noun
- a number that is added to another number
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- In the equation 5 + 3 = 8, both 5 and 3 are addends.
- The teacher asked students to identify the addends in each addition problem.
- When adding multiple numbers, each one is called an addend.
- The sum is the result of combining all the addends.
- In 12 + 7 + 4 = 23, there are three addends.
- Students learned that addends can be positive or negative numbers.