Addition with Regrouping: 78 + 78

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What is 78 + 78?

Answer

78 + 78 =
156

The sum is longer than the addends: 2 carries — into the tens and the hundreds; the last one makes a new digit

78 + 78 in a column. Carries are the small circled digits above the columns.
1carry1carry
7 8
+78
156

Column by column: 78 + 78

  • Ones: 8 + 8 = 16 — write 6, carry 1.
  • Tens: 7 + 7 + 1 = 15 — write 5, carry 1.
  • Hundreds: the carried 1 — write 1.

78 + 78 = 156

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FAQ

What is 78 + 78?

78 + 78 = 156

How do you check that 78 + 78 = 156?

Subtract one addend from the sum: 156 − 78 = 78. Getting the other addend back means the sum is right.

How many carries are there in 78 + 78?

2 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.