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Year 3 Column Addition

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Year 3 Column Addition

Add the numbers using the column method. Keep ones in the ones column and tens in the tens column. Show your working where space is provided.

Add without exchanging

Add each pair of two-digit numbers. You do not need to exchange between columns.

1.Work out 31 + 46.
2.Work out 62 + 25.
3.Work out 53 + 34.

Add with exchanging

Add the ones first. Exchange 10 ones for 1 ten when needed.

4.Work out 38 + 27.
5.Work out 46 + 39.
6.Work out 57 + 26.
7.Work out 69 + 24.

Three-digit addition

Line up the hundreds, tens and ones before you add.

8.Work out 134 + 252.
9.Work out 267 + 148.
10.Work out 358 + 276.

Addition in stories

Read each situation and find the total.

11.At a wildlife sanctuary, Idris counts 48 young birds in one area and 37 in another. How many young birds does he count altogether?
12.Kwame sorts 125 food packets in the morning and 168 in the afternoon. How many packets does he sort altogether?
13.Tomasz records 236 visitors on Saturday and 189 on Sunday. How many visitors come over the two days?

Number challenge

Use column addition to find three different pairs of two-digit numbers that make 100.

14.Write three different addition sentences using two two-digit numbers in each sentence. Each total must be 100.

4 printable pages

  • Year 3 Column Addition, page 1 of 4: Add without exchanging, Add with exchanging

    Page 1

  • Year 3 Column Addition, page 2 of 4: Three-digit addition

    Page 2

  • Year 3 Column Addition, page 3 of 4: Addition in stories

    Page 3

  • Year 3 Column Addition, page 4 of 4: Number challenge

    Page 4

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