Addition with Regrouping: 1,953 + 47

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What is 1,953 + 47?

Answer

1,953 + 47 =
2,000

With regrouping: 3 carries — into the tens, the hundreds and the thousands

1,953 + 47 in a column. Carries are the small circled digits above the columns.
1carry1carry1carry
1 9 5 3
+47
2000

Column by column: 1,953 + 47

  • Ones: 3 + 7 = 10 — write 0, carry 1.
  • Tens: 5 + 4 + 1 = 10 — write 0, carry 1.
  • Hundreds: 9 + 1 = 10 — write 0, carry 1.
  • Thousands: 1 + 1 = 2 — write 2.

1,953 + 47 = 2,000

Second check: 2,000 − 1,953 = 47

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FAQ

What is 1,953 + 47?

1,953 + 47 = 2,000

How do you check that 1,953 + 47 = 2,000?

Subtract one addend from the sum: 2,000 − 47 = 1,953, and 2,000 − 1,953 = 47. Getting the other addend back means the sum is right.

How many carries are there in 1,953 + 47?

3 carries: every time a column added up to 10 or more, its ones digit was written and 1 was carried to the next column on the left.

Is 47 + 1,953 the same as 1,953 + 47?

Yes. Addition is commutative, so both give 2,000; the column looks the same with either number on top.