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Addition

Addition is one of the four basic arithmetic operations along with subtraction, multiplication, and division. It involves combining sets of objects or numbers to determine the total amount or sum. Addition is commutative, meaning the order does not matter, and associative, meaning the order of operations does not change the result. It also has predictable rules when related to subtraction and multiplication. Performing addition is one of the simplest numerical tasks and is taught to students starting with single digit problems and progressing to more complex calculations.

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Addition

Addition is one of the four basic arithmetic operations along with subtraction, multiplication, and division. It involves combining sets of objects or numbers to determine the total amount or sum. Addition is commutative, meaning the order does not matter, and associative, meaning the order of operations does not change the result. It also has predictable rules when related to subtraction and multiplication. Performing addition is one of the simplest numerical tasks and is taught to students starting with single digit problems and progressing to more complex calculations.

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Addition

Addition (usually signified by the plus symbol +) is one of the four basic operations of
arithmetic, the other three being subtraction, multiplication and division. The addition of two
whole numbers results in the total amount or sum of those values combined. The example in
the adjacent image shows a combination of three apples and two apples, making a total of
five apples. This observation is equivalent to the mathematical expression "3 + 2 = 5" (that is,
"3 plus 2 is equal to 5").
Besides counting items, addition can also be defined and executed without referring to
concrete objects, using abstractions called numbers instead, such as integers, real numbers
and complex numbers. Addition belongs to arithmetic, a branch of mathematics. In algebra,
another area of mathematics, addition can also be performed on abstract objects such as
vectors, matrices, subspaces and subgroups.
Addition has several important properties. It is commutative, meaning that order does not
matter, and it is associative, meaning that when one adds more than two numbers, the order in
which addition is performed does not matter (see Summation). Repeated addition of 1 is the
same as counting; addition of 0 does not change a number. Addition also obeys predictable
rules concerning related operations such as subtraction and multiplication.
Performing addition is one of the simplest numerical tasks. Addition of very small numbers is
accessible to toddlers; the most basic task, 1 + 1, can be performed by infants as young as
five months, and even some members of other animal species. In primary education, students
are taught to add numbers in the decimal system, starting with single digits and progressively
tackling more difficult problems. Mechanical aids range from the ancient abacus to the
modern computer, where research on the most efficient implementations of addition
continues to this day.

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