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Pre-Algebra worksheets
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Each sheet assumes the one above it is comfortable. Start where your child is, not at the top.- 364 + 285 = __ Column addition & subtraction Child does: Add or subtract multi-digit numbers in columns. Try this worksheet
- 234 × 56 = __ Multi-digit multiplication Child does: Multiply multi-digit numbers in column form. Try this worksheet
- 576 ÷ 8 = __ Long division Child does: Divide, multiply, subtract, and bring down. Try this worksheet
- (3 + 4) × 2 = __ Order of operations Child does: Evaluate using the order of operations. Try this worksheet
- 24 → __ List the factors Child does: List every factor of the number. Try this worksheet
- 42, 54 → GCF = __ Greatest common factor Child does: Find the greatest common factor of the set. Try this worksheet
- 4, 6 → LCM = __ Least common multiple Child does: Find the least common multiple of the set. Try this worksheet
- 47 × 6 = __ 2-digit by 1-digit multiplication Child does: Multiply a two-digit number by a one-digit number. Try this worksheet
- 316 × 8 = __ 3-digit by 1-digit multiplication Child does: Multiply a three-digit number by a one-digit number. Try this worksheet
- 34 × 26 = __ 2-digit by 2-digit multiplication Child does: Multiply two two-digit numbers. Try this worksheet
- 2431 × 6 = __ 4-digit by 1-digit multiplication Child does: Multiply a four-digit number by a one-digit number. Try this worksheet
- 84 ÷ 6 = __ 2-digit by 1-digit long division Child does: Divide a two-digit number by a one-digit number. Try this worksheet
- 3724 ÷ 4 = __ 4-digit by 1-digit long division Child does: Divide a four-digit number by a one-digit number. Try this worksheet
- 4352 ÷ 16 = __ 4-digit by 2-digit long division Child does: Divide a four-digit number by a two-digit number. Try this worksheet
A simple way through pre-algebra
Two threads run through this stage. The first is the standard written algorithms for large numbers — column addition and subtraction, multi-digit multiplication, and long division. Each is sized by digit count rather than a vague range, so a sheet is exactly '3-digit by 2-digit' or '4-digit by 1-digit', the way a curriculum describes it.
Why this order works
The second thread is structure. Order of operations teaches that a single expression has one agreed answer, with parentheses that can change it. Listing factors, then finding a greatest common factor or least common multiple, teaches children to look inside a number at the pieces it is built from — the skill that makes simplifying fractions and, later, factoring possible.