Step 1: Stack the addends.
59
35
Goal:
Goal:
Goal: How can we add large addends?
There are 59 orange butterflies and 35 blue butterflies at the zoo. Let’s add these numbers together to find the total!
Which digit should we carry over to the tens place?
38
59
17
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Great job! 17 is made up of 1 ten and 7 ones. We need to carry over the 1 into the tens section.
Sorry, that is not the right digit. 17 is made up of 1 ten and 7 ones. We need to carry over the 1 into the tens section.