Column addition practice building from three-digit to four-digit numbers for Year 4 maths. Pupils start with sums like 345 + 128, step up to 3,456 + 1,287, then finish with a timed challenge that includes adding three numbers at once. Every answer is in the key. Written to the England National Curriculum objective on formal columnar addition.
Number - addition and subtraction
“Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate”
The sheet ramps from three-digit to four-digit columnar addition.
Column additions like 345 + 128 and 516 + 265 with answer boxes.
Questions such as 3,456 + 1,287 and 5,192 + 2,643.
Timed questions including the three-number sum 1,250 + 3,420 + 1,115.
Fluency practice
Use the warm up and level up sections as the practice slot of a column addition lesson.
Homework
Send it home once the method is taught; the key covers every answer.
Early finishers
Hold the Beat the Clock page back as a timed extra.
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