A seven-year-old who hears « 398 stickers were left » often reaches for addition, because the story is full of buying and keeping. Learning to hear the subtraction inside a story takes practice, and this 2nd grade 3-digit subtraction word problems worksheet gives nine chances. Miss Clara uses stickers for a school project, a librarian finds more books on the shelves, cupcakes vanish at a baking contest, and apples, marbles and beads change hands. One story about a soccer tournament takes two steps. The numbers reach 984, so your child will need column subtraction with regrouping. A boy reading at his desk keeps them company. A second page gives the answer key.