Subtract Within 1,000 Using Compensation #1

Practice subtracting three-digit numbers in this third-grade worksheet! Students will use the compensation strategy to make the smaller number into a multiple of 100. Then, learners are encouraged to use mental math to subtract and find the difference. The first problem has been completed as a guide for students.

Compensation is a helpful strategy for building mental math skills. By turning the minuend or subtrahend into a round number, students will have an easier time calculating the difference, as they only need to focus on the digit in the hundreds place. This strategy also sharpens students’ addition and subtraction skills as they find out what needs to be added to turn one number to a friendly hundred.

For a refresher, try Use Compensation to Subtract Within 100. To practice another strategy, try Place Value Chart Subtraction Without Regrouping: Differences Within 1,000 #1.