Calculate 500 + 20 + 9

Step by step

The question

Question: what number is 500 + 20 + 9?

1 Put each part in the chart

Here is a place-value chart.

500 is 5 hundreds.

The 5 goes in the hundreds.

20 is 2 tens.

The 2 goes in the tens.

9 is 9 ones.

The 9 goes in the ones.

2 Read the number

So the number is 529.

3 Check

We split it again: 529 is 500 and 20 and 9.

Yes!

It works.

Let's look back.

First: put each part in the chart.

Then: read the number.

Last: check.