NCERT Solutions for Class 4th Maths Chapter 7 Add Up — In-text Questions

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Q1.
Estimate the number of children going on the trip. ____
Answer

About 900 children.

438 → about 400
476 → about 500
400 + 500 = about 900
Why it happens: Rounding to the nearest hundred leaves only hundreds to add, and 4 hundreds and 5 hundreds make 9 hundreds.
Tip: An estimate is not the exact answer. It only tells us roughly what to expect, so a silly mistake is easy to spot.
Q2.
How many children are going on the trip? 438 + 476
Answer

914 children are going to Mawlynnong.

HTO11438476+914
The working, written in columns.
4 H + 3 T + 8 O
4 H + 7 T + 6 O
= 8 H + 10 T + 14 O
14 O = 1 T + 4 O, so the tens become 11 T
10 T = 1 H, so 11 T = 1 H + 1 T
= 9 H + 1 T + 4 O = 914
Why it happens: Every time a column fills up to ten, we bundle those ten and move one to the next column on the left.
Check it yourself: Our estimate was about 900, and 914 is close to it.
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