Adding big numbers can be tricky, but this lesson introduces your students to a strategy that makes it less intimidating! Using the place value strategy will make the task less daunting.
Explain to your students that place value is the position and value of a digit in a number.
Come up with a number, such as 14,262, to help the students determine the place and value of a particular number.
Explain to your students that the ten thousands place of the number is 1, the thousands place of the number is 4, the hundreds place is 2, the tens place is 6, and the ones place is 2.