Hey there! Today, we’re going to explore something super cool: math! Math is really important because we use it every day, even if we don’t always realize it. Let’s dive in and see how math helps us in our daily lives!
Think about your age. This year, you’re a certain age, and next year, you’ll be one year older. If you’re seven now, next year you’ll be eight. You figure this out by adding one to seven, which gives you eight. That’s called the sum! Anytime you add two numbers together, the answer is the sum. For example, if you add two and five, you get seven. That’s the sum!
Imagine you have four friends coming over for dinner, but you only have two chairs. You need more chairs so everyone can sit. You add three more chairs to the two you already have, making five chairs in total. That’s basic math!
When you add bigger numbers, you might need to use something called regrouping, or carrying. This helps when numbers get too big for one column. Let’s see how it works!
Numbers have different places: ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands. For example, in the number 2359, the 9 is in the ones place, the 5 is in the tens place, the 3 is in the hundreds place, and the 2 is in the thousands place. The further left you go, the bigger the number!
Let’s try adding some numbers:
Let’s try a tricky one: 68 plus 27. First, add the ones: 8 plus 7 is 15. You can’t write 15 in one place, so you put 5 in the ones column and carry the 1 to the tens column. Then, add the tens: 1 plus 6 plus 2 equals 9. So, 68 plus 27 equals 95!
Let’s try some more:
Try this: 147 plus 587. Seven plus 7 is 14, so put 4 in the ones place and carry the 1. One plus 4 plus 8 is 13, so put 3 in the tens place and carry the 1. One plus 1 plus 5 is 7, making 734!
Now, try 6993 plus 4438. Three plus 8 is 11, so put 1 in the ones place and carry the 1. One plus 9 plus 3 is 13, so put 3 in the tens place and carry the 1. One plus 9 plus 4 is 14, so put 4 in the hundreds place and carry the 1. One plus 6 plus 4 is 11, making 11,431!
Sometimes, you add more than two numbers. For example, 19 plus 86 plus 28. Nine plus 6 plus 8 is 23, so put 3 in the ones place and carry the 2. Two plus 1 plus 8 plus 2 is 13, so put 3 in the tens place and carry the 1. The sum is 133!
See? Regrouping is just like basic addition, but you carry tens, hundreds, or thousands to the next column. Keep practicing, and you’ll become a regrouping superhero!
Hope you had fun learning with us! Keep practicing, and you’ll be a math whiz in no time!
Chair Challenge: At home, gather some chairs and toys. Pretend your toys are friends coming over for dinner. Count how many toys you have and how many chairs you need. If you have 3 toys and 2 chairs, how many more chairs do you need? Try adding different numbers of toys and chairs to see how many you need in total!
Place Value Adventure: Use small objects like blocks or coins to represent ones, tens, and hundreds. For example, use one block for the ones place, a stack of ten blocks for the tens place, and a larger stack for hundreds. Create different numbers by arranging your blocks and practice adding them together. How does regrouping work when you add two numbers with your blocks?
Number Detective: Go on a number hunt around your house or neighborhood. Look for numbers on clocks, calendars, or house numbers. Write down two numbers you find and add them together. Can you find numbers that require regrouping when you add them? Share your findings with a family member or friend!
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Today we’re going to talk about one of our favorite topics: math. No matter how you might feel about it, math is one of the most important subjects you can learn because you use math every day for many things in your life.
Take how old you are, for example. This year you’re a certain age, and next year you’ll be a year older. Each year you live, one will be added to your age. Let’s say you’re now seven, and when you have your next birthday, you’ll be eight. You can figure that out by adding one to seven to get eight. So, eight is the sum of seven and one.
Anytime you add two numbers together, the result is called the sum. For example, seven is the sum of two plus five, and six is the sum of five and one. Throughout your day, you add things together. Let’s say you have four friends over for dinner but only have two chairs at the table. You’ll need to add more chairs so all five of you can sit. To get five chairs, you’ll need to add three to the two you already have (two plus three equals five).
This is known as basic math. However, when you need to add larger numbers together, you’ll have to learn about addition with regrouping, also known as carrying. Regrouping is used to make groups of tens when you need to add larger numbers.
Take a look at these dots: this is the number 13 represented in two different ways. On the left is the number 13 represented as 13 single dots, and on the right is the number 13 represented as a group of 10 dots and a separate group of three dots. In the second example, you’ve regrouped the number 13, meaning you’ve broken it down into the tens place and the ones place.
