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Column Addition and Subtraction
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Column Addition and Subtraction
Set out each calculation in columns, keeping digits with the same place value aligned. Show your working where space is provided.
Column Calculation Practice
1.Calculate 248 + 375.
2.Calculate 506 + 289.
3.Calculate 1,437 + 856.
4.Calculate 692 + 1,508.
5.Calculate 764 − 328.
6.Calculate 1,000 − 467.
7.Calculate 2,305 − 1,768.
8.Calculate 3,420 − 985.
Check the Calculations
9.For each calculation, decide whether it is correct. Write correct or incorrect.
10.A pupil writes 582 + 46 with the 4 directly below the 8 and the 6 directly below the 2. Is this the correct alignment? Explain how the digits should be lined up.
Place Value and Methods
11.In 4,738, identify the digit in the hundreds place and the digit in the tens place.
Thousands
Hundreds
Tens
Units
12.Work out 367 + 258 by adding the units, tens and hundreds. Give each column total and the final answer.
13.Find the missing number: 835 + □ = 1,200.
14.A library has 1,275 fiction books and 968 non-fiction books. How many books are there altogether?
15.A theatre has 2,400 seats. If 1,685 seats are occupied, how many seats are empty?
16.Write your own addition calculation using two different three-digit numbers, then solve it.
17.In one sentence, explain why place value matters when using column addition or subtraction.
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