Calculate the Sum: Adding £42.50 and £32.40 in British Currency

A grandfather gives one grandson

£42.5 \pounds42.5 and another grandson £32.4 \pounds32.4 .

How much does the grandfather give to his two grandsons in total?

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A grandfather gives one grandson

£42.5 \pounds42.5 and another grandson £32.4 \pounds32.4 .

How much does the grandfather give to his two grandsons in total?

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In order to determine how much money the grandfather gave to the two grandchildren, we will add the money he gave to each one:

42.5+32.4 42.5\\+32.4

We will add from right to left as follows:

74.9 74.9

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Final Answer

£74.9 \pounds74.9

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