MA2-AR-01, Add and subtract 2- and 3-digit numbers
Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) · Mathematics · Additive relations
Chooses and uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction with two- and three-digit numbers.
MA2-AR-01 is an outcome from the NESA Mathematics K-10 Syllabus (2022), taught in NSW schools. Because Stage 2 spans Years 3 and 4, the worksheets below come from Year 3 and Year 4. Print them as PDFs, or generate a fresh one. Every maths answer key is computed in code, so it is never wrong.
Teaching guide
Chooses and uses mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction with two- and three-digit numbers.
Start by counting on from the larger number, then move to partitioning into tens and ones and adding each part, and finally column addition with regrouping.
Generated and checked in code, so it is correct.
Adding the tens and ones columns without carrying the regrouped ten, and always counting on from the first number rather than the larger.
Addition worksheets
All addition worksheets →Subtraction worksheets
All subtraction worksheets →Word Problems worksheets
All word problems worksheets →NSW syllabus outcomes (c) NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales. The outcome code is cited as published; the description above is paraphrased in our own words. See the official Mathematics K-10 Syllabus on the NSW Curriculum website.