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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)  

A company painted some houses in Lee County white and blue using a total of 3325 litres of paint. If they used 633 litres of white paint, how many litres of blue paint did the company use

    3325
- 633
litres of blue paint

Answer:_______________




2)  

A petri dish originally contained 742 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 7726 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    7726
- 742
bacteria

Answer:_______________




3)  

 An Hospital treated 15352 patients last year who were children, out of a total of 51452 patients. How many of the hospital's patients last year were adults

    51452
- 15352
adults

Answer:_______________




4)  

A petri dish originally contained 764 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 5961 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    5961
- 764
bacteria

Answer:_______________




5)  

Pugal decided to close his comic book store, so he is selling some of his 6614 comic books. He now has 9823 comic books left. How many comic books has Pugal sold

    9823
- 6614
comic books

Answer:_______________




6)  

Last year, egg producers in Crawford County produced 22638 eggs. This year, those same farms produced 94853 eggs. How many more eggs did the farms produce this year

    94853
- 22638
eggs

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 43569 pieces of litter in the filters. There were 9775 pieces of litter in the first filter. How many pieces of litter were in the second filter

    43569
- 9775
pieses of litter

Answer:_______________




8)  

A construction company is repaving a damaged road. So far, they have repaved a total of 3300 centimetres of the road. Today, they repaved 671 centimetres of the road. How many centimetres of the road had they repaved before today

    3300
- 671
Centimetres

Answer:_______________




9)  

Recently, the postal service offered colour and black-and-white stamps showing famous people. They sold a total of 95963 stamps. If they sold 8351 colour stamps, how many black-and-white stamps did they sell

    95963
- 8351
stamps

Answer:_______________




10)  

The Ashland Secondary School canteen goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 9714 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 11023 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have

    11023
- 9714
grams

Answer:_______________




 

1)  

A company painted some houses in Lee County white and blue using a total of 3325 litres of paint. If they used 633 litres of white paint, how many litres of blue paint did the company use

    3325
- 633
Answer: 2692 litres of blue paint


2)  

A petri dish originally contained 742 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 7726 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    7726
- 742
Answer: 6984 bacteria


3)  

 An Hospital treated 15352 patients last year who were children, out of a total of 51452 patients. How many of the hospital's patients last year were adults

    51452
- 15352
Answer: 36100 adults


4)  

A petri dish originally contained 764 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 5961 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    5961
- 764
Answer: 5197 bacteria


5)  

Pugal decided to close his comic book store, so he is selling some of his 6614 comic books. He now has 9823 comic books left. How many comic books has Pugal sold

    9823
- 6614
Answer: 3209 comic books


6)  

Last year, egg producers in Crawford County produced 22638 eggs. This year, those same farms produced 94853 eggs. How many more eggs did the farms produce this year

    94853
- 22638
Answer: 72215 eggs


7)  

A hydroelectric plant uses water to create electricity. Before water enters the plant, it passes through two filters. Engineers found a total of 43569 pieces of litter in the filters. There were 9775 pieces of litter in the first filter. How many pieces of litter were in the second filter

    43569
- 9775
Answer: 33794 pieses of litter


8)  

A construction company is repaving a damaged road. So far, they have repaved a total of 3300 centimetres of the road. Today, they repaved 671 centimetres of the road. How many centimetres of the road had they repaved before today

    3300
- 671
Answer: 2629 Centimetres


9)  

Recently, the postal service offered colour and black-and-white stamps showing famous people. They sold a total of 95963 stamps. If they sold 8351 colour stamps, how many black-and-white stamps did they sell

    95963
- 8351
Answer: 87612 stamps


10)  

The Ashland Secondary School canteen goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 9714 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 11023 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have

    11023
- 9714
Answer: 1309 grams