Unit - 2

ADDITION

After studying this unit you can,

n add the given 5-digit numbers without carrying,
n add the given 5-digit numbers with carrying,
n solve verbal problems based on addition of 5-digit numbers.
Let us recall what we have learnt about addition of two or more
4 – digit numbers.
Revision Exercise

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I. Add the following numbers.
1) 4,368 + 2,521 I SH
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2) 2,673 + 5,134
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3) 3,653 + 4,213 + 1,156

4) 1,345 + 2,463 + 564
II. Solve the following problems.
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1. Sanmati deposited ` 3,672 on Monday and ` 4,678 on

Tuesday in the bank. Find the total amount deposited by her.
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2. The population of a village is 3,389. The population of

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another village is 4,893. Find the total population of both

the villages.
3. The number of students of first standard in all the schools
of a panchayat is 1,673, second standard is 1,845, third
standard is 1,437 and fourth standard is 1,547. Find the
total number of students.
Do You Know ?
You can add the two numbers in any order but the total remains
the same. Try the above problems for verification.

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Addition of 5-digit numbers without carrying.
Addition of 5-digit numbers is same as that of addition of 4-digit
numbers.
Recall that the digits are added in this order - units, tens,
hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
Example 1
Add the numbers 45,237 and 31,210.
Let us represent the addition of these two numbers through
pictures as shown below.
Ten Thousands Thousands Hundreds Tens Units

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(Ten Th) (Th) (H) (T) (U)

10,000 I SH
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1,000
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100
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10,000 1,000 10 10
100
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1,000
10,000 10
1,000
10,000 1,000
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10,000 100
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1,000
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10,000 100 10
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+ 10,000

10,000 1,000
100 10 10
10,000 1,000
100
10,000 1,000 10 10
100
10,000 1,000 100

= 10,000
1,000
10,000 1,000
10,000

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 Observe the two numbers written in the place value chart. The
digits in each place are added.
4 ten thousand 5 thousand 2 hundred 3 ten 7 unit
+ 3 ten thousand 1 thousand 2 hundred 1 ten 0 unit
= 7 ten thousand 6 thousand 4 hundred 4 ten 7 unit

Observe the column addition of the above two numbers

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Addends 4 5 2 3 7
Addends + 3 1 2 1 0

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Sum = 7 6 4 4 7
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Steps involved in addition

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1) Write the digit of the numbers in vertical column according

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to their places.
2) Add digits in the units place. 7 + 0 = 7. Write 7 in units
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place.
3) Add digits in the tens place. 3 + 1 = 4. Write 4 in tens
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place.
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4) Add digits in the hundreds place. 2 + 2 = 4. Write 4 in

hundreds place.
5) Add digits in the thousands place. 5 + 1 = 6. Write 6 in
thousands place.
6) Add digits in the ten thousands. 4 + 3 = 7. Write 7 in
place. tenthousands place.
Sum of 45,237 and 31,210 is 76,447.

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Example 2
Find the sum of 23,567 and 34,131.

Ten Th Th H T U

Addends 2 3 5 6 7

Addends + 3 4 1 3 1

Sum = 5 7 6 9 8

Example 3

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Mr Mallappa purchased a scooter for himself and motor
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cycle for his son. The cost of the scooter is ` 34,221. The cost
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of the motor cycle is ` 35,678. Find the total amount paid by

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Mr. Mallappa to buy scooter and motor cycle.

The cost of the scooter = ` 34,221.

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The cost of the motor cycle = ` 35,678.

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The amount paid by Mr. Mallappa

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= cost of the + cost of the
3 4 2 2 1
scooter motor cycle.
+ 3 5 6 7 8
= ` 34,221 + ` 35,678 = 6 9 8 9 9

= ` 69,899.

∴ Total amount paid by Mr. Mallappa is ` 69,899.

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Addition of 5-digit numbers with carrying

Addition of 5-digit numbers with carrying is the same as that of

addition of 4-digit numbers with carrying.

Example 1
Find the sum of 38,765 and 25,978.
Let us represent the addition of these two numbers with carrying
through pictures as shown below.
Ten Thousands Hundreds Tens Units
Thousands

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Carry

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+
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6 4 7 4 3

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Observe the two numbers written in the place value chart. The digits
in each place are added.

Observe the column addition of the above two numbers.

Ten Th Th H T U
Carry 1 1 1 1
3 8 7 6 5
+ 2 5 9 7 8
= 6 1 4 17 14 13
= 6 4 7 4 3

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Steps involved in addition of two numbers with carrying.

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1. Write the numbers in the vertical column according to the place
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of digits.
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2. Add digits in the 5 + 8 = 13. Write 3 in units place

units place. and carry 1 to tens place.

3. Add digits in the 1 + 6 + 7 = 14. Write 4 in tens

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tens place. place and carry 1 to hundreds place.

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4. Add digits in the 1 + 7 + 9 = 17. Write 7 in hundreds

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hundreds place. place and carry 1 to thousands place.

5. Add digits in the 1 + 8 + 5 = 14. Write 4 in thousands place

thousands place. and carry 1 to ten thousands place.

6. Add digits in the ten 1 + 3 + 2 =6. Write 6 in ten

thousands place. thousands place.

∴ sum of 38,765 and 25,978 is 64,743.

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Example 2
Find the sum of 56,003 and 42,597.
Ten Th Th H T U
Carry 1 1
5 6 0 0 3
+ 4 2 5 9 7
= 9 8 6 0 0
∴ sum of 56,003 and 42,597 is 98,600.

* Write the numbers one below the

add 5
How to s with other according to place of each

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m b er digit.
digit nu g?
c a r r y in * Start adding digits in units,

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tens, hundreds, thousands, ten
thousands place.
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carry the digit to the next higher

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place.
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Example 3
A book seller sold 26,817 books in a book exhibition and sold
17,794 books in second book exhibition. Find the total number of
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books sold by him in both the book exhibitions.

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The number of books sold in first book exhibition = 26,817

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The number of books sold in second book exhibition = 17,794

The total number of books sold in both the book exhibitions
= 26,817 + 17,794
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= 44,611
Carry 1 1 1 1
2 6 8 1 7
+ 1 7 7 9 4
= 4 4 6 1 1
∴ the total number of books sold = 44,611.
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 Exercise 2.1
I. Find the sum of each of the following.
1) 36,417 + 32,532
2) 28,490 + 61,306
3) 12,973 + 46,016
4) 23,462 + 52,304
5) 42,806 + 34,063

II. Find the sum of each of the following.

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1) 36,907 + 53,613
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2) 24,596 + 36,578
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3) 43,374 + 36,654
4) 25,700 + 2,246 + 16,413
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5) 25,236 + 34,051+ 8,368

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III. Solve the following problems.

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1) There were 26,759 trees in the protected area of a forest.

13,842 trees were planted during vanamahotsava. Find the
total number of trees in the protected area of the forest.
2) A co-operative milk dairy collects 15,209 litres of milk from
farmers in a week and 16,826 litres of milk in the next week.
How many litres of milk was collected from the farmers in
two weeks?

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3) An Indian cricketer scored 14,025 runs in the test cricket
matches and 15,759 runs in one day cricket matches. How
many runs did the cricketer score in all ?

4) A public library in a city has 17,943 books in Kannada,

14,635 books in Hindi and 10,284 books in English. How
many books are there in the library altogether ?

5) In an assembly election three candidates were polled

32,135 votes, 29,048 votes and 4,951 votes respectivetly.
Find the total number of votes polled.

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