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Column addition with exchanging — KS2 practice

Practise adding 3 and 4-digit numbers with column addition that needs carrying (exchanging) — the Year 4 arithmetic skill of adding each column from the right and carrying ten into the next column. Every question is marked instantly with the worked steps, so carrying mistakes get caught. No sign-up needed.

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Question 1

Work out 367 + 258 using column addition.

Question 2

Add these two numbers using column addition: 2,548 + 1,673.

Question 3

Use column addition to work out 3,476 + 2,857.

Question 4

Work out 1,956 + 2,768 using column addition.

Question 5

A school library has 3,608 fiction books and 2,795 non-fiction books. Use column addition to find how many books there are altogether.

Question 6

Using column addition, what is 485 + 379?

Question 7

Using column addition, what is 4,829 + 3,584?

Question 8

Using column addition, what is 5,647 + 1,896?

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