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AddiTion sTories

Example 1: 142 students participated in a quiz competition

on Monday. On Tuesday, 240 students participated. How many
students participated in the quiz competition on Monday and

Tuesday?
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Solution: Number of students participated on Monday = 1 4 2
Number of students participated on Tuesday = + 2 4 0

Total number of students participated on both days = 3 8 2

Thus, 382 students participated in the quiz competition on Monday

and Tuesday.

Example 2: There are 568 books in a library. 189 more books are

purchased. How many books are there in all now?
H t O

1 1
Solution: Number of books in the library = 5 6 8

Number of books purchased = + 1 8 9
Now, total number of books in the library = 7 5 7

Thus, there are 757 books in the library.

Practice Time 4d

Solve the following story sums.

1. There are 85 cows in a field. 28 H t O
more cows join them. How many

cows are there in all?
Answer: __________________ +

2. Shruti read 45 pages of a book on Saturday and 59 H t O

pages on Sunday. How many pages did she read
over the weekend? +

Answer: __________________

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