Chapter 1 – What is Long, What is Round ?

 

Chapter 1 - What is Long, What is Round ?

   Q1.

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. Pencil is the answer.

 

   Q2. Do you also think so?
   Answer. Yes, we think it is a pencil.

 

   Q3. Now you think of a different answer for Uncle Meeku’s question
   Answer. The different answer for Uncle Meeku’s question can be the nib of a pen.

 

   Q4. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. It must be a ball.

 

   Q5. Look at things around you. Write below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. The answer for the above table is as below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q6. Make the coin spin. Does it look like a ball?

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Answer. Yes, if we spin a coin, it seems to look like a ball.
   
   Q7. 
   a) Does a coin roll? Does it slide? Try
   b) Can, you make a 1 rupee coin stand like this? 

 

 

   
   
   Answer. 
   a) Yes, a coin can be rolled as well as made to slide
   b) Yes, I can make a coin stand like the way shown in the picture below.

 

 

 

   
   
   Q8. Try doing the same thing a 2-rupee coin and a 5 rupee coin.

 

 

   
   Answer.   
   a) Yes, I can make a 2 rupee coin stand like shown below.

 

 

 

   b) Yes, I can make a 5 rupee coin stand shown below.

 

 

 

 

Chapter 2 - Counting in groups

 

   Q1. Can you guess how many cups?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 cups
   There are 10 cups

 

   Q2. Can you guess how many pairs of shoes?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Answer.  There are 3 pairs in each line
   3 + 3 + 3 = 9 pairs
   There are 9 pairs of shoes

 

   Q3. Look at how different things are kept in groups.
   Try to guess the total number without counting each thing.
   
   a)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. There are 12 glasses in all.

 

   b)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. Altogether, there are 25 bangles.

 

   c)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Answer.  We can see that there are 12 pairs of earrings.
 
  Q4. There are three groups of spoons

 

 

 

 

 

   
   a) How many in each group?
   Answer.  There are 8 spoons in each group.
    
   b) Guess the total number of spoons
   Answer.  There are 24 spoons in all.

 

   Q5. Ring the correct answer
   a) Number of teeth in your mouth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   More than 40
   Less than 40
   Answer.  There are less than 40 teeth in my mouth.

 

  b) Number of seeds in an orange

 

 

 

 

 

 

   More than 50
   Less than 50
   Answer.  There are less than 50 seeds in the Orange.

 

   c) Number of matchsticks in a matchbox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   More than 30
   Less than 30
   Answer.  There are more than 30 matchsticks in the matchbox.

 

   d) Number of pencils in your class

 

 

 

 

 

   More than 45
   Less than 45
   Answer.  There are less than 45 pencils.

 

   e) Number of spokes in one cycle wheel

 

 

 

 

 

 
   More than 20
   Less than 20
   Answer. There are less than 20 spokes in one cycle wheel.

 

Join the dots

 

   Q6. Jojo doggy is hungry.
   Join the dots in order, from 21 to 52, and find out what is hidden for him to eat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bone

 

   Q7. Bhurru has torn some pages of this book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Write the page numbers in the correct order.
   Answer. 

 

 

 

   
   Q8. Puzzling tail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Chipku rat has a long tail.
   When he was sleeping, naughty cat thought of tying his tail to the poles.
   She started from the pole with the biggest number.
   She moved on to the smaller numbers in order.
   Help her in tying. But the tail should not cross itself anywhere.
   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q9. Look at the picture and write.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   a) How many are pulling the carrot out ?
   Answer.  There are 6 pulling the carrot out.

 

   c) The cat is in the ______ line
   Answer.  Fifth
   d) Who was the fourth one to pull the carrot? ________
   Answer.  The Dog
   e) How many were pulling the carrot before the cat came to help them ?
   Answer. There are 4 of them pulling the carrot before the cat came to help them.
   Q10. Seema’s century
   Seema has made a design with different bindis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   a) Look at the groups and guess the total number of bindis.
   Answer. There are 80 bindis.
   b) Draw more groups to complete 100 bindis. 
   How many more bindis did you have to draw?
   Answer. 20 more Bindis are needed to make them 100 in all.

 

Chapter 3 - How Much Can You Carry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Clever Donkey and His Heavy Sack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   Q1.  Guess why the sacks felt lighter ?
   Answer. The donkey was very happy.
   The next day the donkey decided to take dip in the river. 
   Sandesh understood the donkey's trick and he placed woolen clothes
   instead of  the salt sacks.
 
