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Year 2 · Subtraction

Subtracting within 100

1)76 − 40 =
2)24 − 16 =
3)63 − 31 =
4)54 − 53 =
5)47 − 22 =
6)92 − 46 =
7)92 − 35 =
8)74 − 33 =
9)49 − 41 =
10)83 − 32 =
11)99 − 34 =
12)43 − 20 =
13)34 − 11 =
14)70 − 24 =
15)99 − 77 =
16)91 − 23 =
17)85 − 26 =
18)36 − 36 =
19)59 − 53 =
20)42 − 23 =
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Year 2 · Subtraction · Subtracting within 100

1)76 − 40 = 36
2)24 − 16 = 8
3)63 − 31 = 32
4)54 − 53 = 1
5)47 − 22 = 25
6)92 − 46 = 46
7)92 − 35 = 57
8)74 − 33 = 41
9)49 − 41 = 8
10)83 − 32 = 51
11)99 − 34 = 65
12)43 − 20 = 23
13)34 − 11 = 23
14)70 − 24 = 46
15)99 − 77 = 22
16)91 − 23 = 68
17)85 − 26 = 59
18)36 − 36 = 0
19)59 − 53 = 6
20)42 − 23 = 19
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What Year 2 subtraction covers

Year 2 subtracts within 100, and this sheet drills the hardest case the statement names: one two-digit number taken from another, like 92 − 46 or 76 − 40. The larger number always comes first, so no answer is negative — which matters more than it sounds, because Year 2 is exactly where children learn that addition can be reordered and subtraction cannot. Some questions leave the ones alone (76 − 40) and some do not (24 − 16); the second kind is the one worth practising. Every sheet is A4, print-ready, and comes with an answer key.

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What subtraction does Year 2 cover?

Subtracting within 100, paired in the curriculum with the addition it undoes. Children take ones from a two-digit number, take tens from a two-digit number, and take one two-digit number from another — the last of which is what these sheets drill. Year 2 is also where children start using the inverse deliberately: checking 92 − 46 by adding 46 back on is a Year 2 skill, not just a trick.

Why can addition be done in any order but subtraction cannot?

This is an explicit Year 2 statement, and it is worth making a fuss of. Children learn that 30 + 12 and 12 + 30 give the same answer, so addition can be reordered freely — and then that 30 − 12 and 12 − 30 do not, so subtraction cannot. On these sheets the larger number always comes first, which means a child who writes the two numbers in whichever order feels easier will get the wrong answer. That is the misconception the statement exists to head off, and it is a good one to catch at the kitchen table.

My child can do 76 − 40 but not 24 − 16. Is that normal?

Entirely, and the two are genuinely different jobs. Taking a whole number of tens away leaves the ones untouched, so 76 − 40 is really 7 − 4 with a zero along for the ride. In 24 − 16 the ones will not go — 4 take away 6 — so the child has to break a ten up to get there. That is the step everything later depends on, and it is worth practising on its own with objects or a hundred square before it becomes a written method in Year 3.

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