Routine Word Problems : āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž


1. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Maria has 2,345 apples. She bought 1,278 more. How many apples does she have now ? āĻŽāĻžā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ 2,345āϟāĻž āφāĻĒ⧇āϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ āφ⧰⧁ 1,278āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϤāĻžāχ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āφāĻĒ⧇āϞ āφāϛ⧇?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 3,523  B) 3,613  C) 3,623  D) 3,723


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ: 2,345 + 1,278 = 3,623 


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) 3,623 apples


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: "Bought more" = Add (āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•). ["āφ⧰⧁ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāϞ⧇" = āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤]


2. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: A school library has 3,234 books. 1,567 books were borrowed. How many books are left ? āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧā§° āϞāĻžāχāĻŦā§ā§°ā§‡ā§°ā§€āϤ 3,234āĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ 1,567āĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āϧāĻžā§°āϞ⧈ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻš'āϞāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ ?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 1,567  B) 1,667  C) 1,767  D) 1,867


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ: 3,234 − 1,567 = 1,667 


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) 1,667 books


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: "Left" or "Borrowed" = Subtract (āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•).["āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀" āĻŦāĻž "āϧāĻžā§°āϞ⧈ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž" = āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤]


3. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: John has ₹2,150. He spends ₹1,675. How much money is left ?


 āϜāύ⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ ₹2,150 āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ ₹1,675 āĻ–ā§°āϚ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āϟāĻ•āĻž āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ ?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) ₹425  B) ₹475  C) ₹525  D) ₹575


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ: 2,150 − 1,675 = 475


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) ₹475


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: "Spends" = Subtract (āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•).["āĻ–ā§°āϚ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇" = āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤]


4. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: There are 1,456 students in Grade 3 and 1,389 students in Grade 4. How many students are there in total ?


 āϤ⧃āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļā§ā§°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āϤ 1,456āϜāύ āφ⧰⧁ āϚāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§āĻĨ āĻļā§ā§°ā§‡āĻŖā§€āϤ 1,389āϜāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°-āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϜāύ ?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 2,745  B) 2,835  C) 2,845  D) 2,955


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ: 1,456 + 1,389 = 2,845


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) 2,845 students


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: "Total" = Add (āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•). ["āĻŽā§āĻ " = āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤]


5. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: A farmer harvested 1,845 kg of rice in January and 1,378 kg in February. How much rice did he harvest in total ?


 āĻāϜāύ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ¨ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§€āϤ 1,845 kg āφ⧰⧁ āĻĢ⧇āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ā§ąāĻžā§°ā§€āϤ 1,378 kg āϧāĻžāύ āϚāĻĒāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ kg āϧāĻžāύ āϚāĻĒāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 3,123 kg  B) 3,213 kg  C) 3,223 kg  D) 3,323 kg


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ: 1,845 + 1,378 = 3,223 


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) 3,223 kg


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: "In total" = Add (āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•).["āĻŽā§āĻ " = āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤]


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1. Books Sold / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: A bookstore sold 1,234 storybooks and 876 science books. How many books were sold altogether ?


 āĻāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒā§° āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāύ⧇ 1,234āĻ–āύ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§° āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āφ⧰⧁ 876āĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻš'āϞ ?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 2,000  B) 2,100  C) 2,110  D) 2,120


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ: 1,234 + 876 = 2,110


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) 2,110


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: "Altogether" = Add (āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•). ["āĻŽā§āĻ " = āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤]


2. Boys and Girls / āϞ'ā§°āĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻ›ā§‹ā§ąāĻžāϞ⧀


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: There are 2,450 students in a school. 1,235 are boys. How many are girls ?


 āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧāϤ 2,450āϜāύ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°-āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ 1,235āϜāύ āϞ'ā§°āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ›ā§‹ā§ąāĻžāϞ⧀⧰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 1,205  B) 1,215  C) 1,225  D) 1,235


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ : 2,450 − 1,235 


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) 1,215


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: "How many are left?" = Subtract (āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•).["āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀?" = āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤]


3. Pages Read / āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻž āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻž


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Liza read 145 pages on Monday, 138 pages on Tuesday, and 152 pages on Wednesday. How many pages did she read in total ?


 āϞāĻŋāϜāĻžāχ āϏ⧋āĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ 145 āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻž, āĻŽāĻ™āϞāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ 138 āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻž, āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦ⧁āϧāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§‡ 152 āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϞ⧇ ?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 425  B) 430  C) 435  D) 440


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ : 145 + 138 + 152 = 435


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) 435


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: Read on different days = Add all (āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•). [āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāύāϤ āĻĒāĻĸāĻŧāĻž = āϏāĻ•āϞ⧋ āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰āĻ•āĨ¤]


4. Corn / āϭ⧁āĻŸā§āϟāĻž


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: A farmer has 1,500 kg of corn. He sold 275 kg and then bought 450 kg more. How much corn does he have now ?


