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A pupil adds 16 and 8 and gets more than nine ones. She must:

ACarry a ten
BCarry a five
CCarry a nine
DCarry a zero
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Carry a ten
1. Six plus eight gives fourteen ones. 2. Ten of them make one new group. 3. So she must carry a ten. _Source: syllabus Mathematics Class II, Chapter 12, Give and Take._
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