Maharashtra Board Class 4 Maths Part Two Chapter 9 Word Problems Addition and Subtraction PDF Download

Word Problems: Addition And Subtraction

Addition

Aunt Uma bought 5 kilograms of toordal for ₹ 345 and 20 kilograms of rice for ₹ 789. How much money did Aunt Uma spend?

Aunt Uma spent ₹ 1134 in all.

The cost of a refrigerator is ₹ 13,750 and the cost of a cupboard is ₹ 8,999. How much must we pay the shopkeeper to buy them both?

The shopkeeper must be paid ₹ 22,749.

Teacher's Note

In India, when we buy things from a shop, we add all the prices to find the total money. This is addition in real life.

Exam Trick

When you see "How much in all?" or "Total cost?", always use addition. Add all the numbers given in the problem.

Points To Remember

Addition means putting things together.
In addition problems, look for words like "total", "in all", or "altogether".
Always line up the numbers correctly before adding.
Start adding from the right side.

Exercise

1. Baburao planted 143 sweet lime trees and 156 chikoo trees in his orchard. How many trees did he plant in all?

2. Priyanka bought books worth ₹ 245 and notebooks worth ₹ 178. How much did she spend altogether?

3. There are 1,230 story-books and 150 poetry books in a library. How many books are there in the library altogether?

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?

5. Ajay deposited ₹ 18,000 in one bank and ₹ 15,000 in another. What is the total amount of money be deposited in the banks?

Subtraction

There are 1,473 Marathi books and 586 Hindi books in a school library. Which language has more books than the other and how many more are there?

There are 887 more Marathi books than Hindi books.

The sum of two numbers is 31,426. One of the numbers is 17,548. What is the other number?

The other number is 13,878.

Teacher's Note

Subtraction is used when we want to find the difference between two things. For example, if you have 10 apples and eat 3, you subtract to find how many are left.

Exam Trick

When you see words like "how many more", "how many left", or "difference", always use subtraction. Remember to subtract the smaller number from the bigger number.

Points To Remember

Subtraction means taking away or finding the difference.
Look for words like "more than", "less than", "left", or "difference".
Always subtract the smaller number from the bigger number.
Start subtracting from the right side.

Exercise

1. Abdul had 720 beads. He sold 648 of them. How many beads does he have left?

2. Joseph bought tables worth ₹ 6,350 and chairs worth ₹ 3,800. How much more did the tables cost than the chairs?

3. Raguhvrao bought seeds worth ₹ 3,587 and fertilizers worth ₹ 4,655. How much more than the seeds did the fertilizers cost?

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?

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?

Addition And Subtraction: Mixed Problems

There are 42,306 trees in a forest. Of these 23,479 are teak trees and 16,675 are subabhul trees. How many other trees are there in the forest?

There are 2,152 other trees in the forest.

Teacher's Note

Sometimes problems need both addition and subtraction. In India, when counting different types of things in a group, we first add one type, then subtract from the total to find the rest.

Exam Trick

In mixed problems, read carefully. First do addition, then do subtraction. Always do the steps one after another in the order the problem asks.

Points To Remember

Mixed problems need both addition and subtraction.
Read the problem slowly to understand which operation to do first.
Do one step at a time and write each answer clearly.
Check your work by reading the problem again.
The final answer should match what the problem is asking.

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?

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?

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?

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?

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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