Subtraction crosswords, all the way to borrowing through zeros
Take-away clues that fill a number grid. Three-digit clues always borrow, and the hardest sheets put zeros in the middle of the top number — 7,002 − 251 — the subtraction with regrouping children get wrong more than any other. The crossings catch the mistake.
Borrowing, all the way through the zeros.
A subtraction crossword generator, printable as a PDF. Pick numbers up to 199, 3-digit or 4 and 5-digit, and generate. At the hardest level half the clues borrow through zeros and the rest borrow at least twice. Every answer crosses another, so a wrong answer disagrees with its neighbor; the answer key is the filled grid.
1 token a sheet, fewer in batches.
US Letter PDF — prints on any home printer.
Solve
Each number in the list is a clue. Work it out, in columns if you need to.
Fill
One digit a square, from the square with the same number.
Check
Crossing answers share a square. A clash means one of the two is wrong.
Numbers
3-digit clues always borrow. At 4 and 5 digits, half the clues borrow through zeros, like 7,002 − 251.
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