ADDITION WORD PROBLEM -
     SOLVING MADE EASY,
     EXAMPLE, EXERCISE

         Learn/Teach
         Addition through Fun Games
         before Addition Word Problem
         For details, see near
         the bottom of this page.

         Please study
         Addition Method,
         if you have not already done so.

         There, we covered the process of adding any
         digit numbers with examples and exercises.

         That knowledge is a prerequisite here.

         Here, we deal with Word problems.

        Solving Word problems

         In Addition Word problems, write the given
         verbal statements one below the other in words
         with the numerical values given for them.

         Write the word statement for the value to be
         found and equate it to the sum of the values
         given as per the given word problem.

         The following example will clarify the method.

        Example of Addition Word problem

         Solution :

     Men in the city         =    393560
     Women in the city       =    401020
     Children in the city    =     80289
                                     1
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     Population of the city  =    874869   
                                  ------  
 

         Population of the city in words is
         Eight Lakhs Seventy Four Thousand
         Eight Hundred Sixty Nine
         (in The Hindu - Arabic Number System )
         or Eight Hundred Seventy Four Thousand
         Eight Hundred Sixty Nine
         (in          The English Number System )

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        Exercise on Addition Word problems

1. On the right side of a road, there are
   437 trees and on the left there are 395 trees.
   What is the total number of trees.
2. A's house is 398 metres to the right of B's house
   and C's house is 487 metres to the left of B's
   house. What is the distance between A's house
   and C's house.
3. In a school there are 109 eucalyptus
   trees, 67 mango trees and 9 guava trees.
   How many trees are there in all ?
4. Make the greatest and least numbers
   with the digits 1,7, 9, 4. Find their sum.
5. A shool exhibition was held for four days.
   The number of students who visited the
   exhibition on different days was
   367, 1934, 298, 1296.
   How many students visited the exhibition.
6. A soap factory produced 10939, 11056, 11198,
   10987 soap cakes on four different days.
   How many soap cakes were produced during
   these four days.
7. A country exported 123978, 114560, 102985,
   129869 tonnes of tea during four different
   years. How much tea was exported during
   these four years.
8. The population of four cities are
   1099367, 1139860, 1208765 and 1023456.
   Find the total population in these four cities.

            For Answers, see at the end of the page.
   
   
   
   

   
   
   
   
   

   Answers to Exercise on Addition Word problems

   1. 832 Eight Hundred Thirty Two
      
   2. 885 Eight Hundred Eighty Five
      
   3. 185 One Hundred Eighty Five
      
   4. 11220 Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Twenty
      
   5. 3895 Three Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety Five
      
   6. 44180 Forty Four Thousand One Hundred Eighty
      
   7. 471392
      Four Lakhs Seventy One Thousand Three Hundred Ninety two
      (in the Hindu - Arabic Number System)
      and Four Hundred Seventy One Thousand Three Hundred Ninety two
      (in The English Number System)
      
   8. 4471448
      Forty Four Lakh Seventy One Thousand Four Hundred Forty Eight
      (in the Hindu - Arabic Number System)
      Four Million Four Hundred Seventy One Thousand Four Hundred Forty eight (in The English Number System)