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How to Solve Addition

Learn to add numbers step by step, including carrying digits.

📝 Step by Step

1 Write the numbers one below the other, aligning the ones, tens, and hundreds digits.
2 Start from the right side (ones digits) and add the digits in each column.
3 If the sum in a column is greater than 9, write the ones digit and carry 1 to the next column (carry over).
4 Repeat the process for each column, remembering to add the carry from the previous column.

Example with Solution

Example

	1		1
	7	4	5
+	5	0	8

	1	2	5	3

Answer:

1253

Solution Steps

1 Write numbers 745 and 508 one below the other, aligning digits.
2 Start from the right side (ones place) and add digits in each column.
3 In ones place: 5 + 8 = 13. Write 3 and carry 1 to the next column (carry).
4 In tens place: 4 + 0 = 5. Write 5.
5 In hundreds place: 7 + 5 = 12. Write 2 and carry 1 to the next column (carry).
6 Carry 1 as the first digit of the result.
7 Result: 745 + 508 = 1253

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