Twenty-four column calculations for Year 5 maths, building from five-digit numbers to six-digit numbers that exchange through zeros, such as 450,208 - 128,543. A challenge section adds missing-number equations and triple addition. All 24 solutions are in the answer key. The whole sheet targets one England National Curriculum objective: formal written addition and subtraction beyond four digits.
Number - addition and subtraction
“Add and subtract whole numbers with more than 4 digits, including using formal written methods (columnar addition and subtraction)”
Every question on the sheet is a direct workout of this objective at rising difficulty.
Column addition and subtraction like 45,213 + 32,541.
Six-digit questions where zeros force careful exchanging, such as 450,208 - 128,543.
Missing-number equations like blank + 35,420 = 80,000, plus adding three numbers at once.
All 24 solutions listed.
Fluency practice
Set the warm-up and level-up sections as timed independent practice.
Stretch task
The missing-value equations push confident pupils into inverse thinking.
Intervention
Use the exchanging-through-zeros questions with pupils who lose track of borrowing.
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