Choose a number for y. How close to one lakh is the number of days in y years, for the y of your choice? Class 7

Choose a number for y. How close to one lakh is the number of days in y years, for the y of your choice? Class 7

Question 1.

Choose a number for y. How close to one lakh is the number of days in y years, for the y of your choice? Class 7

Solution:

Let y = 275.

Number of days in y years = 275 x 365 = 1,00,375. (Ignoring leap years)

It is close to one lakh but it is 375 more than one lakh.

Figure it Out

Question 2.

According to the 2011 Census, the population of the town of Chintamani was about 75,000. How much less than one lakh is 75,000? Class 7

Solution:

1,00,000 - 75,000 = 25,000.

So, population is 25.000 less than one lakh.