Question

On Monday, the media center began unpacking boxes of books that were ordered. In the morning, they unpacked 479 books and in the afternoon they unpacked 363 books. How many books were unpacked that day? How might you begin to solve this problem? (discuss strategies for adding multi digit numbers)

Answer 1

ANSWER

842 boxes

EXPLANATION

In the morning, they unpacked 479 books.

In the afternoon, they unpacked 363 books.

To find out how many books were unpacked that day, we have to add the numbers that were unpacked in the morning and afternoon.

To solve the problem, we have to simply add, and we start by adding on the UNIT place value:

H T U

4 7 9

+3 6 3

8 4 2

That day, they unpacked 842 boxes.