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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 construction company is repaving a damaged road. So far, they have repaved a total of 3866 centimetres of the road. Today, they repaved 716 centimetres of the road. How many centimetres of the road had they repaved before today

    3866
- 716
Centimetres

Answer:_______________




2)  

Last year, egg producers in Crawford County produced 25444 eggs. This year, those same farms produced 56621 eggs. How many more eggs did the farms produce this year

    56621
- 25444
eggs

Answer:_______________




3)  

Recently, the postal service offered colour and black-and-white stamps showing famous people. They sold a total of 92368 stamps. If they sold 9108 colour stamps, how many black-and-white stamps did they sell

    92368
- 9108
stamps

Answer:_______________




4)  

A petri dish originally contained 676 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 6039 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    6039
- 676
bacteria

Answer:_______________




5)  

Moorthi decided to close his comic book store, so he is selling some of his 7315 comic books. He now has 9630 comic books left. How many comic books has Moorthi sold

    9630
- 7315
comic books

Answer:_______________




6)  

The Ashland Secondary School canteen goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 9795 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 11275 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have

    11275
- 9795
grams

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 28064 pieces of litter in the filters. There were 9353 pieces of litter in the first filter. How many pieces of litter were in the second filter

    28064
- 9353
pieses of litter

Answer:_______________




8)  

A company painted some houses in Lee County white and blue using a total of 2646 litres of paint. If they used 558 litres of white paint, how many litres of blue paint did the company use

    2646
- 558
litres of blue paint

Answer:_______________




9)  

 An Hospital treated 13410 patients last year who were children, out of a total of 54920 patients. How many of the hospital's patients last year were adults

    54920
- 13410
adults

Answer:_______________




10)  

A petri dish originally contained 604 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 4672 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    4672
- 604
bacteria

Answer:_______________




 

1)  

A construction company is repaving a damaged road. So far, they have repaved a total of 3866 centimetres of the road. Today, they repaved 716 centimetres of the road. How many centimetres of the road had they repaved before today

    3866
- 716
Answer: 3150 Centimetres


2)  

Last year, egg producers in Crawford County produced 25444 eggs. This year, those same farms produced 56621 eggs. How many more eggs did the farms produce this year

    56621
- 25444
Answer: 31177 eggs


3)  

Recently, the postal service offered colour and black-and-white stamps showing famous people. They sold a total of 92368 stamps. If they sold 9108 colour stamps, how many black-and-white stamps did they sell

    92368
- 9108
Answer: 83260 stamps


4)  

A petri dish originally contained 676 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 6039 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    6039
- 676
Answer: 5363 bacteria


5)  

Moorthi decided to close his comic book store, so he is selling some of his 7315 comic books. He now has 9630 comic books left. How many comic books has Moorthi sold

    9630
- 7315
Answer: 2315 comic books


6)  

The Ashland Secondary School canteen goes through a lot of regular and crunchy peanut butter. Currently, they have a total of 9795 grams of peanut butter in stock. If they have 11275 grams of crunchy peanut butter, how many grams of regular peanut butter do they have

    11275
- 9795
Answer: 1480 grams


7)  

A hydroelectric plant uses water to create electricity. Before water enters the plant, it passes through two filters. Engineers found a total of 28064 pieces of litter in the filters. There were 9353 pieces of litter in the first filter. How many pieces of litter were in the second filter

    28064
- 9353
Answer: 18711 pieses of litter


8)  

A company painted some houses in Lee County white and blue using a total of 2646 litres of paint. If they used 558 litres of white paint, how many litres of blue paint did the company use

    2646
- 558
Answer: 2088 litres of blue paint


9)  

 An Hospital treated 13410 patients last year who were children, out of a total of 54920 patients. How many of the hospital's patients last year were adults

    54920
- 13410
Answer: 41510 adults


10)  

A petri dish originally contained 604 bacteria. A scientist let the bacteria grow and now there are 4672 of them. How many more bacteria are there now

    4672
- 604
Answer: 4068 bacteria