12. Short Answer Questions: Give and Take

Q1: Look at the number grid and answer the questions.

461462463
471472473
481482483

(a) What is the difference between 462 and 472?
(b) What number will come just below 463?

Ans:
(a) The difference between 462 and 472 is 10.
(b) The number just below 463 is 473.

Q2: Write the expanded form of 506 and explain why.

Ans: 506 = 500 + 0 + 6. There is no tens value because the tens digit is 0. 

Q3: Complete the table to show different ways of making the same amount.

Total AmountOne WayAnother Way
₹100₹50 + ₹50?

Ans: ₹100 can also be made using ₹20 + ₹20 + ₹20 + ₹20 + ₹20.

Q4: Fill the table and answer the question.

NumberAfter adding 10After adding 100
375385475

Ans: Adding 10 increases the tens place, and adding 100 increases the hundreds place.

Q5: Arrange the following numbers from smallest to greatest using place value reasoning: 709, 790, 700, 770.
Ans: 700, 709, 770, 790.

Q6: With ₹100, Riya can buy 2 packets of biscuits. With the same ₹100, Aman can buy 5 pencils.(a) Which item costs more: one packet of biscuits or one pencil?
(b) Explain your answer using numbers.

Ans:
(a) One packet of biscuits costs 50 rupees so it costs more.
(b) ₹100 buys only 2 biscuit packets, but it buys 5 pencils. So, each biscuit packet costs more than one pencil.

Q7: Estimate the answer to the nearest hundred: 456 + 138.
Ans: 456 ≈ 500 and 138 ≈ 100. Estimated answer = 600.

Q8: Without calculating, find which is more and explain: 500 − 48 or 500 − 52.
Ans: 500 − 48 is more because a smaller number is being subtracted.

Q9: Fill the table and answer.

Amount in the morningAmount in the eveningMoney earned
₹ 385₹ 620?

Ans: Money earned = 620 − 385 = ₹235.

Q10: Using the digits 2, 5, and 8 only once, make two 3-digit numbers such that their difference is the smallest.
Ans: 258 and 285 give the smallest difference of 27.