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Column methods with four-digit numbers

Add and subtract numbers up to four digits with formal written methods.

Taught in Primary 4 in Nigeria (NERDC), Year 4 in United Kingdom (National Curriculum), Grade 4 in Canada (Ontario).

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Nigeria (NERDC)

Primary 4

Strand
Basic Operations
Called
Column methods with four-digit numbers
How it's taught
Early move to vertical (column) arrangement with carrying and borrowing shown explicitly; drilled number facts.
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United Kingdom (National Curriculum)

Year 4

Strand
Addition and Subtraction
Called
Column methods with four-digit numbers
How it's taught
Concrete–pictorial–abstract progression: bar models and number lines before formal columnar addition/subtraction with exchanging.
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Canada (Ontario)

Grade 4

Strand
Number
Called
Column methods with four-digit numbers
How it's taught
Student-invented and mental strategies first (decomposing, compensating, open number lines); standard algorithms are consolidated later than in other systems.
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