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example 2. A bus can carry 52 persons. How many persons can 36 buses carry?
Solution. 5 2

Number of persons a bus can carry = 52 × 3 6

Number of buses = 36 3 1 2
Number of persons 36 buses can carry = 52 × 36 + 1 5 6 0

= 1872 1 8 7 2

Exercise 4G

Solve the following word problems:
1. A box of chocolates has 24 slabs in it. How many slabs will there be in
134 boxes?

2. A wooden chair costs ` 350. Find the cost of 17 chairs.
3. A garland contains 135 beads. How many beads will 36 garlands contain?

4. A bedsheet costs ` 596. Find the cost of 8 bedsheets.
5. A packet contains 184 pencils. Find the number of pencils in 24 packets.

6. A truck can carry 79 bags. How many bags can be carried by 97 trucks?
7. The toll tax for a bus is ` 230. One day, 39 bus drivers paid the toll tax for their buses
on the express way. What was the total amount collected on that day?
8. A class has 46 students. Each student deposits ` 25 for the identity card. How much
money is collected in total?

9. A matchbox contains 50 matchsticks. How many matchsticks will be
there in 73 matchboxes?
10. A fruit seller sold bananas at the rate of ` 30 per dozen. If Saket bought 16 dozen, how
much money did he pay to the fruit seller? (1 dozen = 12)

 Multiplication means repeated addition.

 Multiplicand × Multiplier = Product.
 Any number multiplied by zero is always zero.

 Any number multiplied by 1 is always the number itself.

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