Mastery of the Basics Addition Hints

Addition:

1)  Line up numbers correctly.
Whole numbers together (line up the 1's, 10's, 100's together, etc.)
Decimal goes to the right of a whole number  (7  = 7.0)


Ex.  6 + 124.5 + 362

     6.
 124.5
362.
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2)  Line decimals up vertically, including answer

0.3 + 0.927 + 0.85

0.3
0.927
0.85
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