Question

Expkain how you can break apart one of the addends to make a ten to find the number of points Jeannue and kevin scored if jeannie has 245 and kevin has 227

Answer 1

245+227
(200+40+5) + (200+20+7)
(200+40)+5+7+(200+20)
(200+40)+5+5+2+(200+20)
200+40+10+2+200+20
Now sort the numbers from biggest to smallest
(200+200)+(40+20+10)+(2)
(400)+(70)+(2)
472