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Addition of lengths with metres & kilometres









                • Examples:  Add 7 km 75 m, 15 km 8 m and 32 km 125 m





                             Km                        M                     Step-1 Add m column first.


                            1                      1  1                      075 m + 008 m + 125 m =208 m


                                7                  0 7 5                     Write in the m column.




                      +  1 5                       0 0 8

                                                                             Step-2 Then add km column

                      +  3 2                       1 2 5                     7 km + 15 km + 32 km = 54 km




                      =  5 4                       2 0 8                     Write in the km column






                      Thus, 7 km 75 m + 15 km 8 m + 32 km 125 m = 54 km 208 m
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