Add Four-Digit Numbers: 8472 + 5261 Using Column Method

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Solve

00:03 Each time consider combining 2 digits, and then place

00:06 Let's start by combining ones with ones

00:09 Place the ones

00:12 Combine tens with tens

00:15 Place tens in tens, add 1 to hundreds

00:20 Combine hundreds with hundreds, remember to add 1

00:23 Place in hundreds

00:28 Combine thousands with thousands

00:33 Place thousands in thousands, and add 1 to tens of thousands

00:37 Place 0 in the missing digits

00:41 Combine tens of thousands with tens of thousands, and place

00:44 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

To solve this problem, we'll follow these steps:

Now, let's work through each step:

Step 1: Align the numbers:

$8472$
$+ 5261$
$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_$

Step 2: Begin adding the digits starting from the rightmost side:

Units column: $2 + 1 = 3$ .

Tens column: $7 + 6 = 13$ . Write $3$ and carry over $1$ .

Hundreds column: $4 + 2 + 1 \,(carry) = 7$ .

Thousands column: $8 + 5 = 13$ . Write $3$ and carry over $1$ .

Step 3: Handle the extra thousands place from the carryover: $1$ .

Thus, the full addition with carryovers corrected is:

$8472$
$+ 5261$
$\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_=\_13733$

Therefore, the correct solution to the problem is $13733$ .