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Addition & Subtraction Strategies

Year 3 Mathematics — Homework Packet

Addition and subtraction illustration

🔢 Part 1: Partitioning Strategy

Partitioning means breaking numbers into hundreds, tens, and ones to make adding or subtracting easier.

Example: 243 + 135 → (200 + 100) + (40 + 30) + (3 + 5) = 300 + 70 + 8 = 378

1. Use partitioning to solve: 326 + 251

Hundreds: _____ + _____ = _____

Tens: _____ + _____ = _____

Ones: _____ + _____ = _____

Answer: _____

2. Use partitioning to solve: 487 − 163

Hundreds: _____ − _____ = _____

Tens: _____ − _____ = _____

Ones: _____ − _____ = _____

Answer: _____

3. Complete the place value chart, then solve 514 + 273.

Hundreds     Tens     Ones

_______          _______       _______

+ _______       + _______     + _______

= _______       = _______     = _______

Total: _____

🔄 Part 2: Regrouping & Rearranging

Regrouping is when you trade 10 ones for 1 ten (or 10 tens for 1 hundred) when adding or subtracting.

4. Solve using regrouping. Show your working in the box.

a) 347 + 285 = _____

b) 623 − 178 = _____

5. Which strategy would you use to solve 199 + 46? Select one.

Partitioning

Rearranging (e.g. round 199 to 200, then adjust)

Regrouping

Now solve it: 199 + 46 = _____

6. Find the missing number: 4 __ 6 − 213 = 233. What is the missing digit?

Missing digit: _____

📖 Part 3: Word Problems

Read each problem carefully. Show your working and write a number sentence.

7. Liam collected 246 cards and his sister collected 178 cards. How many cards do they have altogether?

Number sentence: _____ + _____ = _____

Answer: ___________________________

8. A school library has 532 books. Students borrowed 197 books this week. How many books are left in the library?

Number sentence: _____ − _____ = _____

Answer: ___________________________

9. Mia saved $135 in January and $248 in February. She then spent $179 on a new bike. How much money does she have left?

Step 1 (total saved): _____ + _____ = _____

Step 2 (after spending): _____ − _____ = _____

Answer: ___________________________

10. 🌟 Challenge! Write your own word problem using addition or subtraction of three-digit numbers, then solve it.

My number sentence: _____________________________

Answer: _____________________________

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