Math struggles in kids may stem from brains that have a harder time learning from mistakes—not just understanding numbers.

Addition involves finding the total of two or more numbers or amounts. There are different things you can use to help you add. You can use number lines, place value charts and place value counters.

Students in Melissa Williams' kindergarten class at the Westminster School in Atlanta, Georgia, practice connecting quantities to written numbers — a key part of number sense. Credit: Holly Korbey for ...

Adding numbers can be made considerably easier by learning the proper techniques. Among these arithmetic strategies, the "Make 10" method gives kids more self-assurance and speeds up calculations.

Addition involves finding the total of two or more numbers or amounts. There are different things you can use to help you add. You can use number lines, place value charts and place value counters.