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Example 1. There are 645 oranges, 129 apples and 326 bananas in a store. How many
fruits are there in all?
Solution.
Number of oranges = 6 4 5
Number of apples = 1 2 9
Number of bananas = + 3 2 6
Total number of fruits = 1 1 0 0
So, the store has 1100 fruits in all.
Example 2. A factory produces 2325, 2837 and 987 bulbs in three consecutive days.
How many bulbs are produced altogether in these three days?
Solution.
Number of bulbs produced on the 1st day = 2 3 2 5
Number of bulbs produced on the 2nd day = 2 8 3 7
Number of bulbs produced on the 3rd day = + 9 8 7
Total production of bulbs in three days = 6 1 4 9
Example 3. In a colony, there are 2658 men, 2257 women and 3445 children. Find the
population of the colony.
Solution. In a colony:
Number of men = 2 6 5 8
Number of women = 2 2 5 7
Number of children = + 3 4 4 5
The population of the colony = 8 3 6 0
Exercise 2F
Solve these word problems.
1. A shopkeeper has 562 bags of rice in one store and 809 bags of
rice in another store. How many bags of rice are there in both the
stores?
2. A fruit seller has 565 mangoes, 645 bananas and 504 pineapples in
his shop. How many fruits in total does he have in his shop?
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