To complete the given addition puzzle, we need to fill in the blanks.
Let's simplify the equation step by step. The numbers are listed as follows:
___ + 200 + ____ + 3
And for the second line:
900 + ___ + 6 + 200 + 80 + 70
To find the totals on both lines:
- The second line contains the following numbers:
- 900
- 6
- 200
- 80
- 70
Breaking it down:
- \(900 + 200 = 1100\)
- \(1100 + 80 = 1180\)
- \(1180 + 70 = 1250\)
- \(1250 + 6 = 1256\)
So we have a total of 1256 and need to solve for the first line accordingly.
The first row now looks like:
Total = 1256
With the equation:
___ + 200 + ____ + 3 = 1256
Rearranging gives us:
___ + ____ = 1256 - 200 - 3
___ + ____ = 1256 - 203
___ + ____ = 1053
Now we can denote the first and second blank as \(x\) and \(y\):
x + y = 1053
The simplest way to satisfy this equation is to assign values to \(x\) and \(y\).
For example, we can assign:
- \(x = 900\)
- \(y = 153\)
Thus, we can fill the blanks as:
900
900 + 153 + 6 + 200 + 80 + 70
153 + 200 + 900 + 3
Overall, the filled in blanks are:
900
900
153
Of course, this is just one possible solution; any combination of two numbers that adds to 1053 will work as well.