Addition Strategies Practice

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📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice (Choose one)

1. What is 247 + 158?

395

405

415

2. Which strategy is usually quickest for 300 + 275?

Mental math — add hundreds then tens and ones

Column addition with regrouping

Use a calculator

3. Estimate 389 + 502 by rounding to the nearest ten. Which is the best estimate?

880

890

900

4. Which problem is best solved by breaking numbers into hundreds, tens and ones?

47 + 32

407 + 593

8 + 5

5. Solve 234 + 178. Show your working below and write which strategy you used and why.

6. Add the prices: $46 + $89. Write your calculation, then use estimation (round to nearest ten) to check if your answer is reasonable.

7. The class walked 1,250 m and then 875 m. Add the distances. Give your answer in metres and in kilometres (to one decimal place).

8. Challenge: Solve 468 + 357 using two different strategies. Show Method A and Method B (for example: column addition and breaking apart numbers).

Method A:

Method B:

9. Exit ticket — Write your own addition problem (two or three digits). Solve it using one strategy and explain why that strategy was helpful.