84 + 147 =
Column addition.
Use aligned written columns to add numbers up to three digits.
Column addition
Practice sheet
Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Use aligned written columns to add numbers up to three digits.
609 + 808 =
819 + 3 =
330 + 277 =
683 + 845 =
703 + 369 =
Column addition
Answer key
Name: ______________
Date: ______________
Use aligned written columns to add numbers up to three digits.
84 + 147 =
609 + 808 =
819 + 3 =
330 + 277 =
683 + 845 =
703 + 369 =
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The skill behind this activity
Use aligned written columns to add numbers up to three digits.
Department for Education: mathematics programmes of study ↗
Year 3 → Number → Addition and subtraction · Selected statutory skill. Pack 2.2.0 · source checked 2026-10-12.
For teachers and parents
Combine the quantities. Align equal place values for a written column method; each group of ten becomes one in the next place.
A common slip
A carried ten belongs one place to the left and is counted once.
44 + 503 =
Combine the quantities. Align equal place values for a written column method; each group of ten becomes one in the next place.