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

  1. 1

    Imagine you have 3,427 toy bricks 🧱. Your friend gives you 2,156 more. Let's add them together!

  2. 2

    When adding 3,427 and 2,156, which column do you start adding from first?

  3. 3

    Build 3,427 by dragging the right number of thousands, hundreds, tens and ones.

  4. 4

    Let's add 3,427 + 2,156 together.

  5. 5

    Now try adding 4,538 + 1,247 — drag to build the answer.

  6. 6

    What is 4,538 + 1,247?

  7. 7

    What is 6,294 − 3,182? (Think: start with the ones!)

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