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Write an expression 13+ 19+ 17 using mental math

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Step-by-step explanation:

It is convenient to regroup the numbers, and adjust two of them to "make a ten".

= 13 + 17 + 19 . . . . rearrange (swap the order of 17 and 19)

= (10 + 3) + (-3 + 20) + 19 . . . . "make a ten" by adding or subtracting a small number. Here, those adjustments cancel—which is the point of doing it.

= 10 + 20 + 19

= 30 + 19

= 49

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