   Q2. Now, what would happen to the donkey when it dipped into the river? Why?
   Answer.  Once the donkey dips in the river, the sacks of woolen cloth become
   heavy by absorbing water.  So, the donkey felt heavier.

 

   Raju wants to Ride a See-saw
   Raju needs a friend to ride a see-saw

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Rani comes to help Raju

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   But still Raju cannot ride it

 

   Q3. Can you tell why? Circle the correct answer,
   Answer. Raju is heavier than Rani. Rani is not able to move the see saw so
   Raju cannot enjoy the ride in the see saw.

 

Aslam comes to help them

 

 

 

 

 

Look at the picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q4. Can you tell why the see-saw turned this way ?
   Answer.  Either Raju is heavier or he is lighter than both
   Rani and Aslam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   I have an idea. Let me keep my bag with me.

 

 

 

 

 

   
   We are all enjoying the ride

 

Chhotu Monkey and the Carrots
   
   Q. Guess and tell what Chhotu monkey used to help Chikky and Micky.
   Draw a picture of it in the monkeys hand.
   
   Answer.  Chhotu monkey used a beam balance to help Chikky and Micky.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Find out?

 

   Q8. Your parents buy carrots for the family. How much do they buy at one time?
   Answer. Parents buy 2kgs. of carrot at one time.

 

   Q9. How does the vegetable seller weigh the carrots?

 

   Answer. The vegetable seller weighs the carrots by using Beam Balance.

 

How Much Can Simran Carry ?

 

   Q10. Guess which bags Simran can carry.

 

   Answer. Simran can carry 1 kg Salt and 1 kg Ghee.

 

   Q11. Guess who can carry what
   a) Her father ?

 

   Answer. Her father can carry cooking oil and Atta.

 

   b) Her mother ?

 

   Answer. Her mother can carry 5 kg Rice.

 

   c) Her younger sister ?

 

   Answer.  Her younger sister can carry a packet of biscuits.

 

   Q12. Can Simran carry any two of these bags together? If yes, which ones ?

 

   Answer.  Yes she can carry two bags together, like packets of oil and ghee.

 

   Q13. Which bags can you carry? Guess.

 

   Answer. I can carry 2 kg of dal.

 

   Q14. Match the picture of the animal with the thing it can carry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 4 - Counting in Tens

 

 

 

Chickens and the clever Fox

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q1. In the morning, she counted her chickens.
   a) How many baskets of 10 chickens are there? ______

 

   Answer.  There are 5 baskets in all.

 

 

   b) How many chickens are there in all ? 50 + 4 = _______

 

   Answer.   There are 50 + 4 =  54 chicken in all.

 

   Q2. In the evening, she counted the chickens again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   a) There are _________ baskets of 10 chickens.

 

   Answer.  There are 4 baskets of 10 chickens.

 

   b) There are _________ + 3 = _________ chickens in all.

 

   Answer.  There are 40 + 3 = 43 chickens in all.

 

  c)  54 – _____ = _______ chickens have been eaten by the fox.
   Answer.  54 – 43 = 11 chickens have been eaten by the fox.

 

How Many are These?

 

   Bhanu collects sticks from the jungle.
   He sells them in the market.
   He uses 10 sticks in 1 bundle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q3. 3 bundles have _______ sticks.

 

   Answer.  30 sticks.

 

   Q4. Now, how many sticks in all are these ?

 

   Answer.  There are 30 + 9 = 39 sticks in all.
   Q5. 4 bundles would have ______ sticks.

 

   Answer.  4 bundles would have 40 sticks.

 

   There is a wedding in Malti’s house.
   She is making flower garlands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Q6. So there are _______ flowers in all.
   
   Answer.  58

 

   Q7. How many flowers are these ?

 

   Answer.  There are 67 flowers in all.

 

   Q8. How many garlands of 10 flowers each can you make using 21 flowers? Draw them in the space below.

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q9. Leela, can you see all these pencils? How many are these?
   If you make a good guess, all these will be yours!
   Let us help Leela.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   a) How many packets of 10 pencils are there? ________

 

   Answer.  There are 6 packets.

 

   b) How many pencils are outside the packets? ________

 

   Answer.  There are 4 pencils.

 

   c) So, altogether there are __________ pencils.

 

   Answer.  There are 60 + 4 = 64 pencils.

 

 

   Kanak likes collecting different kinds of bindis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q10. (a) How many packets does she have? __________

 

   Answer.  She should be having seven packets.

 

 

   b) So how many bindis in all ?

