Addition Resources

Learning addition is the first step to becoming a lifetime mathematician! Everyone needs to be able to add throughout their lives. To encourage your child to develop their addition skills, remind them how many adults use math in their jobs. Here’s a list of careers and some simple ways they involve addition to inspire your young mathematician:

• Architects must be able to add the number of bricks they need for each wall.
• Teachers add up the number of books students need for their lesson.
• An electrician adds volts to make sure the right amount of electricity flows through your wires.
• A painter adds specific ounces of paint together to make new colors.
• Bus drivers add the distances they drive to calculate their schedule.
• Doctors use addition to figure out how much medicine to give you.
• Computer programmers need to add pixels to design a line across the computer screen.
• A chef adds the amount of ingredients when inventing a new recipe.
• A cashier adds the prices of your groceries to figure out how much you owe.
• A postal worker adds the number of flyers needed for their route.

Need a break from addition? A few age-appropriate puzzles and brain teasers could be just the thing!