No more counting on your fingers!
Hello! Today, we're going to teach you a trick that makes it a lot easier to add together two numbers.
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Let's start small, with 2+2.
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But before we can solve 2+2, let's take a look at 4+4, because that's just twice as much, right? As you'll learn, it's easier to think of numbers in terms of 4ths rather than 2nds.
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So, we all know from elementary school math that 2+2=4 and 4+4=8. But did you know that there's an even simpler way to do this kind of addition, using each number's shape as a guide?
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