1. What is the value of 53 + (-16)?
2. If 54 is one more than 53, what will be the value of 54 + (-16) compared to 53 + (-16)?
3. Remove the brackets and write the expression having the same value as 14 + (12 + 10).
4. Which of the following pairs of expressions have the same value?
5. Fill in the blanks: 24 + (6 - 4) = 24 + 6 ___
6. Strategically, how can you identify which sets of expressions have the same value without evaluating them?
7. Add brackets at appropriate places in the expression 34 – 9 + 12 to get the value 13.
8. Which of the following expressions is equal to 73 – (14 + 1)?
9. If a vegetable cutlet costs ₹43 and a rasgulla costs ₹24, what is the total amount to be paid if two people each order one cutlet and one rasgulla?
10. Using only reasoning of how terms change their values, fill the blank: 423 + _____ = 419 + _____.