MATHEMATIC : ADDITION
How do I start learning addition?
2. What is Addition?
3. Addition Symbol ?
4. Addition Formula ?
- Children can begin to learn their addition facts once they have a good understanding of numbers and counting. When teaching basic math skills such as addition, move at a comfortable pace for your student, ensuring that they have mastered number basics and can count to at least ten.
2. What is Addition?
- Addition is an operation used in math to add numbers. The result that is obtained after addition is known as the sum of the given numbers. For example, if we add 2 and 3, (2 + 3) we get the sum as 5. Here, we performed the addition operation on two numbers 2 and 3 to get the sum 5.
3. Addition Symbol ?
- In mathematics, we have different symbols. The addition symbol is one of the widely used math symbols. In the above definition of addition, we read about adding two numbers 2 and 3. If we observe the pattern of addition (2 + 3 = 5) the symbol (+) connects the two numbers and completes the given expression. The addition symbol consists of one horizontal line and one vertical line. It is also known as the addition sign or the plus sign (+).
4. Addition Formula ?
- The addition formula that we use to write an addition fact is addend + addend = sum; where:
- Addends are the numbers that are added, i. e., on which the addition operation is performed.
- Sum is the final answer that we get after the addition.
- Symbols: We use two symbols while performing addition, one is a plus sign (+) and the other is the 'equal to' sign (=).