Stage 2 · The Four Operations & Estimation

2.1.1 What Addition Means

2.1 Addition & Subtraction: Putting Together and Taking Away

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2.1.1 What Addition Means

Core idea

Pour two piles of candy into one bag and count the total — that's putting them together, written a + b.

Module goal. Move from counting to operating, building the real-world meaning of addition and subtraction, their inverse relationship, and column arithmetic for multi-digit numbers.
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