Basic Arithmetic Operations: 1. (A) The Position of Each Digit Has A Place Value. For Example
Basic Arithmetic Operations: 1. (A) The Position of Each Digit Has A Place Value. For Example
Basic Arithmetic Operations: 1. (A) The Position of Each Digit Has A Place Value. For Example
1 Basic
Arithmetic Operations
1. (a) The position of each digit has a place value. For example:
Decimal point
Hundred One-hundredth
Ten One-tenth
Solution:
Perform the operation in the brackets first.
(32 18)
4 14 4
56
2. The sum of 52 and 38 is divided by 7, find the quotient and the remainder.
52 38 7
Solution:
Use the brackets to indicate the higher priority of finding the sum.
(52
38) 7 90 7
12 6
The quotient is 12 and the remainder is 6.
12 6
2
3 times of 8 is added to 18 and the result is divided by 6, find the quotient.
8 3 18 6 [(3 8) 18] 6 (24 18) 6
42 6
7
3. Consider a 4-digit number 4582.
4582
(a) What are the values of the digits 4 and 8?
48
(b) Round off the number to the nearest hundred.
Solution:
(a) Value of the digit 4 4 1000 4000
4 4 1000 4000
Value of the digit 8 8 10 80
8 8 10 80
3
(a) Value of the digit 1 1 10 000
Consider a 5-digit number 13 978. 10 000
A. 9 B. 21 C. 90 D. 180
Write down the results of each of the following expressions (10 13).
10 13
10. Add 14 to 16. 11. Subtract 19 from 42.
14 16 42 19
14 16 30 42 19 23
Round off the following numbers (14 15) to the nearest ten.
14 15
14. 5461 15. 115.4
5461 5460 (cor. to the nearest ten) 115.4 120 (cor. to the nearest ten)
Round off the following numbers (16 17) to the nearest thousand.
16 17
16. 2800 17. 13 965.45
2800 3000 (cor. to the nearest thousand) 13 965.45 14 000 (cor. to the nearest thousand)
27. When 320 is divided by 15, find the quotient and the remainder.
320 15
320 15 21 5
The quotient is 21 and the remainder is 5.
30. Subtract 16 from the product of 3 and 12, what is the result?
3 12 16
(3 12) 16 36 16
20
31. Half of 54 is added to 29, then the sum is divided by 4, what is the result?
54 29 4
[(54 2) 29] 4 (27 29) 4
56 4
14
33. Annie had half of a packet of 152 peanuts. She gave 28 peanuts to Emily. How many
peanuts did Annie remain?
152 28
Number of peanuts that Annie had
152 2 28
76 28
48
34. Kitty has 148 stickers and Fanny has 273 stickers.
148 273
(a) Round off the numbers of stickers to the nearest ten.
(b) Find the difference between the numbers of stickers found in (a).
(a)
(a) 148 150 (cor. to the nearest ten)
273 270 (cor. to the nearest ten)
35. The cost of a box of biscuits is $40. During the sale, each box is sold at $12 less. Mrs. Wong
pays $200 to buy 4 boxes of biscuits. Find the change.
$40 $12 $200 4
Change
$[200 (40 12) 4]
$(200 28 4)
$(200 112)
$88
36. The volume of a carton of milk is 450 mL. Mother bought 3 cartons of milk. After using
280 mL to make dessert, she divided the remaining milk into 5 cups equally. How much
milk does each cup have?
450 mL 3 280 mL
5
Volume of milk that each cup has
[(450 3 280) 5] mL
[(1350 280) 5] mL
(1070 5) mL
214 mL