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) pq
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.
∴Total number of pencils = p + q