noun
- numbers or quantities that are added together in an addition problem
Usage: mathematics; plural of addend
Examples
- In the equation 5 + 3 = 8, the numbers 5 and 3 are the addends.
- Students learned to identify the addends in various addition problems.
- The teacher asked the class to circle all the addends in the math worksheet.
- When adding multiple numbers, each one is called an addend.
- The sum is found by combining all the addends together.
- In 12 + 7 + 4 = 23, there are three addends: 12, 7, and 4.