 

   Answer.  10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 70 bindis in all.

 

Chapter 5 - Patterns

 

 

 

   Bholu has eaten a part of the shawl of Binni’s mother.
   Look at the picture and help Binni in matching which piece
   is of the same pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q2. Madhav wants to make a pattern on a gate using

 

 

 

   Can you guess which of these cannot be formed with this ?

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   Q3. Fill up the blank boxes to complete the pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q4. Now you also make some patterns with arrows in your notebook.

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q5. Look at the patterns and fill up the boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number patterns
   Q6. Let us look at some patterns with numbers.
   Fill the number in the blank space of each pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q7. Titu frog jumps over two numbers and reaches the third number.
   Where will Titu go next? Make a ring on the other numbers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q8. Titu jumps and gets on every 10th stone. Write the numbers on the stones.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q9. Read and write what comes next:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 6 - Footprints

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   When Bholu came with his camera, all he saw was the footprints of these animals.
   Q1. Can you match the animals with their footprints?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.  Yes, we can match the animals with their footprints.

 

 

   Q2. Draw the footprint of a dog in this box

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q3. Roohi made two different traces of the same bowl.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   a) How did Roohi keep the bowl to get two different traces from it?

 

   Answer.  Roohi traced the bowl by using brim and base of it,
   keeping in two different positions.

 

   b) Look for other things like Roohi’s bowl which can give many different traces.
   Answer. The other things which give different traces are cups, glass, plates etc..

 

Read and Draw
   Tamanna and her mother are sitting on chairs.
   Tamanna is reading a story book.
   Her mother is reading a newspaper.
   Tamanna and her mother are sitting on the opposite sides of a table.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q4. Draw the missing things in the picture.
   Answer.  Draw table, books, newspaper and chairs.

 

   
   Q5. Look at the shape of each trace you have made. See if it looks like any of the
   shapes given here. Write the name of the thing below the shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tarani’s Shapes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Tarani made a picture using different shapes.
   Q6. Look at Tarani’s picture and tell.
   a) How many Triangles ? 

 

 

   Answer.  There are 30 Triangles.

 

   b) How many Squares ?

 

 

   Answer.  There are 9 Squares.

 

   c) How many Rectangles ?

 

 

   Answer. There are 7 rectangles.

 

   d) How many Circles ?

 

   
   Answer.  There are 24 Circles.

 

Chapter 7 - Jugs and Mugs

 

Make and Enjoy Lemon Drink

 

 

 

   
You will need,

 

 

 

 

 

How to make it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guess and then find out:

 

    Q1. (a) How many drops of lemon juice do you get from half a lemon?______

 

 

   
   Answer. We get 8 to 9 drops of lemon juice from half a lemon.

 

   b) How many drops of lemon juice do you get from  a full lemon?_____

 

 

   
   Answer. We get 16 to 17 drops of lemon juice from half a lemon.

 

 

   c) How many drops of lemon juice fill one spoon?_______

 

 

 

   Answer. We get 11 to 12 drops of lemon juice from half a lemon.

 

 

Enjoy your lemon drink!
   For making 6 glasses of lemon drink-
   Q2. (a) How many lemons you will need? ______

 

   Answer.  3 Lemons

 

   b) How many spoons of sugar will you take? ______
   Answer. 10 spoons of sugar.

 

 

Lemon Drink Stall at a Village Fair

 

   Q3. Do you think it is easier to pour into a glass from a jug than a bucket?

 

   Answer. Certainly, it is easy to pour into a glass from a jug than a bucket.

 

   Q4. Nazim found that two big glasses fill the  jug. Shabnam wants to buy one  
   jug full of lemon drink. How much does she need to pay? ________

 

   Answer. She needs to pay ₹ 20.

 

   Q5. Chaitra found that two small glasses fill one big glass.
   How many  small glasses of lemon drink will fill the  jug?

 

   Answer. 4 small glasses of lemon drink will fill the jug.

 

   Q6. How many  small glasses will fill half the  jug?

 

   Answer. 2 small glasses will fill half the jug.

 

   Sunaina and Jaspreet brought different vessels from the kitchen.
   They had a  jug, a  glass, a mug, a  pot and a  bowl.
   They filled each of these with a  cup.

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Q7. (a) Guess which vessels holds the least water. ___________

 

   Answer.  A bowl holds the least water.

 

 

   b) Which vessel holds the most water? ___________

 

   Answer.  A Pot holds the most water.

