ADDING CAN BE FUN.

Sitting on my rock, I remember how difficult it was for some children to add a lot of numbers together.

Today I am giving you a video that does not really seem like a trick, but it is extremely helpful when adding up numbers in your head.

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Just like in multiplication you must remember the first numbers in the video like you know your multiplication table, but it is actually not difficult.

If you know them well adding will just become fun as we always say maths must be fun.

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After seeing this video you can start writing numbers down and working it out, the chances that your answer will be wrong is very slim.

It is nearly impossible to add up wrongly if you follow this method.

I do know that even grownups find it difficult to add up a lot of numbers so if they look at this video they might just also make it easier for themselves.

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We always think that adding up is easy, which it is but it can become even easier if we follow this way.

We forget sometimes that maths is really part of our whole lives as we use it every day.

When we work and when we calculate if we can afford something it is important to be able to add up.

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So please all teachers should explain to children that it is something they are going to do their whole life.

It could also be fun to give your class the same adding up question and see who can give the answer the fastest.

This will make your class start thinking and competing with one another and that cannot ever be a bad thing.

But remember to go back and watch the previous ones with cubic roots, and square roots so that you do not forget them.

If you have all this in your brain, maths will always be a wonderful subject for you.

Have a wonderful day from me here from the WildCoast