Exercise 4.4 (Life Oriented Problems)

Life Oriented Problems

Exercise 4.4

1. Deenu bought 15m 43cm of shirt material and 23m 94cm of trouser material. Find the total material bought by him.

Length of the shirt material        = 15m 43cm

Length of the trouser material   = 23m 94cm

Total Material                             = 39m 37cm

Answer : Total material bought by Deenu = 39m 37cm

2. A fisherman bought 2 nets. The length of first and second nets are 23m 43cm and 25m 63cm. What is the total length of nets?

Length of the first net             = 23m 43cm

Length of the second net          = 25m 63cm

Total length of both the nets    = 49m 06cm

Answer : Total length of both the nets = 49m 6cm

3. Agathiya bought 70m 42cm of wire to fence his garden. He used only 43m 51cm of wire. Find the length of the remaining wire.

Wire bought by Agathiya                   = 70m 42cm

Length of the wire used by him          = 43m 51cm

Total length of the remaining wire     = 26m 91cm

Answer : Total length of the remaining wire = 26m 91cm

4. A shopkeeper sold 37m 69cm cloth out of 93m 75cm in stock. How much stock is left with him?

Total stock      = 93m 75cm

Sold cloth        = 37m 69cm

Stock left        = 56m 06cm

Answer : Stock left with the shopkeeper = 56m 6cm

5. At the fabric shop, I bought 125 metres of orange fabric and 50 metres of yellow fabric. I have used 13 metres of the orange fabric and 12 metres of yellow fabric. How many metres of fabric I have left in total?

Length of orange fabric          = 125m

Length of yellow fabric           = 50m

Total fabric I have bought      = 175m

Length of orange fabric used       = 13m

Length of yellow fabric used        = 12m

Total fabric I have used               = 25m

Total fabric I have bought     = 175m

Total fabric I have used         =  25m

Remaining fabric left with me = 150m

Answer : Remaining fabric left with me = 150m

6. Velu is 1 m 15 cm tall. Her friend Babu is 1 m 30 cm tall. Who is taller and by how much?

Height of Velu = 1m 15cm

Height of Babu = 1m 30cm

1m 15cm < 1m 30cm

Babu is taller than Velu

Difference = 1m 30cm

                  = 1m 15cm

                           15cm

Answer : Babu is 15cm taller than Velu