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3-digit addition and subtraction — Maths worksheet

Big sums are done column by column. Write the numbers ones under ones and start from the right. When adding, a column of 10 or more carries 1 to the next column. When subtracting, a smaller top digit borrows 1 from the next column.

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The method

Column by column — “work from the ones to the hundreds, carrying or borrowing one at a time”

  1. Line up ones, tens and hundreds.
  2. Add from the right; 10 or more → carry 1 to the next column.
  3. Subtract from the right; top digit smaller → borrow 1 from the next column.
  4. Missing number in an addition = total − the number you know.

Use it for: Passengers on trains, children in a school, and the addition and subtraction chapters of Class 3 maths.

Worked example: 456 + 378 = 834

  1. Ones: 6 + 8 = 14, write 4 carry 1. Tens: 5 + 7 + 1 = 13, write 3 carry 1.
  2. Hundreds: 4 + 3 + 1 = 8. So 456 + 378 = 834.

Check: 834 − 378 = 456 ✓

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