Addition Word Problems

ADDITION

WORD PROBLEMS

Open Ended

Where can you apply the concept of ADDITION in real life situation? Give one example.

Addition in daily life

• Shopping (Money)

• Birthdays, calendars, and events

• Services (Bills)

• Cooking (Measurements)

• Time

Multiple Choice

Select the correct option which has the key words for ADDITION?

• altogether, difference, sum, total

• altogether, in all, sum, total

• altogether, left, sum, total

Multiple Choice

In a class, there are 23 girls and 28 boys. How many students are there in total?

• 50

• 48

• 51

• 52

Example 1

Q. There are 12,39,030 books in the library. Tim bought 25,832 more books. How many books are there in all?

Solution: Number of books in the library = 12,39,030

Number of books bought by Tim = 25,832

∴ The total number of books in library = ?

Ans: ∴ The total number of books in library are 12,64,862

Example 2

Q. Nadia bought a necklace for Rs.1,60,954 and a bracelet for Rs.57,632. What is the cost of both the items in total?

Solution: Cost of necklace = Rs.1,60,954

Cost of bracelet = Rs.57,632

∴ The cost of both items in total = ?

Ans: ∴ The cost of the necklace and bracelet in total is Rs. 2,18,586

Example 3

Q. A businessman earned Rs.73,20,893 in 2018 and Rs.92,13,784 in 2019. How much money did he earn altogether?

Solution: Amount of money earned in the year 2018 = Rs.43,20,893

Amount of money earned in the year 2019 = Rs.52,13,784

∴ The total amount of money earned altogether = ?

Ans: ∴ The businessman earned Rs. 95,34,677 altogether.

Open Ended

Frame one addition word problem question using 6 and 7 digit numbers.

Poll

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