Add and subtract numbers with up to 4 digits using the formal written methods of
columnar addition and subtraction where appropriate
Year 5 addition and subtraction investigation sheet
Investigation: Complete the question
Find the missing digits to complete the number sentence.
5? 18?
+?2 ?29
119 515
Explain your method for finding the answer.
Is there another method that you could use?
Can you create a number sentence of your own for somebody else to answer?
Answer:
57 186 + 62 329 = 119 515. There are a number of ways to complete this but the most popular way would be using the formal method and inverse operations to find each missing digit.