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Step-by-step practice: Maths · Level 3Chapter 4 · Adding within 1000
Step-by-step Maths Level 3 · Adding within 1000 · Lesson 4.1

Step-by-step Maths Level 3: Adding a 1-digit number with carrying

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4.1

Adding a 1-digit number with carrying

Level 3
Add a 1-digit number to a 2-digit or 3-digit number, with carrying from the ones to the tens

Sometimes the ones add to 10 or more. Then we carry one ten into the tens column.

Add the ones first. Write the ones digit of the answer, and carry the ten to the tens.

387+
Column method: 8 + 7 = 15, so write 5 in the ones and carry 1 ten.

Key ideas

  • Add the ones first.
  • If the ones make 10 or more, carry 1 ten.
  • Add the carried ten to the tens.
Worked example 4.1.1
Work out 38 + 7.

Method. Add the ones, then the tens, then the hundreds. Carry any ten or hundred you make.

  1. Write the numbers in columns. Keep the ones under the ones and the tens under the tens.
    38 over 7
  2. Add the ones. The ones make 10 or more, so write the ones digit and carry 1 ten.
    8 + 7 = 15, write 5 and carry 1
  3. Add the tens. Add the carried ten with the tens.
    3 + 0 + 1 carried = 4
  4. Write the answer. Read the columns from left to right.
    45

Check. Check: 45 - 7 = 38.

Watch out. When the ones make 10 or more, carry a ten to the tens column. Do not forget it.

Worked example 4.1.2
Work out 267 + 8.

Method. Add the ones, then the tens, then the hundreds. Carry any ten or hundred you make.

  1. Write the numbers in columns. Keep the ones under the ones and the tens under the tens.
    267 over 8
  2. Add the ones. The ones make 10 or more, so write the ones digit and carry 1 ten.
    7 + 8 = 15, write 5 and carry 1
  3. Add the tens. Add the carried ten with the tens.
    6 + 0 + 1 carried = 7
  4. Add the hundreds. Add any carried hundred too.
    2 + 0 = 2
  5. Write the answer. Read the columns from left to right.
    275

Check. Check: 275 - 8 = 267.

Watch out. When the ones make 10 or more, carry a ten to the tens column. Do not forget it.

Worked example 4.1.3
Work out 59 + 6.

Method. Add the ones, then the tens, then the hundreds. Carry any ten or hundred you make.

  1. Write the numbers in columns. Keep the ones under the ones and the tens under the tens.
    59 over 6
  2. Add the ones. The ones make 10 or more, so write the ones digit and carry 1 ten.
    9 + 6 = 15, write 5 and carry 1
  3. Add the tens. Add the carried ten with the tens.
    5 + 0 + 1 carried = 6
  4. Write the answer. Read the columns from left to right.
    65

Check. Check: 65 - 6 = 59.

Watch out. When the ones make 10 or more, carry a ten to the tens column. Do not forget it.

Watch out

Watch out. Do not forget the carried ten. 38 + 7 is 45, not 35.

Exam tip

Grown-up tip. Use ten sticks and ones cubes. Make ten ones into a stick and put it with the tens.

Exercise 4A  Practice: a 1-digit number with carrying

Non-calculator
1
FWork out 52 + 9.
529+
2
FWork out 415 + 7.
4157+
3
FWork out 656 + 4.
6564+
4
FWork out 95 + 9.
959+
5
FWork out 477 + 3.
4773+
6
FWork out 503 + 7.
5037+
7
FWork out 978 + 5.
9785+
8
FWork out 836 + 7.
8367+
9
FWork out 86 + 8.
868+
10
FWork out 18 + 3.
183+
11
FWork out 725 + 7.
7257+
12
FWork out 372 + 8.
3728+
13
FWork out 844 + 8.
8448+
14
FWork out 528 + 9.
5289+
15
FWork out 453 + 7.
4537+
16
FWork out 279 + 2.
2792+

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