batteries remain?
7.  A company set aside $50,000.00 and used $18,765.89 for equipment and $9,876.45 for training. How much remains?	8.  A farm harvested 604,020 pounds of corn and shipped 287,654 pounds in one load. How much corn remained?
9.  A school district’s goal is 1,000,000 reading minutes. Students logged 675,849 minutes. How many more minutes are needed?	10.  A builder has a 500.00-foot cable. They use 178.65 feet and then 96.8 feet. How much cable remains?
11.  A charity received $25,000.00 and spent $8,765.43 on food and $6,987.65 on shelter. How much remains?	12.  A county planted 503,020 trees and 287,654 did not survive. How many survived?
13.  A printer planned 250,000 pages and printed 178,965 pages. How many pages are still planned?	14.  A truck’s maximum cargo is 18,000.00 pounds. It carries equipment weighing 7,865.75 pounds and boxes weighing 4,987.5 pounds. How much capacity remains?
15.  A family saved $15,000.00. They spent $4,678.95 on a car repair and $2,895.60 on travel. How much savings remain?	16.  A stadium has 82,500 seats. If 67,895 tickets are sold, how many seats are unsold?
17.  A scientist had 1,000.00 mL of solution and used 286.75 mL, then 178.9 mL. How much remains?	18.  A school needs 300,000 pages for the year and has printed 187,654. How many pages remain to print?
19.  A park’s trail project budget is $75,000.00. Work costs $28,765.80 and materials cost $19,876.45. What remains?	20.  A water plant processed 900,001 gallons and used 456,789 gallons for one neighborhood. How many gallons are left for other areas?
21.  A cyclist planned 1,200.00 miles and rode 487.65 miles in week one and 398.8 miles in week two. How many miles remain?	22.  A store had $100,000.00 in inventory value and sold $46,789.55 worth. What value remains?
23.  A school district ordered 400,500 textbooks and distributed 278,965. How many textbooks remain?	24.  A hiking group planned a 65.00-mile route. They walked 27.85 miles on day one and 18.6 on day two. How many miles remain?
25.  A community center had $20,000.00. It spent $7,895.75 on repairs and $4,687.90 on supplies. How much remains?

 

Advanced Word Problems

Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer
1	$26,478.75	2	482,105 gallons	3	106,275 visitors
4	$3,714.85	5	18.45 miles	6	341,254 batteries
7	$21,357.66	8	316,366 pounds	9	324,151 minutes
10	224.55 feet	11	$9,246.92	12	215,366 trees
13	71,035 pages	14	5,146.75 pounds	15	$7,425.45
16	14,605 seats	17	534.35 mL	18	112,346 pages
19	$26,357.75	20	443,212 gallons	21	313.55 miles
22	$53,210.45	23	121,535 textbooks	24	18.55 miles
25	$7,416.35

 

Mixed Word Problems

Use the information in each situation to decide what needs to be subtracted.

Name: __________________________________    Date: ________________

1.  A library had 7,642 books and removed 3,985 damaged books. How many books remain?	2.  A shopper had $50.00 and spent $18.76. How much money remains?
3.  A school ordered 50,000 folders and distributed 27,684. How many are left?	4.  A runner planned 63.40 miles and has run 27.85 miles. How far remains?
5.  A warehouse held 9,005 boxes and shipped 4,789. How many boxes remain?	6.  A family had $1,000.00 and spent $654.78 on travel. How much remains?
7.  A town planted 73,210 trees and 48,675 were pine trees. How many were other types?	8.  A board is 45.02 inches long. A piece measuring 19.68 inches is cut off. How long is the remainder?
9.  A company made 800,000 parts and shipped 456,789. How many parts remain?	10.  A tank held 300.00 gallons and used 178.49 gallons. How much remains?
11.  A school had 64,005 sheets of paper and used 28,796. How many sheets remain?	12.  A shopper spent $6.85 from a $12.50 allowance. How much is left?
13.  A stadium has 100,000 seats and 56,987 are occupied. How many are empty?	14.  A rope is 501.03 feet long. A crew uses 298.76 feet. How much remains?
15.  A school received 7,007 notebooks and distributed 3,998. How many remain?	16.  A person has $150.00 and spends $87.65. How much is left?
17.  A farm gathered 94,000 eggs and shipped 58,769. How many remain?	18.  A ribbon is 80.05 meters long. A student uses 39.87 meters. How much is left?
19.  A county planted 602,030 seedlings and 298,765 were moved to another site. How many remain?	20.  A family budgeted $75.00 and spent $48.96. How much remains?
21.  A printer made 12,004 pages and delivered 7,896. How many pages remain?	22.  A bottle held 100.00 ounces of water and 0.67 ounce was poured out. How much remains?
23.  A factory made 500,500 parts and shipped 267,895. How many parts remain?	24.  A trail is 42.60 miles long. Hikers complete 18.75 miles. How far remains?
25.  A district had 1,000,000 worksheets and distributed 786,543. How many are left?

 

 Mixed Word Problems

Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer	Q#	Answer
1	3,657 books	2	$31.24	3	22,316 folders
4	35.55 miles	5	4,216 boxes	6	$345.22
7	24,535 trees	8	25.34 inches	9	343,211 parts
10	121.51 gallons	11	35,209 sheets	12	$5.65
13	43,013 seats	14	202.27 feet	15	3,009 notebooks
16	$62.35	17	35,231 eggs	18	40.18 meters
19	303,265 seedlings	20	$26.04	21	4,108 pages
22	99.33 ounces	23	232,605 parts	24	23.85 miles
25	213,457 worksheets

 

Frequently Asked Questions

What should fifth graders know about subtraction?

Fifth graders should use place value and regrouping accurately with multi-digit whole numbers and practice adding and subtracting decimals to hundredths.

How can students check a subtraction answer?

Add the difference to the number subtracted. The sum should equal the starting number. Estimation can also help identify unreasonable answers.

Are these worksheets printable?

Yes. The worksheet questions and compact answer tables are arranged for printing or editing in Microsoft Word. You can also export the document to PDF.

Which Common Core standard covers decimal subtraction in Grade 5?

CCSS 5.NBT.B.7 covers adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing decimals to hundredths using place-value reasoning and written methods.

Conclusion

Use these grade 5 subtraction worksheets for focused practice, homework, tutoring, or review. Choose a difficulty level that matches each learner, and encourage students to show their steps and check their answers. Explore Math worksheets for more fifth-grade place-value, decimal, multiplication, and division practice.

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