Add Using Compensation: Make a New Equation #3

Test your talent in two-digit addition with this colorful math worksheet! Learners will solve eight problems by adding the two-digit addends with the compensation method. In this strategy, the second addend gets broken apart into a multiple of ten and a single-digit difference, making it much easier to evaluate the sum with mental math. 

This worksheet is perfect practice for second and third graders diving into multi-digit addition. Compensation is a great strategy for solving more advanced addition problems easily, making equations with multi-digit numbers much more accessible. As they solve these problems, students will also build their number sense and addition fact fluency. 

Don’t miss the previous two worksheets in this series: Add Using Compensation: Make a New Equation #1 and Add Using Compensation: Make a New Equation #2. For even more practice, try Add Using Compensation: Number Line Models #1.