Printable Three-Digit Addition Worksheets

Printable three-digit addition worksheets for 2nd and 3rd grade, with an answer key on every sheet. The sets below cover 3 different skills, so you can start where your child actually is. Available as speed drills and word problems.

Targeted Practice by Skill

About Three-Digit Addition

What this skill is

Three-digit addition expands vertical column addition to hundreds, tens, and ones, handling single and double regrouping (ones to tens, tens to hundreds).

When children learn it

Three-digit addition is taught in 2nd and 3rd grade, aligned to Common Core standard 2.NBT.B.7.

Teaching Tips

  • Use graph paper grid boxes to keep hundreds, tens, and ones aligned.
  • Check carrying marks above both tens and hundreds columns.

Common Mistakes

  • Forgetting to carry over into the hundreds column when tens sum exceeds 9.
  • Misaligning columns when adding a 2-digit number to a 3-digit number.