Exploring Basic Addition Concepts

The video tutorial introduces the concept of addition, explaining it as the process of combining two or more numbers to find their total. It uses simple examples involving mangoes and ants to demonstrate basic addition operations, such as 1 plus 1 and 5 plus 3. The tutorial emphasizes understanding the plus sign and counting to find the sum, concluding with a definition of addition as finding the total by combining numbers.

What is the symbol used for addition?

• Divide

• Plus

• Multiply

• Minus

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If you have 1 mango and get another mango, how many mangoes do you have in total?

• 2

• 1

• 4

• 3

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How many ants are there if 1 ant is joined by 4 more ants?

• 3

• 5

• 4

• 6

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What is the sum of 5 ants and 3 ants?

• 7

• 9

• 8

• 6

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What does addition help us find?

• Sum or total

• Quotient

• Product

• Difference

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