3C

1 Brackets

Are the following expressions correct? If yes, put a ✓ in the ; if no,

put a ✗ in the .
1. 2.
=0
9 – (5 + 4) = 8 (30 + 20) – 10 = 40
✗ ✓

3. 4.
= 11
95 – (45 – 5) = 55 (55 – 33) – 11 = 33
✓ ✗

Do the following.
5. 68 – (34 + 23) 6. 99 – (62 – 42)
= 68 – 57
____________________ = 99 – 20
____________________
= 11 = 79
____________________ ____________________

7. 112 + (40 – 27) 8. 35 + (45 + 215)

= 112 + 13
____________________ = 35 + 260
____________________
= 125 = 295
____________________ ____________________

9. (294 + 173) – 67 10. (206 – 161) – 41

= 467 – 67
____________________ = 45 – 41
____________________
= 400 =4
____________________ ____________________

11. 542 – (277 + 236) 12. 710 – (318 – 182)

= 542 – 513
____________________ = 710 – 136
____________________
= 29 = 574
____________________ ____________________
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Solve the problems.
13. There are 85 boxes of drink. 33 boxes are lemon tea
and 21 boxes are apple juice. The rest are soy milk.
How many boxes of soy milk are there?
85 – (33 + 21) Or 3 3 8 5
85 – 33 – 21
= 85 – 54 = 52 – 21
+ 2 1 – 5 4
= 31 = 31 5 4 3 1

There are 31 boxes of soy milk.

14. A robot costs 96 dollars originally. It has a discount of 13 dollars.

Ben has 128 dollars and buys a robot. How much has he left?
128 – (96 – 13) 9 6 1 2 8
= 128 – 83 – 1 3 – 8 3

= 45 8 3 4 5

He has 45 dollars left.

15. Miss Tsang has 175 green clips and 35 yellow clips. She
has to prepare 336 documents. Each document needs 1
clip. How many more clips does she need?
336 – (175 + 35) Or 1 7 5 3 3 6
336 – 175 – 35 + 3 5 – 2 1 0
= 336 – 210 = 161 – 35
= 126 = 126 2 1 0 1 2 6

She needs 126 more clips.

16. There were 409 chickens and 380 ducks in a farm. After
sending 142 ducks away, how many more chickens than
ducks are there now?
409 – (380 – 142) 3 8 0 4 0 9
= 409 – 238 – 1 4 2 – 2 3 8

= 171 2 3 8 1 7 1

There are 171 chickens more than ducks.

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3C

2 Mixed operations of addition

and subtraction

Do the following.
1. 1516 + 741 – 1128 2. 3880 – 2423 + 3161
= 2257 – 1128
____________________ = 1457 + 3161
____________________
= 1129 = 4618
____________________ ____________________

3. 4917 – (628 + 548) 4. 3092 – (2700 – 427)

= 4917 – 1176
____________________ = 3092 – 2273
____________________
= 3741 = 819
____________________ ____________________

5. 957 – 3622 + 5720 9 5 7 6 6 7 7

____________________
= 957 + 5720 – 3622 + 5 7 2 0 – 3 6 2 2
= 6677 – 3622
____________________ 6 6 7 7 3 0 5 5
= 3055
____________________

6. 8705 – (4694 + 1615)

4 6 9 4 8 7 0 5
____________________
= 8705 – 6309 + 1 6 1 5 – 6 3 0 9
= 2396
____________________ 6 3 0 9 2 3 9 6
____________________

Are the results of each pair of expressions the same? If yes, put a ✓ in
the ; if no, put a ✗ in the . Move the operation sign together
with the number when swapping.
7. 8.
2310 – 3102 + 1023 2288 – 3311 + 4477

2310 – 1023 + 3102 ✗ 2288 + 4477 – 3311 ✓

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9. Last month, the electricity bill was 1312 dollars. The gas bill was 154
dollars less than the electricity bill. How much were the two bills in total?
1312 – 154 + 1312 1 3 1 2 1 1 5 8
= 1158 + 1312 – 1 5 4 – 1 3 1 2
1 1 5 8 2 4 7 0
= 2470
The two bills were 2470 dollars in total.

10. There were 1268 boys and 1109 girls joining a cycling race.
Within the time limit, 1295 children finished the race. How
many children did not finish the race?
1 2 6 8
1268 + 1109 – 1295
+ 1 1 0 9
= 2377 – 1295
2 3 7 7
= 1082 – 1 2 9 5
1082 children did not finish the race. 1 0 8 2

11. There are 1842 apples and 3650 pears. After selling 1915
pears, how many more apples than pears are there?
1842 – (3650 – 1915) 3 6 5 0 1 8 4 2

= 1842 – 1735 – 1 9 1 5 – 1 7 3 5
1 7 3 5 1 0 7
= 107
There are 107 apples more than pears.

12. A shop sold 4952 cakes last week. It sold 2485 fruit tarts fewer than cakes.
How many cakes and fruit tarts did the shop sell last week?
4952 – 2485 + 4952 4 9 5 2 2 4 6 7
= 2467 + 4952 – 2 4 8 5 + 4 9 5 2

= 7419 2 4 6 7 7 4 1 9

The shop sold 7419 cakes and fruit tarts.

