Question 10 of 22intermediate🔧 ApplyNumerical3 marks

Assam has 5719 elephants. It has 3965 more elephants than Meghalaya. How many elephants are there in Meghalaya?

Correct Answer

Given: Assam has 5719 elephants, which is 3965 more than Meghalaya.

Formula: Meghalaya's elephants = Assam's elephants - 3965

Substitution: Meghalaya's elephants = 5719 - 3965

Calculation: Ones: 9 - 5 = 4 Tens: 1 - 6 (need to borrow), 11 - 6 = 5 Hundreds: 6 - 9 (need to borrow), 16 - 9 = 7 Thousands: 4 - 3 = 1

Answer: There are 1754 elephants in Meghalaya.

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Explanation

The chapter presents a subtraction word problem. Assam has 5719 elephants and has 3965 more than Meghalaya. This means Meghalaya has 3965 fewer elephants than Assam. To find Meghalaya's elephant population: 5719 - 3965. Using regrouping: 9-5=4 ones. 1-6 requires borrowing, so 11-6=5 tens. 6-9 requires borrowing, so 16-9=7 hundreds. 4-3=1 thousand. Answer = 1754.

Solution Steps

  1. Step 1: Assam has 5719 elephants, which is 3965 more than Meghalaya.

  2. Step 2: Meghalaya's elephants = 5719 - 3965

  3. Step 3: Subtract ones: 9 - 5 = 4

  4. Step 4: Subtract tens: 1 - 6 (need to borrow), 11 - 6 = 5

  5. Step 5: Subtract hundreds: 6 - 9 (need to borrow), 16 - 9 = 7

  6. Step 6: Subtract thousands: 4 - 3 = 1

  7. Step 7: Answer = 1754

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