This math skill teaches how to add multi-digit numbers by aligning them in columns and carrying over when a sum exceeds 9. It involves adding from right to left, starting with the ones digit, then the tens, and placing extra values into higher columns as needed.
Addition of multi-digit numbers with a carry
Test your understanding of addition with a carry by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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Let's add 25 and 48 together
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When we're adding numbers with more than one digit, it's best to set them up in columns. Make sure that the ones digits are on top of each other.
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Now we can start to add. We start with the ones. 5 plus 8, or 8 plus 5, is equal to 13. The order doesn't matter.
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With the 13, we have a ones digit of 3, let's put that at the bottom in the ones column. But we also have a tens digit of 1. Let's split that apart and put our tens digit in the tens column.
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Now for the tens column, we can add 1 plus 2 plus 4, and get 7. So, in our tens column, we'll have a 7
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So our final answer is 73. We can continue this pattern of adding and carrying for any size of number.