How to work it out
- 1Check whether jumping by ten or one.
- 2Jumping by ten only changes the tens digit.
- 3Jumping by one changes the ones digit.
52 + 10
- 1Jump on one ten.
- 2Only the tens digit changes: 5 becomes 6.
- 3So 52 + 10 = 62.
More examples
29 + 1
- 1Jump on one.
- 2After 29 comes the next ten.
- 3So 29 + 1 = 30.
60 − 1
- 1Jump back one.
- 2Before 60 comes 59.
- 3So 60 − 1 = 59.