Chapter 5: Addition and Subtraction

1. Fill in the blanks.

(a) The sum of 25.094 and 55.18 is ____________.

(b) The sum of 487.473 and 60.95 is ____________.

(c) The sum of 1.007 and 3.2 is ____________.

Worksheet B: Add and Subtract Numbers

Level 1

2. Fill in the blanks with “ + ” or “–”.

(a) 7 6= 1

(c) 6 7=–1

(e) –7 6 = – 13

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3. (a) Estimate which of the following will give a smaller answer?
Draw a ring around it.

5.208 – 1.9 6.92 – 2.187

(b) Explain your conjecture.

(c) Find the actual answers.

4. Aziz bought a 1.2 m long ribbon.

He used 75 cm of the ribbon to decorate a birthday card.
How many metres of the ribbon were left?

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5. The temperature at 6 am is –12°C. It increased 3°C from 5 am.
The temperature at 4 am was 2°C higher than the temperature at
5 am What was the temperature at 4 a.m.?

6.

T represents the length and S represents the width of the rectangle above.
T and S are both positive whole numbers.

T–S=1

If the perimeter of the rectangle is less than 20 cm, what are all possible
values of T and S?

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7. Mr Jamil baked a total of 40 muffins.

B + C = 40

B represents the number of banana muffins.

C represents the number of chocolate muffins.

The banana muffins are baked in trays of 4 while the chocolate muffins
are baked in trays of 6.

How many possible values are there for B and C?

Show how you find your answers.

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