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Maths trick

Column addition

Line up the digits by place value, add from the ones, and carry when a column makes 10 or more.

Ages 8–11

Worked example

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Write 367 and 258 in columns: hundreds, tens and ones lined up.

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Line up the digits by place value, add from the ones, and carry when a column makes 10 or more.

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Column subtraction

Subtract from the ones; when the top digit is too small, exchange 1 from the next column.

Ages 8–11

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Draw the problem as bars so you can see what to work out.

Ages 7–13

Rounding

Find the two tens (or hundreds) a number is between, and pick the nearer one.

Ages 7–11