Grade 2 Math · Two-Digit Subtraction
Build Grade 2 math skills with five 10-question practice tests covering two-digit differences, missing numbers, regrouping, and subtraction word problems.
These Grade 2 Math practice tests help students subtract two-digit numbers by working with ones and tens. Students practice direct differences, missing numbers, regrouping, and everyday subtraction situations.
Complete one 10-question test at a time. Encourage the student to line up ones and tens, draw base-ten blocks when needed, and explain why one ten can be regrouped as 10 ones.
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2. Test
A 10-question Grade 2 math practice test on subtracting two-digit numbers, missing numbers, regrouping, and subtraction word problems.
Read each subtraction question carefully. Choose one answer, then open the solution to review the place-value subtraction strategy.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is 42.
Subtract the ones: 7 - 5 = 2. Subtract the tens: 6 - 2 = 4. The difference is 42.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is 53.
Subtract the ones: 4 - 1 = 3. Subtract the tens: 8 - 3 = 5. The difference is 53.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is 55.
Regroup one ten as 10 ones: 13 - 8 = 5, then 6 - 1 = 5. The difference is 55.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is 49.
Regroup one ten as 10 ones: 16 - 7 = 9, then 8 - 4 = 4. The difference is 49.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is 33.
Subtract the ones: 5 - 2 = 3. Subtract the tens: 5 - 2 = 3. The difference is 33.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is 45.
Regroup one ten as 10 ones: 11 - 6 = 5, then 7 - 3 = 4. The difference is 45.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: C
The correct answer is 46.
Regroup one ten as 10 ones: 10 - 4 = 6, then 6 - 2 = 4. The difference is 46.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: D
The correct answer is 43.
Regroup one ten as 10 ones: 12 - 9 = 3, then 5 - 1 = 4. The difference is 43.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: A
The correct answer is 31.
Subtract the ones: 8 - 7 = 1. Subtract the tens: 4 - 1 = 3. The difference is 31.
Please select an answer first.
Correct answer: B
The correct answer is 45.
Subtract the ones: 9 - 4 = 5. Subtract the tens: 9 - 5 = 4. The difference is 45.
Two-digit subtraction finds the difference between numbers from 10 to 99 by subtracting their ones and tens, sometimes regrouping one ten as 10 ones.
A student regroups when the top ones digit is too small to subtract the bottom ones digit, trading 1 ten for 10 ones.
The page includes five mini tests with 10 questions each, for 50 Grade 2 two-digit subtraction questions in total.
