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Addition Word Problems Worksheet

Solve each problem. Show your working, and use estimation to check whether your exact answer is reasonable.

Three-digit addition

Round to the nearest hundred where requested. Then calculate the exact total.

1.At a chess tournament, 368 players entered the junior section and 457 entered the open section. Estimate the total by rounding each number to the nearest hundred, then work out the exact number of players.

2.Keira’s tournament has 526 games scheduled on Saturday and 389 on Sunday. How many games are scheduled altogether?

3.Anahera’s chess club collected 247 donated chess books in the morning and 186 in the afternoon. How many books did the club collect that day?

Four-digit and multi-step addition

Keep track of place value as you add. Use an estimate when it helps you check your result.

4.Tournament organisers printed 3,476 score sheets for one event and 2,859 for another. Estimate the total by rounding to the nearest thousand, then find the exact number of score sheets printed.

5.Hemi is adding up the points scored by three teams at a chess tournament. Their scores are 1,638, 2,475 and 1,906. What is the combined score?

6.A chess tournament venue has 1,486 seats. On the first day, 738 more seats are opened in a nearby hall. On the second day, another 965 seats become available. How many seats are available in total after both additions?

7.Use the score-sheet problem: 3,476 + 2,859. Describe one place-value method for finding the exact total.

8.For the seating problem, the exact total is 3,189 seats. Give a quick estimate by rounding each of 1,486, 738 and 965 to the nearest hundred. Does your estimate support the exact answer?