Right before Valentine's Day, a jelly bean company makes 34,894 regular bags of jelly beans and 6,673 special bags for Valentine's Day. How many bags of jelly beans is that in all?
Understand the Problem
The question is asking how many total bags of jelly beans the company made by adding the number of regular bags (34,894) and special bags (6,673) for Valentine's Day.
Answer
The total number of bags of jelly beans is $41,567$.
Answer for screen readers
The total number of bags of jelly beans is $41,567$.
Steps to Solve
- Identify the numbers to add
We know that the company made 34,894 regular bags and 6,673 special bags.
- Align the numbers for addition
Write the numbers one below the other for easier addition:
34894
+ 6673
- Add the numbers column by column
Start adding from the rightmost column (units) to the leftmost:
- Units: $4 + 3 = 7$
- Tens: $9 + 7 = 16$ (write down 6 and carry over 1)
- Hundreds: $8 + 6 + 1(carry) = 15$ (write down 5 and carry over 1)
- Thousands: $4 + 6 + 1(carry) = 11$ (write down 1 and carry over 1)
- Ten-thousands: $3 + 1(carry) = 4$
- Combine the results
Combining all the written down numbers gives us:
$$ 34894 + 6673 = 41567 $$
The total number of bags of jelly beans is $41,567$.
More Information
The total bags of jelly beans produced includes both regular and special bags made for Valentine's Day, ensuring that all types of bags are accounted for in the sum.
Tips
- Forgetting to carry over when the sum of a column exceeds 9. To avoid this, always keep track of carries while adding.
- Misaligning the numbers during addition. Make sure to align digits by place value (units, tens, hundreds, etc.).
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