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Vertical Addition Practice

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Vertical Addition Practice

Add the numbers in each question using vertical addition. Keep ones, tens and hundreds in matching columns. These problems do not require regrouping.

Line up the place values

Use the columns below to help keep each digit in the right place.

Hundreds

Tens

Ones

3

2

4

1

5

6

Two-digit addition

Write each sum. Show your working by setting out the numbers vertically.

1.Calculate 32 + 46.
2.Calculate 53 + 24.
3.Calculate 41 + 38.
4.Calculate 26 + 63.

Three-digit addition

Align the hundreds, tens and ones before you add.

5.Calculate 132 + 245.
6.Calculate 314 + 572.
7.Calculate 421 + 368.
8.Calculate 206 + 583.
9.At a hardware store, Mere adds two tool orders costing $234 and $145. What is their combined cost?

Choose and match

Check that you understand how vertical addition works.

10.Which sum correctly shows the digits lined up by place value for 243 + 516?
  • 243 + 516, with ones under ones, tens under tens and hundreds under hundreds
  • 243 + 516, with the 6 under the 4 and the 1 under the 2
  • 243 + 516, with the 5 under the 3 and the 2 under the 6
  • 243 + 516, with all digits lined up on the left
11.Match each addition problem to its total.
  • 125 + 342
  • 213 + 464
  • 306 + 391
  • 452 + 215
  • 677
  • 667
  • 467
  • 697

Estimate to check

Round each three-digit number to the nearest hundred, then compare your estimate with the exact total.

12.For 231 + 546, round each number to the nearest hundred to estimate the total. Then find the exact total.
13.For 418 + 361, round each number to the nearest hundred to estimate the total. Then find the exact total.

3 printable pages

  • Vertical Addition Practice, page 1 of 3: Line up the place values, Two-digit addition

    Page 1

  • Vertical Addition Practice, page 2 of 3: Three-digit addition

    Page 2

  • Vertical Addition Practice, page 3 of 3: Choose and match, Estimate to check

    Page 3

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