Addition – What is Addition?
Addition refers to the totaling of numbers. In addition we sum up all the numbers that we have. The result of addition is greater than the numbers which are added. Addition is represented by plus (+) symbol.
Addition is quite helpful in totaling up your bill, counting the number of articles you have. While the counting the numbers from 1, 2, 3, ….. and so on, the next number is obtained by adding 1 to the previous number. Thus every next number is called successor of previous number. For Example, 4 is obtained by adding 1 to 3 hence, 4 is successor of 3.
In the image attached below, there was one bird sitting on the branch of tree. Two more birds came and sat on the same branch. Thus the total number of birds sitting on the branch will be sum of 1 and 2 which is equal to 3.
Example: Ram has 10 apples and he bought 5 more apples from the market. How many apples does he have now?
Initially Ram has 10 apples
Later he purchased 5 more apples
Hence, Ram has total 10 + 5 = 15 apples
What is Arithmetic?
Arithmetic is one of the oldest branches of Mathematics that deals with numbers and elementary operations on numbers. Arithmetic is fundamental to Mathematics as it is impossible to imagine the world of Mathematics without Arithmetic. Arithmetic is the introduction of mathematics as a subject to the students as the first thing learned by students in mathematics is arithmetic only.
Basic operations involved in arithmetic are addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. In this article, we will learn about the basics of arithmetic and basic arithmetic operations in detail.
Table of Content
- What is Arithmetic?
- Arithmetic Operations
- Applications of Arithmetic
- Arithmetic Mean
- Arithmetic Examples
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