MathsYears 4–5Addition & Subtraction
Add and subtract 4-digit numbers
Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate
What you'll learn
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Imagine you have 3,427 toy bricks 🧱. Your friend gives you 2,156 more. Let's add them together!
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When adding 3,427 and 2,156, which column do you start adding from first?
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Build 3,427 by dragging the right number of thousands, hundreds, tens and ones.
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Let's add 3,427 + 2,156 together.
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Now try adding 4,538 + 1,247 — drag to build the answer.
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What is 4,538 + 1,247?
- 7
What is 6,294 − 3,182? (Think: start with the ones!)
Practise Add and subtract 4-digit numbers with Whizlo
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