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3C

3 Mixed operations of
multiplication and addition

In each of the following, circle the first step of calculation. Write the
answer of the whole expression in .
1. 2. 3.

34 + 4 × 9 (21 + 11) × 2 5 × (3 × 4 + 7)

70 64 95

Do the following.
4. 28 + 12 × 4 5. 27 × 3 + 17 6. (19 + 31) × 7
________________
= 28 + 48 ________________
= 81 + 17 =________________
50 × 7
= 76
________________ = 98
________________ =________________
350

7. 6 × (117 + 24) 8. (2 + 7) × (328 + 37) 9. 84 × 7 + 28 × 9

________________
= 6 × 141 ________________
= 9 × 365 =________________
588 + 252
= 846
________________ = 3285
________________ =________________
840

10. 6 × (54 + 8 × 12) 1 2 5 4 1 5 0

_______________________________
= 6 × (54 + 96) × 8 + 9 6 × 6
= 6 × 150
_______________________________ 9 6 1 5 0 9 0 0
= 900
_______________________________

11. 296 × 4 + 88 × 4 2 9 6 3 8 4
_______________________________
= (296 + 88) × 4 Or + 8 8 × 4
= 1184 + 352
= 384 × 4
_______________________________
= 1536 3 8 4 1 5 3 6
= 1536
_______________________________

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12. There are 32 boy scouts. 14 girl scouts line up in a row and
there are 6 rows. How many scouts are there altogether?
32 + 14 × 6 1 4 3 2
= 32 + 84 × 6 + 8 4
8 4 1 1 6
= 116
There are 116 scouts altogether.

13. On a 6-level rack, there are 36 boxes of juice and 54 boxes of

soy milk on each level. How many boxes of drinks are there
altogether?
(36 + 54) × 6 3 6 9 0
= 90 × 6 + 5 4 × 6
9 0 5 4 0
= 540
There are 540 boxes of drink altogether.

14. A chocolate cake is 29 dollars. A cheesecake is 12 dollars more expensive

than a chocolate cake. Ann bought 7 cheesecakes. How much should she
pay?
(29 + 12) × 7 2 9 4 1
= 41 × 7 + 1 2 × 7

= 287 4 1 2 8 7

She should pay 287 dollars.

15. A shirt costs 84 dollars. A belt costs 48 dollars. Dad bought 3 shirts and 2
belts. How much should he pay?
84 × 3 + 48 × 2 8 4 4 8 2 5 2
= 252 + 96 × 3 × 2 + 9 6
2 5 2 9 6 3 4 8
= 348
He should pay 348 dollars.

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3C

4 Mixed operations of
multiplication and subtraction

In each of the following, circle the first step of calculation. Write the
answer of the whole expression in .
1. 2. 3.
18 – 2 × 8 9 × (7 – 5) (3 × 6 – 10) × 4

2 18 32

Do the following.
4. 40 – 11 × 3 5. 26 × 4 – 24 6. 94 × 2 – 38 × 3
________________
= 40 – 33 ________________
= 104 – 24 =________________
188 – 114
=7
________________ = 80
________________ =________________
74

7. (81 – 69) × 8 8. 7 × (140 – 60) 9. (270 – 79) × 6

________________
= 12 × 8 ________________
= 7 × 80 =________________
191 × 6
= 96
________________ = 560
________________ =________________
1146

10. (41 × 7 – 72) × 3 4 1 2 8 7 2 1 5

_____________________________
= (287 – 72) × 3 × 7 – 7 2 × 3
= 215 × 3
_____________________________ 2 8 7 2 1 5 6 4 5
= 645
_____________________________

11. 437 × 5 – 256 × 5 4 3 7 1 8 1

_____________________________
= (437 – 256) × 5 Or – 2 5 6 × 5
= 2185 – 1280
= 181 × 5 1 8 1 9 0 5
_____________________________
= 905
= 905
_____________________________

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12. Ivy had 4 packs of paper. There were 36 pieces of paper in each
pack. Ivy used 1 piece of paper to make 1 paper flower. She has
32 pieces of paper left. How many paper flowers has she made?
36 × 4 – 32 3 6 1 4 4
= 144 – 32 × 4 – 3 2
1 4 4 1 1 2
= 112
She has made 112 paper flowers.

13. Four boys Sam, Tim, Eden and Mack have 205 stamps
altogether. Sam, Tim and Mack each have 56 stamps. How
many stamps does Eden have?
205 – 56 × 3 5 6 2 0 5
= 205 – 168 × 3 – 1 6 8
1 6 8 3 7
= 37
Eden has 37 stamps.

14. There are 41 fewer green apples in a box than red apples in a
box. There are 125 red apples in a box. How many green
apples are there altogether in 7 boxes?
(125 – 41) × 7 1 2 5 8 4
= 84 × 7 – 4 1 × 7

= 588 8 4 5 8 8

There are 588 green apples in 7 boxes.

15. A notebook costs 27 dollars. Miss Chan buys 5 notebooks with 3

50-dollar notes. How much change does she get?
50 × 3 – 27 × 5 5 0 2 7 1 5 0
= 150 – 135 × 3 – 5 – 1 3 5

= 15 1 5 0 1 3 5 1 5

She gets 15 dollars changes.

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