Addition Word Problems Worksheet

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🎯 WALT: Solve addition word problems involving 3- and 4-digit numbers

Success Criteria:

I can identify key information in word problems

I can estimate answers by rounding

I can use place value to solve addition problems

I can check my answers for reasonableness

📚 Part 1: Core Problems (3-digit numbers)

1. A school library has 456 fiction books and 387 non-fiction books. How many books are there altogether?

Step 1: Estimate by rounding to the nearest 100:

456 rounds to _______ and 387 rounds to _______

Estimated answer: _______ + _______ = _______

Step 2: Calculate the exact answer:

Final Answer: _______________ books

2. At a concert, 629 people attended on Friday night and 548 people attended on Saturday night. What was the total attendance?

Estimate: _______

Answer: _______________ people

3. A bakery sold 234 meat pies and 176 cheese pies in one day. How many pies did they sell in total?

Answer: _______________ pies

⭐ Part 2: Extension Problems (4-digit numbers & multi-step)

4. A factory produced 2,468 toys in March and 1,795 toys in April. How many toys were produced in these two months?

Estimate: _______

Answer: _______________ toys

5. Challenge Problem: A sports stadium has three sections. Section A has 1,256 seats, Section B has 987 seats, and Section C has 1,445 seats. What is the total seating capacity of the stadium?

Answer: _______________ seats

6. Multi-step Problem: A shop had 1,234 items in stock. On Monday, they received 567 new items. On Tuesday, they received another 398 items. How many items does the shop have now?

Show your working step by step:

Answer: _______________ items