Question

The following table shows the number of books in each shelf of different languages in a library. Study the table and answer how many more Chinese books than Malay books are their in shelf number $4$?

Shelf Numbers	Malay	Chinese	English	Tamil
$1$	$73$	$112$	$158$	$64$
$2$	$83$	$100$	$102$	$49$
$3$	$56$	$92$	$75$	$54$
$4$	$66$	$138$	$175$	$59$

Answer 1

From the table,

No. of Chinese books in shelf $4=138$

No. of Malay books in shelf $4=66$

Required difference $=138-66$

So, $72$ Chinese books are more than Malay books in shelf $4$.