Galaxy: Class V

Chapter 2: The Four Operations and their Application

Worksheet – Multiple Choice Questions

1. Find 3 6 2 5 7 8 7 6

+ 8 7 6 9 5 4 5

a. 34916311 b. 44017321 c. 44916311 d. 45027421

9 7 2 5 6 3 4 2
2. Find
2 8 8 9 6 5 3 7

a. 69359705 b. 79359705 c. 68359805 d. 78359805

3. A museum has two statues made of shells. One is made of 54238901 shells
and the other of 67101098 shells. How many shells were used to make both
statues?
a. 111339999 b. 121339999 c. 112339999 d. 121239999

4. An Air India flight flies from Mumbai to New York via London covering a
distance of 13502 km. If the air distance between Mumbai and London is
7917 km, what is the distance between London and New York?
a. 5585 km b. 6695 km c. 5685 km d. 5595 km

5. Find 893 x 304.

a. 271472 b. 30362 c. 260472 d. 360472

6. A book distributor supplies Maths books to 512 schools. Every school gets
2107 books. How many books are distributed in all?
a. 1077784 b. 978784 c. 1075774 d. 1078784

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7. In a book fair, there were 56 stalls and the total number of books sold by all
of them together was 11032. What was the average number of books sold per
stall?
a. 179 b. 197 c. 297 d. 279

8. Find 5007 x 675.

a. 3379725 b. 675945 c. 3380625 d. 3379625

9. Solve 785420 ÷ 67.

a. Q = 11722, R = 64 b. Q = 11722, R = 46
c. Q = 17122, R = 64 d. Q = 17122, R = 46

10. Sanjot studied for 5475 hours in a year to clear her IIT entrance exam. How
many hours did she study every day, assuming it was not a leap year?
a. 17 b. 16 c. 15 d. 14

11. Nishita travelled to her native place by two buses. In the first bus, she
travelled for 7 hours and the average speed of the bus was 48 km per hour.
She travelled in the second bus for 2 hours and its average speed was 54 km
per hour. What was the distance travelled by Nishita?
a. 432 km b. 434 km c. 444 km d. 448 km

12. Find 415981 ÷ 827.

a. 503 b. 53 c. 403 d. 43

13. Find 2398 x 417.

a. 996996 b. 999966 c. 969996 d. 999696

14. Find 2164961 ÷ 73.

a. 28657 b. 29647 c. 29657 d. 30457

15. Find 709 x 808.

a. 62392 b. 562872 c. 572872 d. 573872

16. Find 4130064 ÷ 516.

a. 84 b. 804 c. 8014 d. 8004

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17. Find 211233 x 89.
a. 17799737 b. 18797937 c. 18979737 d. 18799737

18. Solve 64903 ÷ 81.

a. Q = 801, R = 22 b. Q = 81, R = 22
c. Q = 711, R = 23 d. Q = 701, R = 24

19. Find 1111 x 242.

a. 286682 b. 268862 c. 286286 d. 268268

20. Solve 505055 ÷ 505.

a. Q = 1001, R = 45 b. Q = 1000, R = 45
c. Q = 1000, R = 55 d. Q = 1001, R = 55

21. Find 8007 x 999.

a. 7998399 b. 7999983 c. 7999893 d. 7998993

22. Solve 909999 ÷ 909.

a. Q = 1001, R = 99 b. Q = 1001, R = 90
c. Q = 1000, R = 99 d. Q = 1000, R = 90

23. Marks obtained by Rutwa in 5 subjects are 85, 56, 34, 77 and 68. Find her
average marks.
a. 64 b. 46 c. 66 d. 58

24. A school conducted various competitions. The number of students who

participated in these competitions are given here. Find the average number of
students who participated in each competition.

Drawing: 78 Elocution: 56 Singing: 70 Handwriting: 76

a. 56 b. 70 c. 40 d. 47

25. In a factory, the average number of bulbs manufactured every day is 4329.
How many bulbs are manufactured in the months of April and May,
assuming that the factory is open on all the days?
a. 264069 b. 264959 c. 263969 d. 264059

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26. The number of umbrellas sold by a wholesaler in the month of May was
130417. What was his average daily sale?
a. 427 b. 4027 c. 4207 d. 2407

27. On Sunday, a grocer sold 83 kg of rice and 109 kg of wheat. If the cost of
rice is ` 53 per kilo and wheat is ` 31, then how much money did he make by
selling these?
a. ` 10690 b. ` 10609 c. ` 7787 d. ` 7778

28. A shop sold two laptops each costing ` 48937 to a customer. The customer
exchanged his old laptop for ` 1200 and an old mobile for ` 775. How much
money did the customer pay to the shopkeeper?
a. ` 96674 b. ` 95899 c. ` 47737 d. ` 46962

29. The average number of passengers on a bus from Monday to Friday was
217. If the number of passengers from Monday to Thursday were 225, 219,
218 and 202, then how many passengers were there on Friday?
a. 217 b. 220 c. 221 d. 223

30. A train travelled for 8 hours from one city to another. In the first 5 hours, it
covered a distance of 519 km and in the remaining 3 hours it covered 289
km. What was the average speed of the train?
a. 101 kmph b. 103 kmph c. 96 kmph d. 99 kmph

31. Anshuman’s running distances for 9 days while practising for marathon are
17 km, 19 km, 23 km, 22 km, 20 km, 18 km, 24 km, 21 km and 25 km. What
is the average distance he ran every day?
a. 19 km b. 20 km c. 21 km d. 22 km

32. Find 987789 + 654456.

a. 1531135 b. 1641135 c. 1532245 d. 1642245

33. To prepare fruit salad for a party, Mrs Saha bought 4 dozens of bananas, 2
dozens of mangoes, 3 dozens of chikoo, 3 dozens of apples, 2 dozens of
oranges, 2 papayas and one pineapple. How many fruits did she buy?
a. 168 b. 171 c. 159 d. 147

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34. A bank had ` 127821544 on a certain day. It received ` 2140355 as deposit
and ` 1530677 was withdrawn. How much money did the bank have at the
end of the day?
a. ` 128431222 b. ` 124831222 c. ` 128123422 d. ` 121348222

35. Mr Kenkare had ` 2178465 in his bank. He donated ` 78000 to charity and
distributed the rest equally among his 3 children. How much money did
everyone get?
a. ` 71155 b. ` 700155 c. ` 711055 d. ` 701155

36. Shaluk can type 69 words per minute. How many words can she type in one
hour?
a. 414 b. 4014 c. 4140 d. 4410

37. On an average, an elephant eats 167 kg of vegetation every day. How much
of it is required for a week by 9 elephants?
a. 1521 kg b. 10521 kg c. 15021 kg d. 10251 kg

38. Aarav, Nitika, Adwika, Vinesh and Saanvika collect coins of different
countries. They have 985 coins among themselves. What is the average
number of coins that everyone has?
a. 179 b. 195 c. 197 d. 201

39. A storage tank stores 162316 litres of water which is consumed by 62

families in a week. How much water does every family need per day?
a. 374 l b. 364 l c. 358 l d. 383 l

40. A customer care centre receives 316056 calls per year. How many calls does
it receive per week?
a. 678 b. 6708 c. 7068 d. 6078

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