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3-Digit Addition Subtraction Grouping

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4-Digit Addition Subtraction Grouping

Students working with numbers

🎯 WALT: We Are Learning To use grouping strategy for 4-digit addition and subtraction

Success Criteria:

✓ I can group numbers by place value (thousands, hundreds, tens, ones)

✓ I can add and subtract using the grouping method

✓ I can solve word problems using grouping

📚 Part 1: Guided Practice

1. Complete the grouping addition: 2456 + 1324

Thousands: 2000 + 1000 = _______

Hundreds: 400 + 300 = _______

Tens: 50 + 20 = _______

Ones: 6 + 4 = _______

Total: _______ + _______ + _______ + _______ = _______

2. Complete the grouping subtraction: 5678 - 2345

Thousands: 5000 - 2000 = _______

Hundreds: 600 - 300 = _______

Tens: 70 - 40 = _______

Ones: 8 - 5 = _______

Total: _______ + _______ + _______ + _______ = _______

3. Use grouping to solve: 4287 + 2514

✏️ Part 2: Independent Practice

4. Solve using grouping strategy: 3845 + 2156
5. Solve using grouping strategy: 7564 - 3421
6. Which grouping strategy works best for you?

Breaking into thousands, hundreds, tens, ones

Adding/subtracting left to right

Using number lines with groups

7. Word Problem: A school library has 1456 fiction books and 1231 non-fiction books. How many books do they have altogether?

Answer: _______ books

🌟 Part 3: Challenge & Extension

8. Challenge Problem: A cinema sold 1623 tickets on Friday and 1387 tickets on Saturday. On Sunday, they sold 145 fewer tickets than Friday. How many tickets did they sell over the three days?

Answer: _______ tickets

9. Extension: Create your own word problem using 4-digit numbers that requires grouping to solve:

🏆 Differentiation Support:

Need help? Use base-10 blocks or draw thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones

Ready for more? Try solving with 5-digit numbers or multiple steps

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