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2 Digit Addition With Regrouping Worksheets

Use this page when you want 2 digit addition with regrouping worksheets in the next thirty seconds: choose how many problems you want, press print, and the answer key comes out on its own page behind the worksheet. You will see items like 34 + 69 and 13 + 69 on the printed page, with 103 and 82 waiting on the answer key so nobody has to redo the arithmetic.

📄 2 DIGIT ADDITION WITH REGROUPING — A NEW SHEET EVERY TIME YOU PRESS THE BUTTON
🎲 New set of problems

‘New set of problems’ opens the generator in its own tab. There you can change the problem count and turn the answer key on or off. ‘Print or save as PDF’ opens the print dialog — choose Save as PDF in the printer list to keep the file. The sheet fits US Letter and A4, and the answer key prints on its own page.

What these worksheets cover

Addition is the first place a child meets the idea of a carried digit, and it is the skill every later algorithm leans on. A sheet like 34 + 69 looks small, but the habit it builds — line up the places, work right to left, record the carry — is the same habit that survives into multi-digit multiplication.

Fluency in addition is usually described in two parts: knowing the single-digit facts by recall, and applying a written method to bigger numbers. This sheet exercises whichever of the two the number range implies — for 34 + 69 the answer 103 should come from memory, not from counting.

Written addition is worth practising in columns — which is what these 2 digit addition with regrouping worksheets ask for — even when a child working at this level can do it mentally, because the column layout is what makes four-digit work manageable later. A problem such as 39 + 27 is small enough to do mentally and worth writing out anyway.

Because the addends are regenerated every time, a child cannot learn the sheet instead of the skill. Yesterday's page may have asked for 67 + 27; today's asks something else in the same shape.

Teachers usually place 2 digit addition with regrouping worksheets alongside the addition strand of most US state standards for this grade, which is where the skill sits in the majority of US state frameworks.

Examples taken from this worksheet

These six come from the sheet loaded on this page. Press the button and the numbers change, but the shape stays the same (two-digit numbers that always carry in the ones).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
134 + 69 =103Watch for: forgetting the carried digit
213 + 69 =82Check: guessing on the near-tens
367 + 27 =94Look at: losing the place columns
439 + 27 =66Ask about: treating a longer number as a bigger one
523 + 68 =91Watch for: counting on from the wrong number
628 + 78 =106Check: adding right to left, then reading left to right

A worked example from this sheet

Take the first problem on the sheet as it stands, 34 + 69. Work 34 + 69 out on paper rather than in your head the first few times, say each step aloud, and check the result against 103 on the key before moving on.

A good first problem to do together is 34 + 69, which comes out at 103. Do 34 + 69 once with the child narrating, then hand over the pencil and start the clock on the other 20 problems.

Three things that go wrong here

A 10-minute routine that works

  1. Run the sheet at the same time each day. Ten focused minutes before dinner beats an hour on Sunday, because two-digit addition that carries is a recall skill: 34 + 69 has to arrive without being worked out, and recall is built by frequency.
  2. If two days in a row come out under 10 minutes with everything correct, that is the signal to move up: either numbers bigger than 34 + 69 uses, or the next skill in the sequence.
  3. Use a pencil, not a pen. Children working on two-digit addition that carries rethink far more often when erasing is allowed, and you get to see exactly where the rethinking happened on an item like 67 + 27.
  4. Do not raise the number of problems until the accuracy is steady. Going from 20 correct-but-slow problems to more problems only multiplies the same mistake.
  5. Re-print the same skill rather than the same sheet. Because the numbers change, a child who memorised that 34 + 69 gives 103 still has to actually calculate tomorrow.

The answer key

Keys are produced by the same code that produces the questions, so a mismatch between question and answer is not possible on these sheets.

The answer key is generated with the worksheet, not written by hand, so it always matches the sheet in front of you — 34 + 69 is listed as 103, 13 + 69 as 82, and so on down the page.

How to print this worksheet

Portrait orientation is what the sheet is designed for. Landscape works but wastes about a third of the paper, so leave the orientation alone unless you have a reason.

If the problems look cramped, drop the count from 20 to a smaller number before printing these 2 digit addition with regrouping worksheets; the font stays the same size and the spacing opens up.

Frequently asked questions

Are these worksheets really free?
Yes, completely. The page is supported by advertising, not by subscriptions, so there is no limit on how many 2 digit addition with regrouping worksheets you print.
Is the answer key included?
Yes, on its own page behind the worksheet. For the sheet loaded right now it shows 103 for 34 + 69 and 82 for 13 + 69.
What comes after this sheet?
Once 20 problems are correct inside 10 minutes, widen the numbers or move to addition with regrouping. Both routes are linked at the bottom of this page.
Is mental or written addition better here?
Both, in that order — try it mentally, and write the column method when the numbers get too big to hold. A problem like 13 + 69 sits right on that boundary for many children.

Keep the finished 2 digit addition with regrouping worksheets in date order — the drop in time across ten sheets is the clearest progress report you will get.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13