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Use this easy method of adding numbers to check<br />

your bank statement or supermarket bill.<br />

The usual way to add numbers works from right to<br />

left, and so is not useful for mental maths. Numbers<br />

are written and spoken from left to right and so it is<br />

easier to work from left to right especially when<br />

doing calculations in your head.<br />

� 34 + 52 = 86<br />

This is easy to do from left to right.<br />

We add 3 and 5 to get 8.<br />

And we add 4 and 2 to get 6.<br />

Just practise one or two:<br />

www.classtopper.com<br />

CHECK YOUR BILL<br />

1) 44 + 34 = 2) 52 + 37 = 3) 246 + 642 =<br />

You can use the digit sum method to check these.<br />

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