Five-Digit Zero Differences Answer Key

This worksheet focuses on subtracting 5-digit numbers that contain zeros in multiple places, requiring students to borrow carefully across long chains of zeros. Each problem challenges learners to apply multi-step regrouping and maintain accuracy through each place value. The exercises provide repeated practice with a notoriously tricky skill that strengthens understanding of place value and decomposition. Students gain confidence as they rewrite numbers, borrow correctly, and confirm their answers through structured computation. The problems emphasize precision, perseverance, and mathematical reasoning. Teachers can use this sheet for independent practice, guided instruction, or reinforcement after a subtraction lesson involving multiple regroupings.

Curriculum Matched Skills

Mathematics – Number & Operations in Base Ten: Perform multi-digit subtraction

Mathematics – Place Value Understanding: Regrouping across multiple zeros

Mathematics – Operational Fluency: Subtract with accuracy and efficiency

Mathematics – Mathematical Practices: Attend to precision

This worksheet is part of our Subtracting Across Zeros Worksheets collection.