Here’s a quick description of what we mean by tens place and ones place. Take the number 2359, for example. In that number, nine is in the ones place, five is in the tens place, three is in the hundreds place, and two is in the thousands place. You read numbers from left to right; the further left you go, the larger the number.
Before we get to regrouping, let’s review some basic addition problems.
27 plus 31 is 58. Do you see how we got that? You add the 7 and the 1 to get 8, and then you have the 2 plus 3 equals 5, which gives you 58.
Here’s the next one: 53 plus 16. Three plus 6 equals 9, and five plus 1 equals 6, so that’s 69.
Now, let’s try a tougher one: 109 plus 870. You have the 9 plus 0, which gives you 9; 0 plus 7 gives you 7; and 1 plus 8 gives you 9, resulting in 979.
Well done!
Okay, last one: 2768 plus 3211. Eight plus 1 is 9, six plus 1 is 7, plus 2 is 9, and 2 plus 3 is 5, giving you 579.
Notice how all the sums in each place value column equal less than 10, so we don’t need to regroup. But now let’s step things up.
Let’s say you want to add the number 68 and the number 27 together. That would definitely require some regrouping.
Let’s dive right in! Remember, regrouping must be done for all place value columns when they are greater than 9.
So here we have 68 plus 27. First, add the numbers in the ones column: the sum of 8 and 7 is 15. Since you can’t write 15 in that column, it needs to be regrouped into 1 ten and 5 ones. You write the 5 in the column below the 8 and 7. Then you take the 1 ten and regroup it by writing it above the 6 and 2 in the tens column.
Then you add as usual, so you end up with a 5 in the ones column and 1 plus 6 plus 2 in the tens column, which gives you 9. So, the sum of 68 plus 27 is 95.
How simple is that?
Take a look at these examples and see if you can do the regrouping. Regrouping has been used with tens only in example A, and in example C, regrouping has been done for the hundreds place, and in example D for the thousands place.
Let’s work through these.
Example A: You’ve got 57 plus 26. So, 7 plus 6 is 13. The 3 goes in the ones place, and the 1 goes in the tens place, which goes up by 5. One plus five plus two equals 8, so 57 plus 26 is 83.
Super simple! Well done!
Okay, here we go: we’ve got 62 plus 48. The 2 and the 8 equal 10, so a 0 goes in the ones column, and a 1 goes up in the tens column near the 6. So, we have 1 plus 6 plus 4, which equals 11. So, 62 plus 48 is 110.
Now you’re getting it!
All right, let’s get something a little more difficult here.
Example C: 147 plus 587. I’m going to give you a minute to see if you can figure this one out for yourself, so go ahead and pause the video.
Welcome back! All right, let’s see how you did. 147 plus 587: you’ve got the 7 plus the 7, which is 14, so the 4 goes in the ones column, and you carry the 1 up to the tens column. So, you have 1 plus 4 plus 8, which is 13. The 3 goes down, and a 1 goes up in the hundreds column. You have 1 plus 1 plus 5, which is 7, so it’s 734.
Did you get it? I knew you could do it! Well done!
All right, let’s move up a level.
Example D: 6993 plus 4438. Pause the video and see if you can do this on your own. I’ll wait.
Welcome back! Here we go: 6993 plus 4438. You’ve got the 3 plus the 8, which is 11, so 1 goes down in the ones column, and you carry the 1 up to the tens column. So, you have 1 plus 9 plus 3. What is that? Yep, that is 13. So, a 3 goes down, and a 1 goes up into the hundreds column.
So, 1 plus 9 plus 4 equals what? Yep, 14. Carry the 1 up into the thousands column. So, you’ve got 1 plus 6 plus 4, which is 11.
So, what do you have? Yep, 11,431. Great job! You got this!
Notice in example D when you regroup the tens and the hundreds, the nines are changed to tens.
One more thing: if you’re regrouping and you need to add more than two numbers, you might end up adding two tens, not just one.
In this example: 19 plus 86 plus 28. See how when you add 9 and 6 and 8, you get 23? That means you put the 3 below the ones column and the 2 in the tens column. So, the sum of 19 plus 86 plus 28 is 133.
You see? Super simple, isn’t it? Well done!
When you think about it, regrouping is just like basic addition, but you carry tens and hundreds and thousands over to the next column. That’s why they also call it carrying.
Remember, the more you practice, the closer you’ll get to mastering regrouping so that someday you too can be a regrouping superhero!
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