discharge chute 6 or left as is moreover the articles discharged from the collection chute 6 can be supplied and processed by other devices downstream thereof by storing a special head the combination weighing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment can incorporate special articles that are held in a special weighing hopper 105 with articles that are combination calculated and selected in the normal hoppers 5 according to predetermined conditions in this way articles that have been combination weighed can be supplemented with other items without attaching another apparatus to the combination weighing apparatus 1 the special weighing hopper 105 is capable of weighing by means of the special load cell 110 in this way special articles can be reliably added because it can be confirmed whether or not the special articles are held in the special weighing hopper 105 in addition the quantity loaded therein may be calculated and the weight of the special articles loaded therein may be controlled based upon the set weight in the combination weighing apparatus of the present embodiment an example can be provided in which the articles are snack foods and the special articles are prize cards at this time the combination weighing apparatus 1 combination weighs the snack foods such that they are within a set weight range and also adds the cards according to predetermined conditions in this way by employing the combination weighing apparatus 1 it becomes possible to insert the cards only during a discharge that satisfies the predetermined conditions moreover because the cards are light there is almost no difference in weight even if the cards are not.