Addition with Regrouping: 83 + 78

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What is 83 + 78?

Answer

83 + 78 =

161

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

83 + 78 in a column. Carries are the small circled digits above the columns.
		1carry	1carry
			8	3
	+		7	8
		1	6	1

Column by column: 83 + 78

Ones: 3 + 8 = 11 — write 1, carry 1.
Tens: 8 + 7 + 1 = 16 — write 6, carry 1.
Hundreds: the carried 1 — write 1.

83 + 78 = 161

Second check: 161 − 83 = 78

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Column additions with 78

Example	Sum
78 + 78	156
83 + 78	161
85 + 78	163
89 + 78	167
92 + 78	170
94 + 78	172
98 + 78	176
105 + 78	183
136 + 78	214
172 + 78	250
203 + 78	281
239 + 78	317
268 + 78	346
307 + 78	385
348 + 78	426
376 + 78	454
402 + 78	480
453 + 78	531
485 + 78	563
536 + 78	614

FAQ

What is 83 + 78?

83 + 78 = 161

How do you check that 83 + 78 = 161?

Subtract one addend from the sum: 161 − 78 = 83, and 161 − 83 = 78. Getting the other addend back means the sum is right.

How many carries are there in 83 + 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.

Is 78 + 83 the same as 83 + 78?

Yes. Addition is commutative, so both give 161; the column looks the same with either number on top.

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