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Example 4: A factory produced 38471 soap cakes on Monday and
26284 soap cakes on Tuesday. How many soap cakes

did it produce in these two days taken together?
Solution: TTh Th H T O

1 1

Soap cakes produced on Monday 3 8 4 7 1

Soap cakes produced on Tuesday + 2 6 2 8 4

Sum = 6 4 7 5 5

The total number of soap cakes produced in two days is

“64755”.

Example 5: In a election Mr. Gupta got 276281 votes and Mr.

Chopra got 327452 votes. 12874 voters did not turn
up. How many voters were there?
Solution: L TTh Th H T O

1 1 1 2

Voters who voted for Mr. Gupta 2 7 6 2 8 1

Voters who voted for Mr. Chopra 3 2 7 4 5 2

Voters who did not turn up + 1 2 8 7 4

Sum = 6 1 6 6 0 7

The number of voters was “616607”.

EXERCISE 2.2

Solve the word problems.

1. Police force of a state had 46147 men last year. This year 22276 more
men were recruited. How many men does the police force has now?

2. A post office handled 62227 letters on Monday and 41751 letters on

Tuesday. How many letters did it handle in the two days?

3. A hospital treated 141017 patients in January, 122271 in February
and 167011 in March. How many patients did it treat in these three
months?

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