Paper-and-Pencil Addition Methods

Sometimes you can solve addition problems in your head. Other times it helps to use paper and pencil. Here are two paper-and-pencil methods you can use. For both methods, you can think of base-ten pieces to help them make sense.

All-Partials Method

Tom looked at the base-ten
pieces in Nikia's problem.
He added like this:

Nikia showed her work this way:

  1. Look at Tom's and Nikia's methods.
    1. What number shows the value of the bits?
    2. What number shows the value of the skinnies?
    3. What number shows the value of the flats?