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Add two-digit numbers.

Goal:

Goal:

thinking monkey

Think About It!

Goal: How can we add without a place-value chart?

There are 35 monkeys swinging on vines! There are 23 monkeys on the ground. How many monkeys are there in total? Let’s add to find out!

35 + 23 = __

35

Put 35 under the addition sentence.

35 + 23 = __

35

23

Put 23 under 35.

35

23

arrow pointing to tens place arrow pointing to ones place

Tens place

Ones place

Are the digits lined up? Make sure the digits in the ones place and tens place match.

35

23

_____

+

Put a line under the addends. Put a plus sign on the left of the addends.

35

23

_____

   8

+

Add the digits in the ones place.

35

23

_____

58

+

Add the digits in the tens place.

35

23

_____

  58  

+

There are 58 monkeys at the zoo!


There are 58 monkeys at the zoo. 27 of the monkeys are on the ground. How many monkeys are swinging on vines?

27 + __ = 58

27

Put 27 under the addition sentence.

27 + __ = 58

27

_ _

Put blanks under 27 for the addend we don’t know.

Put 27 under the addition sentence.

27 + __ = 58

27

_ _

58

Put 58 under the addends for the sum.

27

_ _

58

arrow pointing to tens place arrow pointing to ones place

Tens place

Ones place

Are the digits stacked? Make sure the digits in the ones place and tens place line up.

27

_ _

_____

58

+

Put a line under the addends. Put a plus sign on the left of the addends.

27

_ _

_____

58

+

Start with the ones place. What digit is missing? 7 + ___ = 8?

27

_ 1

_____

58

+

7 + 1 = 8.

27

_ 1

_____

58

+

Look at the tens place. What digit is missing? 2 + ___ = 5?

27

31

_____

58

+

2 + 3 = 5.

27

31

_____

58

+

There are 31 monkeys swinging on vines!