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Spell Bee Word: Addition


What does addition mean?

Word: Addition

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Addition means putting numbers together to find the total. It can also mean a person or thing that is added to something.

Synonyms: increase, extra

How do you spell addition?

Syllables: ad - di - tion

Tricky part: There is a double d. Children often write adition with one d.

Watch out for: adition, aditon, adishun

Memory tip: When you add, you get more, so addition gets more d's: two of them.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. in addition: as well; also. Example: "We bought mangoes and, in addition, a bag of guavas."

Addition in a sentence

Example 1: Addition was the first kind of sum I learnt in school.

Example 2: Our new kitten is the latest addition to the family.

Example 3: The library got an addition of five hundred new books.

Fun Fact

The plus sign + is thought to come from a quick way of writing the Latin word et, which means and.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

We did addision in maths today.

a) did
b) addision
c) maths
d) today

Show answer

b) addision. The shun sound here is written tion, as in station.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) eddition
b) addetion
c) additoin
d) addition

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d) addition. It starts with a, and the vowels after the d's are i, i and o.

Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

addition

a) measuring
b) subtraction
c) counting
d) sharing

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b) subtraction. In subtraction you take away, the opposite of adding.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tidoniad

a) addiotin
b) addiiton
c) addtiion
d) addition

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d) addition. Plus sums are this kind of maths; spot the choice that spells it.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Find the addition sum.

a) 2 x 3 = 6
b) 9 - 2 = 7
c) 4 + 3 = 7
d) 8 / 2 = 4

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c) 4 + 3 = 7

2. Five new pupils join our class as an addition. What happens to the class?

a) it gets smaller
b) it stays the same
c) it gets bigger
d) it becomes empty

Show answer

c) it gets bigger

Associated Words

Words that end in -ition: position, tradition, tuition, competition

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: increase, extra

More words from this list

burger, decoration, furniture, however, meatball, poke, shiver, through

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