Part 5/7:
Hundreds: 4 + 7 = 11 (write 1, carry over 1)
Thousands: 6 + 4 + 1 = 11.
Thus, the total number of athletes is 11,196, meaning that 11,196 athletes participated in the Games.
Fourth Problem: Purchasing a Television
In our final example, we discuss the financial aspect of purchasing a television. The price of a TV is R$1,468 when paid in cash, but if bought on credit, there’s an additional charge of R$675.
To find the total price when buying on credit, we identify that we again need to employ addition since we are calculating the total cost including the extra fee.
Setting up our values:
Initial cash price: R$1,468
Additional credit fee: R$675.
Now we add these two amounts together:
1,468 + 675. We can break this down into segments: