➕ ADDING TOGETHER
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ADDITION = "HOW MANY ALTOGETHER?"
You have some apples in one bowl and more in another, addition is the calm answer to: "If I put them together, how many in the big bowl?" It is the same work as counting on from the first group: you already trust the second group's size, then you keep counting. For whole numbers, 3 + 4 = 7 because 7 is where you land after the whole journey. The result has a name: the sum (or total).
🧺 SAME AS
Union of two groups with no overlap "adds" the counts, the idea behind the plus sign in real life.
SUM!
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➕ "Plus" in words: & and
🤝 "and" in a story problem
🍪 Two jars → one cookie count
🤝 "and" in a story problem
🍪 Two jars → one cookie count
NAMES
🔢 Parts = addends
🎯 Answer = sum / total
✏️ Read: "three plus four equals seven"
🎯 Answer = sum / total
✏️ Read: "three plus four equals seven"