KS2 Column Addition and Subtraction Sheets (Printable A4 PDF)

Instant PDF download, A4, print at home. Printable KS1/KS2 resource for UK primary classrooms and home learning, from Top Bins Learning.

What is inside

• Three levels, each with six calculation pages (three addition, three subtraction), a missing-digits page and a word-problems page, plus a how-to page: 25 pupil pages and about 162 questions.
• One star, Easier (Years 3 to 4): 3-digit numbers, from no carrying or exchanging to carrying and exchanging twice.
• Two stars, Core (Years 4 to 5): 4-digit numbers, including zeros in the number being subtracted from.
• Three stars, Challenge (Years 5 to 6): 5-digit and 6-digit numbers, and decimals with different numbers of decimal places.
• Eight questions on every calculation page, drawn in column layout with one box per digit and small carry boxes on the Easier and Core addition pages.
• Missing-digit pages (each question has exactly one solution) and one-step word problems with money and measures at the Challenge level.
• Full answer key (every question worked out) and teacher notes.

Year groups and use

Years 3 to 6 (KS2, ages 7 to 11). Use as a fluency starter, homework or targeted intervention. Print only the pages a group needs.

Checked

Every question is generated by a program and every answer is calculated twice, by ordinary arithmetic and by an independent digit-by-digit column method. The answer key is printed from the same data as the pupil pages.

Please note

Practice only: it supports teaching and does not replace it.

Format: one PDF, A4 portrait, 30 pages in total (25 pupil pages including glossary or how-to pages, the rest are cover, teacher notes, contents and the answer key). Printable PDF, A4, print and go. Black and white pupil pages that print cleanly on a home or school printer.

Licence: for personal or single-classroom use; no resale or sharing.