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3 Digit Plus 2 Digit Addition Worksheets

Use this page when you want 3 digit plus 2 digit addition 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 748 + 66 and 307 + 40 on the printed page, with 814 and 347 waiting on the answer key so nobody has to redo the arithmetic.

📄 3 DIGIT PLUS 2 DIGIT ADDITION — 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 you are practising here

The problems here use a three-digit number plus a two-digit number, which keeps the arithmetic honest without turning the page into a copying exercise. 748 + 66 and 307 + 40 are typical of the range.

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 748 + 66 the answer 814 should come from memory, not from counting.

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 748 + 66 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.

Because the addends are regenerated every time, a child cannot learn the sheet instead of the skill. Yesterday's page may have asked for 544 + 25; today's asks something else in the same shape.

These 3 digit plus 2 digit addition worksheets are commonly aligned with the addition strand of most US state standards for this grade, and the skill appears in most curricula somewhere around this point.

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 (a three-digit number plus a two-digit number).
#ProblemAnswerWhat to check
1748 + 66 =814Watch for: losing the place columns
2307 + 40 =347Check: counting on from the wrong number
3544 + 25 =569Look at: guessing on the near-tens
4425 + 69 =494Ask about: adding right to left, then reading left to right
5732 + 17 =749Watch for: forgetting the carried digit
6263 + 17 =280Check: treating a longer number as a bigger one

A worked example from this sheet

Work 425 + 69 out loud as a demonstration. It gives 494. Children who hear 425 + 69 reasoned through once at the start of a session make noticeably fewer errors in the ten minutes that follow.

Take the first problem on the sheet as it stands, 748 + 66. Work 748 + 66 out on paper rather than in your head the first few times, say each step aloud, and check the result against 814 on the key before moving on.

Three things that go wrong here

A 10-minute routine that works

  1. Mark it together straight away while the working is still fresh, so a slip like the one behind 544 + 25 can be talked through instead of guessed at.
  2. Use a pencil, not a pen. Children working on a three-digit number plus a two-digit number rethink far more often when erasing is allowed, and you get to see exactly where the rethinking happened on an item like 544 + 25.
  3. Re-print the same skill rather than the same sheet. Because the numbers change, a child who memorised that 748 + 66 gives 814 still has to actually calculate tomorrow.
  4. Write the finish time and the score at the top of every sheet. Two weeks of those two numbers tells you more about progress on a three-digit number plus a two-digit number than any single test result.
  5. Keep the session to about 10 minutes. A child working at this level who is still counting on fingers will need longer than that on a line like 748 + 66, and that is fine: the timer is a measurement, never a punishment.

Marking the sheet

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

Answers appear next to their question numbers, so a wrong item like 307 + 40 can be found in the key in a second and re-worked while it is still fresh.

How to print this worksheet

The sheet is laid out to fit one page on both US Letter and A4. Leave the browser scaling at 100% and turn headers and footers off, and the 20 problems land inside the margins on either paper size.

If the problems look cramped, drop the count from 20 to a smaller number before printing these 3 digit plus 2 digit addition worksheets; the font stays the same size and the spacing opens up.

Frequently asked questions

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.
Are these worksheets really free?
Yes, completely. The page is supported by advertising, not by subscriptions, so there is no limit on how many 3 digit plus 2 digit addition worksheets you print.
Do I need an account to print these worksheets?
No. There is no sign-up, no email and no download step — the 3 digit plus 2 digit addition worksheets are built in your browser and go straight to your printer or to a PDF file.
Should my child use fingers for these?
At the start, yes. Fingers are a legitimate strategy for a three-digit number plus a two-digit number; the aim is that they stop being needed, and you see that happening when the time per sheet falls while the score holds — time an item like 732 + 17 to check.

One sheet of 3 digit plus 2 digit addition worksheets a day for two weeks will tell you more about where a child working at this level actually stands than any single long assessment.

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Last updated: 2026-09-13