Addition
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Addition is the process where by two numbers are combined to produce a new number, called a "sum." Addition is usually modelled using things placed in baskets. A common textbook example works thusly:
Robin has a basket with five apples. Ted has a basket with three apples. If Ted puts all of his apples in Robin's basket, how many apples will Robin have?
Answer: eight apples, because five plus three is eight.
This example is misleading, however, because it implies that it is possible to spontaneously create new apples simply by moving apples between baskets. Proof:
- The number of apples in Robin's basket is equal to 5.
- The number of apples in Ted's basket is equal to 3.
- By addition with (1) and (2), the number of apples in Robin's basket is equal to 8.
- By addition with (2) and (3), the number of apples in Ted's basket is equal to 11.
Of course, there were never 11 apples to begin with. Some theorists argue that the new apples are accounted for by invisible negative apple numbers in Robin's basket, but if such apples did exist, why didn't they cancel out Robin's existing apples in the first place? Thus the basket theory of addition is demonstrated to be flawed.
Another way for handling addition is just add the two numbers together:
- Lets say that we have 2 numbers: 7 and 3
- Now you simply add them together
- The correct answer would be 73, because 7+3=73. If you got 10 for an answer, I recommend you consult a doctor RIGHT AWAY.
The best way to handle simple addition, is using a calculator. Calculators can also handle the addition of fractions. This is important because it is not possible to add fractions using your fingers. Unless you have a hammer, which can be used to fracture fingers. 936IVc tfgruj 46rujfgjgh jfhjhf jgfxdj gfj gfjgfjfj gfjgf
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Addition is one of those topics that, when viewed on Wikipedia, gets more and more exciting the farther down you read. Children who are trying to grasp the concept of addition swamp Wikipedia looking for answers. That's why it's so hard to use Wikipedia at the beginning of the school year, because children forget to buy calculators before going to school or calculators are outlawed in their county (however, nobody's told them that an iPhone can probably act as a calculator, either that, or it's a "walled garden", but that's another subject). Additionally, the word "addition" or variants of it like the word "additionally" are frequently used in Wikipedia articles that have nothing to do with addition, such as Zurvan, Presentence Investigation, and QuickDraw GX.
