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Column Addition Mastery
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Column Addition Mastery
📚 Part 1: WALT, Success Criteria & Multiple Choice
WALT: We are learning to use the column method for addition by lining up digits by place value and carrying where needed.
Success criteria:
- Line digits under ones, tens and hundreds correctly.
- Add columns from right to left, carrying when a column total is 10 or more.
- Use estimation to check your answers are reasonable.
Differentiation: Use PV blocks or place-value charts if needed. Challenges: try 4-digit sums or make your own word problem.
1. Estimate the sum of 238 + 149. Which is the best estimate?
380
390
400
420
2. Which of these additions will need a carry from the ones column to the tens column? (Check all that apply)
47 + 36
52 + 27
81 + 19
24 + 13
3. When setting up 64 + 178 in columns, where does the 4 go?
Under the hundreds
Under the tens
Under the ones
4. Choose the best estimate for 725 + 268.
900
980
1,000
1,100
✏️ Part 2: Column Addition — Show your working
5. Work out using the column method: 47 + 58
6. Work out using the column method: 126 + 287
7. Work out using the column method (note the zero): 305 + 78
8. Word problem: Maya had $135. She earned another $86 from chores. How much money does she have now? Show your column addition.
9. Challenge: Use the column method to add 489 + 376
10. Explain briefly how you estimated the answer for one of the problems above to check your work. Use mathematical words (estimate, round, ones, tens, hundreds, carry).
Extension (if finished): Make one 3-digit addition question for a partner and include an estimate to check the answer.
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