Question

Kirti bookstore sold books worth ₹ 2,85,891 in the first week of June and books worth ₹ 4,00,768 in the second week of the month. How much was the sale for the two weeks together? In which week was the sale greater and by how much?

Answer 1

Value of Books sold in 1^st week = Rs 2,85,891

Value of books sold in 2^nd week = Rs 4,00,768

Total sale = Sale in 1^st week + Sale in 2^nd week

= 2,85,891 + 4,00,768

  285891
+400768
  686659 

The sale for the two weeks together was 6,86,659.

Since 4,00,768 > 2,85,891, sale in 2^nd week was greater than 1^st week.

 400768
-285891
 114877
∴ The sale in the 2^nd week was larger than the sale in the 1^st week by Rs 1,14,877.