Mathematical Expressions
Addition Properties
Estimate Sums
Add thousands or Millions
Three or More Addends
100

Find the value of the expression a + b , when a = 17

and b = 7.

24

100

37 + 0=37

Identity 

100
Estimate the sum. 

932 + 629= 

900 + 600= 1,500

100

337, 560 + 48, 872= 

386, 432

100

Find the sum. 

25 + 43 + 82 + 51=

201

200

On Thursday Carl reads 13 pages of his book. On Friday he reads p more pages. Write an expression that shows how many pages Carl reads in total.

13 + p

200

23 + (15 + 7)= 23 + (7 + 15)

Commutative or Associative Property 

200

Estimate the sum. 

831 + 643 + 4,567=

800 + 600 + 4,600=6,000

200

Find the sum.

5 , 0 8 7 , 9 9 1 +  1 2 3 , 7 0 6=

5 , 2 1 1 , 6 9 7

200

418 + 575 + 62 + 3

1058

300

What is the value of s ?

s + 15 = 15 + 3

3

300

( 9+ 6) + 6 = 9 + ( 6 + 6)

Associative Property 

300

Estimate the sum by rounding the
numbers to the nearest hundred.

   5 3,7 7 1
3 2 4,1 2 2
+ 4 4,8 6 2=

   5 3 , 8 0 0

3 2 4 , 1 0 0

+4 4 , 9 0 0= 4 2 2 , 8 0 0

300

Find the sum.

1 4 , 7 1 6 +9 , 3 3 3=

2 4 , 0 4 9

300

12, 712 + 40, 694 + 35, 157=

88, 563

400

Which equation shows BOTH the
Commutative and Associative
Properties of Addition?

(15 + 7) + 2 = 15 + (7 + 2)

15 + (7 + 2) = 15 +(2 + 7)

(15 + 7) + 2 = (7 + 2) + 15

(15 + 7) + 2 = 15 + 7 + 2

(15 + 7) + 2 = (7 + 2) + 15

400

The equation 63 + 0 = 63 shows which property

of addition?

Identity Property 

400

Which expression shows an
estimate of 595,014 + 891,643 by
rounding to the nearest ten
thousand?

• 600,000 + 890,000

• 590,000 + 890,000

• 595,000 + 892,000

• 600,014 + 890,643

 600,000 + 890,000

400

Find the sum.

4 9 1 , 0 2 7 , 9 5 6 +3 2 , 8 8 5 , 4 1 7=

5 2 3 , 9 1 3 , 3 7 3

400

Find the sum.

3,748 + 4,915 + 852 + 729=

10,244

500

Jeremy has a model car collection. There are 34 brightly colored cars, and the rest are black. Which expressions show how many model cars Jeremy has? Select all that apply.

• b + 34

• b - 34

• 34 + b

• 34 - b

b + 34 and 34 + b

500

Which property of addition is shown in the equation?

3 + 15 = 15 + 3

Commutative Property

500

Fluffy the cat will get his own TV show if his online videos get more than 10 million views. Last year his videos got 4,671,065 views, and this year his videos got 5,904,214 views.

Estimate the total number of views by rounding to the nearest hundred thousand.

  4 , 7 0 0 , 0 0 0 +5 , 9 0 0 , 0 0 0 = 

1 0 , 6 0 0 , 0 0 0

500

A grocery store sold $125,372 of groceries in July and
$137,972 of groceries in August. What is the total
amount of groceries sold in July and August?

$263,344 worth of groceries were sold.

500

Find the sum.

$7,241 + $1,324,885 + $132,900=

$1,465,026

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