Addition with Regrouping Worksheets

About Our Addition with Regrouping Worksheets

Our addition with regrouping worksheets help students in Grades 2-3 master the carrying strategy for addition problems where column sums exceed 9. Every worksheet includes a complete answer key for quick feedback.

What Students Will Learn

Students learn to "carry the one" (regroup ten ones as one ten, ten tens as one hundred) through systematic practice. The worksheets begin with two-digit plus one-digit problems that require regrouping, then advance to two-digit plus two-digit and three-digit addition with multiple regroupings.

How Teachers Can Use These Worksheets

• With base-ten blocks: Students physically trade ten unit cubes for one ten-rod before recording the regrouping on the worksheet — concrete before abstract.
• For gradual release: Worksheets progress from "regrouping boxes" provided → partially filled → students draw their own → fully independent.
• For peer teaching: Have students explain their regrouping steps to a partner — verbalizing the process deepens understanding for both students.

How Parents and Homeschoolers Can Use These Worksheets

Use household objects to model regrouping: bundle 10 straws with a rubber band to make "one ten." Play "Race to 100" with dice — roll two dice, add the numbers using regrouping, track the running total. First to 100 wins. The physical act of grouping and trading makes the abstract concept stick.

Skills Covered

regrouping/carrying · tens and ones · place value · two-digit addition · three-digit addition · base-ten models · mental math