4th Grade Adding and Subtracting Multi-Digit Numbers Worksheet (PDF)

4th Grade math worksheet: Adding and Subtracting Multi-Digit Numbers – Maths PDF


This add subtract worksheet for 4th Grade covers adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers (Common Core 4.NBT.B.4), with a free PDF to print.

Add subtract worksheet (4th Grade) – first page of the printable PDF
These 20 problems practice the standard algorithm for adding and subtracting multi-digit whole numbers (Common Core 4.NBT.B.4). You will carry, regroup across zeros, and check subtraction with addition. The last six problems are word problems about crowds, money, miles, and books.

Grade 4 · Common Core State Standards: 4.NBT.B.4

Add subtract worksheet: exercises 1 to 10

Exercise 1 – Add four digits

Find \(4{,}327 + 2{,}561\).

Exercise 2 – Subtract four digits

Find \(6{,}845 – 3{,}512\).

Exercise 3 – Add with carrying

874,3569,2+
Line up 3,478 and 2,965.

Find \(3{,}478 + 2{,}965\).

Exercise 4 – Subtract with regrouping

Find \(8{,}203 – 4{,}716\).

Exercise 5 – Add five digits

Find \(45{,}689 + 27{,}438\).

Exercise 6 – Subtract five digits

Find \(71{,}206 – 38{,}574\).

Exercise 7 – Subtract from 6,000

StartRegroup1,000s65100s0910s091s010
Regroup 6,000 before subtracting.

Find \(6{,}000 – 2{,}487\).

Exercise 8 – Zeros in the middle

Find \(50{,}004 – 19{,}376\).

Exercise 9 – Add six digits

Find \(372{,}481 + 458{,}396\).

Exercise 10 – Subtract from 800,000

Find \(800{,}000 – 346{,}925\).

Exercises 11 and up

Exercise 11 – Add three numbers

Find \(12{,}345 + 6{,}789 + 24{,}680\).

Exercise 12 – Check with addition

Total9,106Parts4,2274,879
Whole 9,106 split into 4,227 and 4,879.

Ethan finds \(9{,}106 – 4{,}879 = 4{,}227\). Show how to check his answer with addition.

Exercise 13 – Missing addend

Find the missing number: \(5{,}248 + ? = 9{,}000\).

Exercise 14 – Find the mistake

Jamal wrote \(6{,}205 – 2{,}837 = 4{,}632\). Explain what he did wrong and find the correct difference.

Exercise 15 – Two-day crowd

Fri.12,458Sat.15,672
Fans on Friday and Saturday.

A Little League tournament had \(12,458\) fans on Friday and \(15,672\) fans on Saturday. Find the total number of fans for both days.

Exercise 16 – Notebook sale

The school store started with \(2,000\) notebooks. It sold \(1,386\) notebooks before winter break. How many notebooks are left?

Exercise 17 – Miles left

Priya’s family plans a \(2,850\)-mile road trip. They have driven \(1,967\) miles. How many miles are left?

Exercise 18 – Farmers market weeks

A farmers market made \(\$4,285.00\) in the first week, \(\$3,968.00\) in the second week, and \(\$5,047.00\) in the third week. Find the total for the three weeks.

Exercise 19 – Library books

Start36,500Now36,500+8,275
Books after adding new ones.

A library had \(36,500\) books. It added \(8,275\) new books and then gave away \(2,968\) old books. How many books does the library have now?

Exercise 20 – Town growth

Maya’s town had \(148,326\) people in 2010 and \(163,909\) people in 2020. Estimate how many more people lived there in 2020 by rounding each number to the nearest thousand. Then find the exact difference and tell whether the exact answer is reasonable.

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Key facts behind this add subtract worksheet

Key facts
  • Always line up the digits by place value before you add or subtract.
  • Start at the ones place and work to the left.
  • Carry 1 to the next place when a column sum is 10 or more.
  • Regroup 1 from the next place when the top digit is smaller; a 0 becomes 9 after regrouping across it.
  • Check subtraction by adding, and check addition by subtracting.

How to use this add subtract worksheet

Work through the exercises in order: they go from simple to challenging. Write every step on paper, then compare with the solutions page and redo any exercise you missed the next day.

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