Question

Question 21

Kanta has p pencils in her box. She puts q more pencils in the box. The total number of pencils with her are

(a) p + q

(b) pq

(c) p - q

(d) $\frac{p}{q}$

Answer 1

Option (a).

Given, number of pencils in Kanta's box = p

Number of pencils added = q

Total number of pencils in the box will be the sum of the number of pencils already present and the number of pencils added.

$\therefore$Total number of pencils = p + q