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Written Instructions:

For each Multiple Choice Question (MCQ), four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1,2,3 or 4). Write your answers in the brackets provided..

For each Short Answer Question(SAQ) and Long Answer Question(LAQ), write your answers in the blanks provided.

Leave your answers in the simplest form or correct to two decimal places.



 

1)  

Recently, the postal service offered colour and black-and-white stamps showing famous people. They sold a total of 98601 stamps. If they sold 6633 colour stamps, how many black-and-white stamps did they sell

    98601
- 6633
stamps

Answer:_______________




2)  

 An Hospital treated 15045 patients last year who were children, out of a total of 52338 patients. How many of the hospital's patients last year were adults

    52338
- 15045
adults

Answer:_______________




3)  

A petri dish originally contained 615 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 7011 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    7011
- 615
bacteria

Answer:_______________




4)  

Last year, egg producers in Crawford County produced 27217 eggs. This year, those same farms produced 61246 eggs. How many more eggs did the farms produce this year

    61246
- 27217
eggs

Answer:_______________




5)  

A petri dish originally contained 592 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 7117 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    7117
- 592
bacteria

Answer:_______________




6)  

A company painted some houses in Lee County white and blue using a total of 3027 litres of paint. If they used 549 litres of white paint, how many litres of blue paint did the company use

    3027
- 549
litres of blue paint

Answer:_______________




7)  

A hydroelectric plant uses water to create electricity. Before water enters the plant, it passes through two filters. Engineers found a total of 35572 pieces of litter in the filters. There were 9187 pieces of litter in the first filter. How many pieces of litter were in the second filter

    35572
- 9187
pieses of litter

Answer:_______________




8)  

A construction company is repaving a damaged road. So far, they have repaved a total of 4042 centimetres of the road. Today, they repaved 892 centimetres of the road. How many centimetres of the road had they repaved before today

    4042
- 892
Centimetres

Answer:_______________




9)  

The Ashland Secondary School canteen goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 10137 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 12085 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have

    12085
- 10137
grams

Answer:_______________




10)  

Moorthi decided to close his comic book store, so he is selling some of his 7327 comic books. He now has 9743 comic books left. How many comic books has Moorthi sold

    9743
- 7327
comic books

Answer:_______________




 

1)  

Recently, the postal service offered colour and black-and-white stamps showing famous people. They sold a total of 98601 stamps. If they sold 6633 colour stamps, how many black-and-white stamps did they sell

    98601
- 6633
Answer: 91968 stamps


2)  

 An Hospital treated 15045 patients last year who were children, out of a total of 52338 patients. How many of the hospital's patients last year were adults

    52338
- 15045
Answer: 37293 adults


3)  

A petri dish originally contained 615 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 7011 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    7011
- 615
Answer: 6396 bacteria


4)  

Last year, egg producers in Crawford County produced 27217 eggs. This year, those same farms produced 61246 eggs. How many more eggs did the farms produce this year

    61246
- 27217
Answer: 34029 eggs


5)  

A petri dish originally contained 592 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 7117 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    7117
- 592
Answer: 6525 bacteria


6)  

A company painted some houses in Lee County white and blue using a total of 3027 litres of paint. If they used 549 litres of white paint, how many litres of blue paint did the company use

    3027
- 549
Answer: 2478 litres of blue paint


7)  

A hydroelectric plant uses water to create electricity. Before water enters the plant, it passes through two filters. Engineers found a total of 35572 pieces of litter in the filters. There were 9187 pieces of litter in the first filter. How many pieces of litter were in the second filter

    35572
- 9187
Answer: 26385 pieses of litter


8)  

A construction company is repaving a damaged road. So far, they have repaved a total of 4042 centimetres of the road. Today, they repaved 892 centimetres of the road. How many centimetres of the road had they repaved before today

    4042
- 892
Answer: 3150 Centimetres


9)  

The Ashland Secondary School canteen goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 10137 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 12085 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have

    12085
- 10137
Answer: 1948 grams


10)  

Moorthi decided to close his comic book store, so he is selling some of his 7327 comic books. He now has 9743 comic books left. How many comic books has Moorthi sold

    9743
- 7327
Answer: 2416 comic books