The mission of addition

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Addition:
Combining two
or more numbers
to come up
with their total
To my brother Mike,
the numbers guy in our family
—B.P.C.
J MILLBROOK PRESS / MINNEAPOLIS
Adding
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or bright,
shiny rings.
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b
s
6 yellow buses
were parked in a line.
3 pulled behind them,
and then there were
9.
Along came 4 more,
and that made
13.
If you got that right,
you’re an
adding machine!
l
i
k
e
b
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.
To add is to make bigger
the t
otal number of
whatever y
ou are counting up,
7 bat
t
ers
plus
2more
make
9 when they are added.
The number just gets bigger
with each one who has bat
t
ed.
The numbers climb
from
’
cause that’s
addition’s mission!
low
to high,
N

o
amount gets smaller
when you’re working
in
addition.
S
o
,
number
2,
Miss Higgenbot
t
om,
came.
G
r
e
t
c
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w
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a

m
e
.
S
h
e
c
r
i
e
d
“
H
e
l
p
!
”
The Johnsons had 1babysit
t
er.
3rd came Mrs. Klinklehorn.
4th was Mrs. Stein.
t
o
keep
them
all
in
line.

S
o far,
this made
4 who tried
and
6
th was Mr. Lee,
and
4 more
totaled 10 in all
to watch that crew of 3.
5th was
C
aitlyn Mac
N
amee,
Yo u se e ,
to
add means to increase.
I
t’s a way of showing more,
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b
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“
Plus
”
can be used
just like
“
and.
”
It helps us
when we count,
Combining all the numbers
till we get
the full amount.
“
E
q
uals
”
can be used like

“
is,
”
or
“
t
o
t
als
,
”
e
ven
“
makes.
”
It doesn’t mat
t
er if you’re
a
d
d
i
n
g
f
r
i
e
n

d
s
o
r
b
i
r
t
h
d
a
y
c
a
k
e
s
.
So
,
if a hen lays
7 eggs
plus
3
,
plus
4
,
plus
10,

the total equals 24
and 1 exhausted hen!