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522 + 2 = 524
Students change or compensate a number to make it "friendly or easier" to work with. They then fix the answer in the end. (add or subtract the amount that was compensated.
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Santa's elves work so hard. They need to drink lots of milk. If the North Pole Cafeteria has 24 milk crates and each crate holds 48 cartons of milk, how many milk cartons are there?
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24 x 48 =
20 x 40 = 80020 x 8 = 1604 x 40 = 1604 x 8 = 32___1,152

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Santa's elves work so hard. They need to drink lots
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Santa's elves drink lots of milk. If the North Pole Cafeteria has 24 milk crates and each crate holds 48 cartons of milk, how many milk cartons are there?
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