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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 petri dish originally contained 672 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 4747 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    4747
- 672
bacteria

Answer:_______________




2)  

Karna decided to close his comic book store, so he is selling some of his 6348 comic books. He now has 9119 comic books left. How many comic books has Karna sold

    9119
- 6348
comic books

Answer:_______________




3)  

A petri dish originally contained 829 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 4214 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    4214
- 829
bacteria

Answer:_______________




4)  

The Ashland Secondary School canteen goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 9466 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 10514 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have

    10514
- 9466
grams

Answer:_______________




5)  

A construction company is repaving a damaged road. So far, they have repaved a total of 3787 centimetres of the road. Today, they repaved 513 centimetres of the road. How many centimetres of the road had they repaved before today

    3787
- 513
Centimetres

Answer:_______________




6)  

A company painted some houses in Lee County white and blue using a total of 3515 litres of paint. If they used 660 litres of white paint, how many litres of blue paint did the company use

    3515
- 660
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 40796 pieces of litter in the filters. There were 9498 pieces of litter in the first filter. How many pieces of litter were in the second filter

    40796
- 9498
pieses of litter

Answer:_______________




8)  

Last year, egg producers in Crawford County produced 32275 eggs. This year, those same farms produced 94369 eggs. How many more eggs did the farms produce this year

    94369
- 32275
eggs

Answer:_______________




9)  

Recently, the postal service offered colour and black-and-white stamps showing famous people. They sold a total of 99135 stamps. If they sold 6512 colour stamps, how many black-and-white stamps did they sell

    99135
- 6512
stamps

Answer:_______________




10)  

 An Hospital treated 16266 patients last year who were children, out of a total of 48974 patients. How many of the hospital's patients last year were adults

    48974
- 16266
adults

Answer:_______________




 

1)  

A petri dish originally contained 672 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 4747 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    4747
- 672
Answer: 4075 bacteria


2)  

Karna decided to close his comic book store, so he is selling some of his 6348 comic books. He now has 9119 comic books left. How many comic books has Karna sold

    9119
- 6348
Answer: 2771 comic books


3)  

A petri dish originally contained 829 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 4214 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    4214
- 829
Answer: 3385 bacteria


4)  

The Ashland Secondary School canteen goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 9466 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 10514 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have

    10514
- 9466
Answer: 1048 grams


5)  

A construction company is repaving a damaged road. So far, they have repaved a total of 3787 centimetres of the road. Today, they repaved 513 centimetres of the road. How many centimetres of the road had they repaved before today

    3787
- 513
Answer: 3274 Centimetres


6)  

A company painted some houses in Lee County white and blue using a total of 3515 litres of paint. If they used 660 litres of white paint, how many litres of blue paint did the company use

    3515
- 660
Answer: 2855 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 40796 pieces of litter in the filters. There were 9498 pieces of litter in the first filter. How many pieces of litter were in the second filter

    40796
- 9498
Answer: 31298 pieses of litter


8)  

Last year, egg producers in Crawford County produced 32275 eggs. This year, those same farms produced 94369 eggs. How many more eggs did the farms produce this year

    94369
- 32275
Answer: 62094 eggs


9)  

Recently, the postal service offered colour and black-and-white stamps showing famous people. They sold a total of 99135 stamps. If they sold 6512 colour stamps, how many black-and-white stamps did they sell

    99135
- 6512
Answer: 92623 stamps


10)  

 An Hospital treated 16266 patients last year who were children, out of a total of 48974 patients. How many of the hospital's patients last year were adults

    48974
- 16266
Answer: 32708 adults