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Chapter 2: Adding and subtracting whole numbers to a million

  • Strand Addition and subtraction
  • Level Level 5
  • Practice 105 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: maths (Level 5). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Add and subtract whole numbers with more than four digits, using columnar methods (Y5 paraphrase), Use rounding to check answers and estimate, and decide the level of accuracy (Y5 paraphrase), Solve addition and subtraction multi-step problems (Y5 paraphrase), Solve missing number problems (Y5 paraphrase).

Open Level 5 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Add two numbers to 999,999 in columns, carrying across several places
  • Subtract in columns, exchanging across zeros
  • Estimate by rounding, and check a sum or difference
  • Find a missing number in a sum or difference
  • Solve two-step problems with numbers to a million

You should already know

  • Column addition and subtraction to 10,000 (Level 4, chapter 3)
  • Place value to a million (chapter 1)

Where this leads

  • Long multiplication (chapter 4)
  • Fractions with the same denominator (chapter 6)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 2.1 Adding in columns with carrying
  2. 2.2 Carrying across several places
  3. 2.3 Subtracting in columns, with exchange
  4. 2.4 Estimating and checking
  5. 2.5 Missing numbers and two-step problems
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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