Column Addition (Year 4)
Practise column addition within Arithmetic for Year 4, with worked examples and instant feedback.
The questions below are generated to match the National Curriculum for Year 4 and get harder as you progress from Rookie to Guru.
Worked examples
Calculate: 96 ÷ 4
- 24
- 26
- 22
- 34
Answer: 24. Short division: 9 ÷ 4 = 2 r 1; bring down 6 to make 16; 16 ÷ 4 = 4. Answer 24.
To work out 600 ÷ 25, which method is most efficient?
- Halve and halve again: 600 → 300 → 150, then × 4 = wrong. Try: 25 × 4 = 100, so 600 ÷ 25 = 600 ÷ 100 × 4 = 24.
- Long division.
- Trial and error.
- Count up by 25 until you reach 600.
Answer: Halve and halve again: 600 → 300 → 150, then × 4 = wrong. Try: 25 × 4 = 100, so 600 ÷ 25 = 600 ÷ 100 × 4 = 24.. Use the relationship 25 × 4 = 100. Divide 600 by 100 first (= 6), then multiply by 4 (= 24).
A pupil writes the answer to 'How many seats in 8 rows of 13?' as 21. What's the main error?
- The pupil added 8 + 13 instead of multiplying.
- The pupil multiplied 8 × 13 wrong.
- The pupil divided.
- The pupil ignored the question.
Answer: The pupil added 8 + 13 instead of multiplying.. Equal groups → multiplication. 8 × 13 = 104. Pupil's 21 = 8 + 13 shows the operation-selection error.
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