COLUMN ADDITION

DIRECTION – Right to Left

STEP 1 – Add the 1’s
CHECK – Did you need to carry?
STEP 2 – Add the 10’s 167
CHECK – Did you need to carry?
STEP 3 – Add the 100’s
+ 235 1 1

402
CHECK – Did you need to carry?
STEP 4 – Repeat process!
TOP TIP! – Simply add another row if adding more
than 2 numbers together. Then follow the steps
above!
 COLUMN SUBTRACTION

DIRECTION – Right to Left

342
CHECK – Do you need to borrow? 3
1
STEP 1 – Subtract the 1’s
CHECK – Do you need to borrow?
STEP 2 – Subtract the 10’s
CHECK – Do you need to borrow?
- 125
STEP 3 – Subtract the 100’s
CHECK – Do you need to borrow?
217
STEP 4 – Repeat process!
 COLUMN LONG MULTIPLICATION
12 24 1
DIRECTION – Right to Left
STEP 1 – Multiply each top number with the 437
x 263
bottom 1’s
CHECK – Do you need to carry?
STEP 2 – Add 1 zero to show 10’s
STEP 3 – Multiply each top number with the
bottom 10’s 1311
26220
CHECK – Do you need to carry?
STEP 4 – Add 2 zeros to show 100’s
STEP 5 – Multiply each top number with the

+ 87400
bottom 100’s
CHECK – Do you need to carry? 1
STEP 5 – Use column addition to add up your
answers!
114931
 BUS STOP DIVISION
DIRECTION – Left to Right
STEP 1 – How many times does the outside number go
into the 1st digit in the bus stop? Write the number on top!
CHECK – Can it divide? If not, add a zero above and
carry the number to the 2nd digit
STEP 2 – How many times does the outside number go
into the 2nd digit in the bus stop? Write the number on top!
STEP 3 – Carry the remainder to the 3rd digit
STEP 4 – How many times does the outside number go
into the 3rd digit in the bus stop? Write the number on top! 0759 1 r

9 6832
STEP 5 – Carry the remainder to the 4th digit 6 5 8
STEP 6 – How many times does the outside number go
into the 4th digit in the bus stop? Write the number on top!
STEP 7 – Write your final remainder on top next to your
answer as “r ?”
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