Addition without regrouping

The question

84 + 12

84 12 96
  1. 84 + 12, written in columns. Start at the RIGHT, with the ones.
  2. 4 plus 2 makes 6. Write 6 in the ones.
  3. 8 plus 1 makes 9. Write 9 in the tens.
  4. That is the whole sum: 84 + 12 = 96.

How it works.

  1. 01

    84 + 12, written in columns. Start at the RIGHT, with the ones.

  2. 02

    4 plus 2 makes 6. Write 6 in the ones.

  3. 03

    8 plus 1 makes 9. Write 9 in the tens.

  4. 04

    That is the whole sum: 84 + 12 = 96.