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Four-digit addition and subtraction worksheets Grades 2–3

Add and subtract four-digit numbers in columns. Watch the sign.

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How to do it

Same steps, one more column. Watch the sign.

Example problems

  1. 2313+ 4806\begin{array}{r}2313 \\ +\,4806 \\ \hline \end{array}
  2. 4514− 4437\begin{array}{r}4514 \\ -\,4437 \\ \hline \end{array}
  3. 9845− 5109\begin{array}{r}9845 \\ -\,5109 \\ \hline \end{array}
  4. 8604− 4965\begin{array}{r}8604 \\ -\,4965 \\ \hline \end{array}

Three- and four-digit addition and subtraction

  1. Three-digit addition without carrying
  2. Three-digit addition, carrying from the ones
  3. Three-digit addition, carrying from the tens
  4. Three-digit addition, carrying twice
  5. Three-digit subtraction without borrowing
  6. Three-digit subtraction, borrowing from the tens
  7. Three-digit subtraction, borrowing from the hundreds
  8. Three-digit subtraction, borrowing twice
  9. Subtracting across zeros
  10. Four-digit addition and subtraction
  11. Adding columns of numbers