Explain how you can use base ten blocks to find 1.54+ 2.37

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*First column to your left - ones column (1)
*Column just after decimal place, in the middle - tenths column (1/10)
*Column to the far right - hundredths column (1/100)

The only numbers that can go in these columns are 0-9.



1.54 + 2.37 

= (1 + 5/10 + 4/100) + (2 + 3/10 + 7/100)

= 1 + 5/10 + 4/100 + 2 + 3/10 + 7/100

= 3 + 8/10 + 11/100

= 3 + 8/10 + (10/100 + 1/100)

= 3 + 8/10 + (1/10 + 1/100)

= 3 + 8/10 + 1/10 + 1/100

= 3 + 9/10 + 1/100

= 3.91