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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	8	8
+	6	0	2

	7	9	0

Answer:

790

Solution Steps

1 Write numbers 188 and 602 one below the other, aligning digits.
2 Start from the right side (ones place) and add digits in each column.
3 In ones place: 8 + 2 = 10. Write 0 and carry 1 to the next column (carry).
4 In tens place: 8 + 0 = 9. Write 9.
5 In hundreds place: 1 + 6 = 7. Write 7.
6 Result: 188 + 602 = 790

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