 (āĻāϜāύ āĻ•ā§ƒāώāϕ⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ 1,500 kg āϭ⧁āĻŸā§āϟāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ 275 kg āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ 450 kg āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ⧰ āĻ“āϚ⧰āϤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ kg āϭ⧁āĻŸā§āϟāĻž āφāϛ⧇ ?)


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 1,575 kg  B) 1,625 kg  C) 1,675 kg  D) 1,725 kg


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ : 1,500 − 275 = 1,225 , 1,225 + 450 = 1,675


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) 1,675 kg


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: Sold = −, Bought = + (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ = −, āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāϞ⧇ = +)


5. Books on Shelves / āϤāĻžāĻ•āϤ āĻĨāĻ•āĻž āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ


Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ : There are 4 shelves. Each shelf can hold 425 books. If 3 shelves are full and the 4th shelf has 378 books, how many books are there in total ?


 ā§ĒāϟāĻž āϤāĻžāĻ• āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ āϤāĻžāĻ•āϤ 425āĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āϧ⧰⧇āĨ¤ ā§ŠāϟāĻž āϤāĻžāĻ• āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āφ⧰⧁ ā§Ēā§°ā§āĻĨ āϤāĻžāĻ•āϤ 378āĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻ–āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āφāϛ⧇ ?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 1,603  B) 1,653  C) 1,653  D) 1,703


Solution / āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ


Books in 3 full shelves: 3 × 425 = 1,2753


Add books in the 4th shelf: 1,275 + 378 = 1,653


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) 1,653 books


Shortcut / āϏāĻšāϜ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ: 3 full shelves = 3 × 425, then + 378 (ā§ŠāϟāĻž āĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϤāĻžāĻ• = 3 × 425, āϤāĻžā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ + 378)


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Practice Set


1. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: Sarah bought 3 boxes of chocolates. Each box has 348 chocolates. How many chocolates does she have in total ? āϚ⧰āĻžāχ ā§ŠāϟāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āϚ āϚāĻ•āϞ⧇āϟ āĻ•āĻŋāύāĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āϚāϤ 348āϟāĻž āϚāĻ•āϞ⧇āϟ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāχ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āϚāĻ•āϞ⧇āϟ āφāϛ⧇ ?


Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 944  B) 1,024  C) 1,044  D) 1,144












2. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ : A bus can carry 152 passengers. If 8 buses are used for a school trip, how many students can go on the trip ? āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻžāϛ⧇ 152āϜāύ āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻ•āĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ ā§ŽāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ› āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϜāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§€ āϝāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻŦ ?

Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 1,116  B) 1,206  C) 1,216  D) 1,226


3. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ : There are 1,245 pencils. If each student gets 15 pencils, how many students can get pencils ? 1,245āϟāĻž āĻĒ⧇āĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϜāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§€āϝāĻŧ⧇ 15āϟāĻž āĻĒ⧇āĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϤ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϜāύ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§°ā§āĻĨā§€āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āĻžā§āϚāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ ?

Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 80  B) 82  C) 83  D) 85


4. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ: A baker made 1,345 cupcakes. He sold 728 in the morning and 497 in the afternoon. How many cupcakes are left ? āĻāϜāύ āĻŦ⧇āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§‡ 1,345āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāϕ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāύāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āϤ⧇āĻ“āρ āĻĒā§ā§ąāĻžāχ 728āϟāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧāĻž 497āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§ā§°ā§€ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻĒāϕ⧇āĻ• āĻŦāĻžāϕ⧀ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ ?

Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 110  B) 120  C) 130  D) 140


5. Question / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύ : A garden has 3 rows of trees. Each row has 327 trees. After planting 218 more trees, how many trees are there in all ? āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻŋāϚāĻžāϤ ā§ŠāϟāĻž āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€ āĻ—āĻ› āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŸā§‹ āĻļāĻžā§°ā§€āϤ 327āϟāĻž āĻ—āĻ› āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϤ āφ⧰⧁ 218āϟāĻž āĻ—āĻ› ā§°ā§‹āĻĒāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš'āϞāĨ¤ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āĻ—āĻ› āφāϛ⧇ ?

Options / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš: A) 1,099  B) 1,159  C) 1,199  D) 1,299