Addition and Subtraction Quiz Generator
Make a written addition and subtraction quiz with carrying and exchanging, from two-digit sums to five-digit numbers, with the column method worked through.
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Preview: 10 questions
1. What is 86 − 49?
2. What is 77 + 33?
3. What is 76 − 47?
4. What is 29 + 52?
5. What is 77 + 15?
6. What is 64 − 56?
7. What is 80 + 72?
8. What is 82 − 28?
9. What is 90 − 59?
10. What is 37 − 28?
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How it works
How the Addition and Subtraction Quiz Generator works
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Pick skills and difficulty
Choose the skills to practise, how hard, and how many questions.
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Try it here
The quiz appears as you choose. Answer a few and check them to see the worked solutions.
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Create the Room
One click makes it a quiz Room with a tutor that gives hints. Publish it and share the link.
Worked example
What it makes
Three questions from a easier quiz on written addition and subtraction, with the answers and worked solutions the quiz shows after checking.
1. What is 86 − 49?
Options: 47 · 43 · 137 · 37
Answer: 37
Line up the columns and work from the ones: ones 16 − 9 = 7 (exchange); tens 7 − 4 = 3. Answer: 37.
2. What is 77 + 33?
Options: 100 · 10 · 110 · 0
Answer: 110
Line up the columns and work from the ones: ones 7 + 3 = 10, carry 1; tens 7 + 3 + 1 = 11, carry 1. Answer: 110.
3. What is 76 − 47?
Options: 129 · 31 · 39 · 29
Answer: 29
Line up the columns and work from the ones: ones 16 − 7 = 9 (exchange); tens 6 − 4 = 2. Answer: 29.
Who it's for
Who uses it
Primary teachers
Practice on the column method with regrouping in every question.
Parents
See exactly which column went wrong.
Tutors
Spot the 'take the smaller digit from the larger' mistake early.
Good to know
What to consider
- Every question needs at least one carry or exchange.
- Level 1 uses two-digit numbers, level 2 three-digit numbers, level 3 four- and five-digit numbers.
- Levels are difficulty bands, not school grades or a curriculum.
Questions
About the Addition and Subtraction Quiz Generator
Are there negative answers?
No. Subtractions always take the smaller number from the larger, so every answer is positive.
How do I know the answers are right?
The questions are computed, not written by AI: each answer is worked out with exact arithmetic and checked again by a separate solver in our tests. Every question shows its worked solution after the learner checks their answers.
Can my students use it without an account?
Yes. Publish the Room and share the link: anyone with it can take the quiz, check their answers and read the worked solutions. You need a free account to keep and publish the Room.
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