Deciding on either to use ADDITION or SUBTRACTION

There are three hundred and eighty-six bottle-tops. Twenty-one of them are thrown away. How many bottle tops are left?

• Addition

• Subtraction

695 exercise books were given to all the pupils of Grade 3 Socrates, and then 17 more exercise books were added, find the sum of the books?

• Addition

• Subtraction

Find the difference between twenty-nine and three hundred eighty-seven .

• Addition

• Subtraction

There are 73 boys in one bus and 88 girls in another, how many children are there in both the buses?

• Addition

• Subtraction

Out of two hundred and fourteen eggs, thirty-five are broken. How many eggs are not broken?

• Addition

• Subtraction

In a Birthday party, there are 309 chairs and 83 tables, how many items were there in all?

• Addition

• Subtraction

From three hundred and seventy, take away twenty-five.

• 354

• 395

• 345

• 359

161 cars and 149 buses travel to everyday to Abuja. How many vehicles travel altogether to Abuja?

• 301 vehicles

• 12 vehicles

• 310 vehicles

• 21 vehicles

There are six hundred and twenty-three children in a school. If seventy-eight are boys, how many are the girls?

• 554 girls

• 545 girls

• 455 girls

• 445 girls

What is the total number of children if 38 children in Infant School were added to 178 children in Grade School?

• 261 children

• 621 children

• 126 children

• 216 children