Addition Strategies
Adding 2 Digit Numbers
Adding 3 Digit Numbers
Adding 4 Digit Numbers
Adding 3 Numbers
100

The strategy using cubes

Base 10 Blocks

100

34 + 22

56

100

123 + 456

579

100

1234 + 4321

5555

100

22 + 44 + 66

132

200

The strategy where you take the numbers apart based on place value, then add them together

Decomposing Numbers

200

75 + 15

90

200

137 + 129

266

200

1259 + 1428

2687

200

15 + 65 + 115

195

300

The strategy where you add the numbers from each place value vertically first, then add all the numbers together

Vertical Addition

300

99 + 55

154

300

364 + 349

713

300

2287 + 3264

5551

300

27 + 154 + 219

400

400

The most common strategy, where you show regrouping

Algorithm

400

78 + 49

127

400

564 + 389

953

400

4896 + 1214

6110

400

345 + 267 + 123

735

500

The strategy where numbers are rounded, added together, then add/subtract numbers not used before

Compensation

500

86 + 79

165

500

586 + 752

1338

500

8569 + 7458

16027

500

1869 + 452 + 378

2699

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