Okay, we are tasked with adding 6043 and 9235. Let's begin!

Step 1: We'll start by adding the digits 3 & 5 in column 1 and get 8.

Step 2: We'll start by adding the digits 4 & 3 in column 2 and get 7.

Step 3: We'll start by adding the digits 0 & 2 in column 3 and get 2.

Step 4: We'll start by adding the digits 6 & 9 in column 4 and get 15.
We'll write down the last digit 5 and carry the 1 to the next column.

So, 6043 + 9235 = 15278.

