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Exercise 3.4
Solve the given word problems. Also, show the subtraction in the boxes.
(a) There are 178 marbles in a box. If 89 marble are
taken out, find the number of remaining marbles
in the box.
There are _______ remaining marbles in the box.
(b) If 956 people went to see a badminton match
and 781 of them were men, find the number of
women who went to see the match.
_______ women went to see the match.
(c) There are 236 students in an examination hall.
If 135 of them are boys, how many girls are
there in the examination hall?
There are _______ girls in the examination hall.
(d) There are 487 mango trees in an orchard.
If only 421 trees have mangoes, how many
trees do not have mangoes?
_______ trees do not have mangoes.
(e) Mr Binay bought 667 watches for his shop.
If he sold 356 watches out of them, how many
watches were left unsold?
_______ watches were left unsold.
(f) Parth has 212 stamps. If he gives 165 stamps to
his younger brother, how many stamps will he
be left with?
Parth will be left with _______ stamps.
(g) Anju invited 346 guests for her wedding. If only
308 guests came, how many guests did not
come?
_______ guests did not come on Anju’s wedding.
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