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Column Addition Practice

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Column Addition Practice

Solve each addition carefully. Keep tens and ones in the correct columns, and start with the ones. Show your column working where there is room.

Warm-up: line up the digits

Remember: ones go under ones and tens go under tens.

1.A stall sells 23 red apples and 14 green apples. Calculate 23 + 14.
2.George adds 31 + 26. Choose the correct answer.
  • 47
  • 57
  • 67
3.There are 42 pears in one crate and 35 pears in another. How many pears are there altogether? Write a column addition.

Regrouping: make a new ten

If the ones add to 10 or more, exchange 10 ones for 1 ten.

4.A basket has 47 apples. Another has 28. Calculate 47 + 28 using column addition.
5.Imogen has £25 to spend and earns £17 more by helping at the stall. How much money does he have now?
6.Start at 38. Make a jump of 10, then a jump of 6. What total does this show for 38 + 16?
303438424650545860
7.Maryam says 56 + 38 = 84. Is Maryam correct? Write the correct total if needed.
TrueFalse
8.A customer buys 29 plums and some more. There are 63 plums in total. Complete the number sentence: 29 + □ = 63.
9.Before calculating 48 + 27, round each number to the nearest ten. Which estimate is closest?
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
10.Choose two two-digit numbers whose sum is between 60 and 80. Write the addition in columns and explain how you checked your answer.

3 printable pages

  • Column Addition Practice, page 1 of 3: Warm-up: line up the digits

    Page 1

  • Column Addition Practice, page 2 of 3: Regrouping: make a new ten

    Page 2

  • Column Addition Practice, page 3 of 3: 9. Before calculating 48 + 27, round each number to the nearest ten. Which estimate

    Page 3

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