Part Two
Lesson 9 – Word Problems : Addition and Subtraction
Exercise
(1) Baburao planted 143 sweet lime trees and 156 chikoo trees in his orchard. How many trees did he plant in all ?
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(2) Priyanka bought books worth ₹245 and notebooks worth ₹178. How much did she spend altogether?
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(3) There are 1,230 story-books and 150 poetry books in a library. How many books are there in the library altogether?
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(4) If 1,310 children, 1,505 women and 790 men came to watch the circus, how many people came to watch the circus altogether?
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(5) Ajay deposited ₹18,000 in one bank and ₹15,000 in another. What is the total amount of money to be deposited in the banks?
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Exercise
(1) Abdul had 720 beads. He sold 648 of them. How many beads does he have left?
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(2) Joseph bought tables worth ₹6,350 and chairs worth ₹3,800. How much more did the tables cost than the chairs?
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(3) Ragahvrao bought seeds worth ₹3,587 and fertilizers worth ₹4,655. How much more than the seeds did the fertilizers cost?
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(4) The reading of the electricity meter in Nisha’s house was 03452 on the 1st of June. On the 1st of July, it was 03531. How many units of electricity were used in June?
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(5) In a census taken in 2001, the population of a village was 62,947. The census of the year 2011 listed the population as 74,405. How much did the population increase in the meantime?
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Exercise
(1) Rohan spent ₹27,658 for purchasing computers and ₹16,478 on a printer and scanner. Packing and transporting the goods cost extra. Rohan spent a total of ₹47,000. How much did he spend on packing and transport?
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(2) In a nursery, there were 32,140 saplings. 12,789 were mango saplings and 10,423 were teak saplings. How many other saplings were there?
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(3) The seating capacity of a playground is 20,750. If there were 8,500 women and 11,200 men present for a function, how many seats remained vacant?
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(4) Rambhau had ₹15,000. He bought fodder worth ₹8,570 and other animal feed worth ₹4,950. How much money did he have left?
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(5) Lalitaben donated ₹75,000 to a hospital. ₹47,500 were used for equipment and ₹18,240 were used for medicines. How much money still remains?
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Exercise
Based on the given information, make one addition and one subtraction problem each and solve the problems.
(1) Cost of one company’s washing machine: ₹19,999; cost of another company’s washing machine: ₹21,550.
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(2) ₹3,900 worth of fodder and ₹2,570 worth of other animal feed.
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(3) The population of one town, 76,560; the population of another town, 57,940.
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(4) The flight ticket from Mumbai to Tokyo, ₹35,840; the flight ticket from Tokyo to Los Angeles, ₹38,760.
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(5) Cost of a new motorcycle, ₹46,530; cost of an old motorcycle, ₹8,500.
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(6) 17,500 maths books; 13,250 science books.
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(7) The bus from Kolhapur to Mumbai passes through Pune. The distance from Pune to Mumbai is 192 kilometres. The distance from Pune to Kolhapur is 235 kilometres.
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(8) The capacity of one water tank is 38,500 litres; the capacity of another water tank is 22,750 litres.
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