 

 

   Q8. First guess and then do it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q9. Ring the one which holds more water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rani and the Milkman

 

   Anil is a milkman. He gives the same amount of milk at Rani’s house every day.
   He uses a mug three times to fill Rani’s milk pot .
   One day Rani’s mother gave her a different pot to take milk.
   Every day Rani’s pot would fill to the top.
   But today Rani found that the pot was not filled completely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q10. Do you think Anil has given Rani less milk? Help her.

 

   Answer.  No. Anil has not given Rani less milk.

 

Find out

 

   Q10. How much milk does your mother buy every day? ______

 

   Answer. She buys almost 1 and half litres milk every day.

 

Try Yourself

 

   Q12. Take five different types of big vessels from your kitchen.
   Fill all of them one by one with one jug full of water. What do you see? Why?
   Talk to your friends about it.

 

   Answer.  We can see that some vessels are filled full and some are not filled.

 

Water is Useful

 

   Q11. Find out how much water (in mugs or buckets) is used in your house for each
   of the following.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q12. Guess and then find out:
             
   a) How many mugs of water fill one bucket? __________

 

   Answer. We need nearly 20 mugs of water to fill a bucket.

 

   b) How many buckets of water do you use to take a bath? __________

 

   Answer. We need nearly 1 and half bucket to take a bath.

 

   c) How many mugs of water do you use to take a bath? __________
   
   Answer. Almost 25 mugs of water.

 

   Q15.
   a) How much water will fill a balloon? _______

 

 

 

     
   Answer. Nearly 1 mug of water fills a balloon.

 

 

   b) How much water is needed to fill a water gun (pichkari)? ______

 

   Answer.  2 mugs of water is needed to fill a water gun.

 

   c) I can drink 9 buckets of water at once.
   How many buckets can two camels drink at once?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Answer.
   1 camel = 9 buckets of water.
   2 camel = 2 × 9
   = 18 buckets of water
   So two camels can drink 18 buckets of water.

 

 

Chapter 8 - Tens and Ones

 

   Q1. Can you do this without Uncle’s help? Draw the 10-rupee notes and 1-rupee
   coins you will give for these things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q2. How much money do the notes and coins make?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.
   1.     20 = 20 + 7
   2.     31 = 30 + 1
   3.     54 = 50 + 4
   4.     99 = 90 + 9
   5.     63 = 60 + 3
   6.     36 = 30 + 6
   7.     82 = 80 + 2
        Break up
   8.     12 = 10 + 2
   9.     19 = 10 + 9
   10.   11 = 10 + 1
   11.    17 = 10 + 7

 

 

   Q4. Which cards will he have in his pocket if he has counted up to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean School Day

 

   The number of students in the classes are:
   Class 1            53
   Class 2           42
   Class 3           35
   Class 4           54
   Class 5           26

 

 

   Q5. How many teams will there be in each class? How many students will be left?
   Write here.
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q6. (a) How many students are left in all? __________

 

   Answer. There are 20 students are left in all.

 

   b) How many more teams can be made with all these students left? ___________

 

   Answer. 2 teams can be made with the students left.

 

 

Chapter 9 - Funday

 

   One day Monday
   Went to Tuesday
   to see Wednesday
   and ask Thursday
   to tell Friday
   and also Saturday
   that Sunday is Funday!

 

   Q1. Is Sunday a funday for you ?

 

   Answer. Yes, Sunday is Funday for me.

 

   Q2. Monday is happy to be the first day of the week. Now you tell –
   (a) The third day of the week is __________.

 

   Answer.  Wednesday is the third day of the week.

 

   b) The fifth day of the week is __________.

 

   Answer.  Friday is the fifth day of the week.

 

   c) The second day of the week is ________.

 

   Answer.  Tuesday is the second day of the week.

 

   d) The last day of the week is ___________.

 

   Answer. Sunday is the last day of the week.

 

   Q3. Which day will come
   a) After Sunday? ______

 

   Answer. Monday comes after Sunday.

 

 

   b) Before Sunday? ______

 

   Answer.  Saturday

 

   c) After Wednesday? ______

 

   Answer. Thursday comes after Wednesday.

 

   d) Before Wednesday? _____

 

   Answer.  Tuesday comes before Wednesday.

 

 

   e) 2 days after Sunday? ________

 

   Answer.  Tyesday comes 2 days after Sunday.

 

 

   f) 7 days after Monday? _________

 

   Answer. Monday comes 7 days after Monday.

 

 

   Q4. Which day do you like most? Why?

 

   Answer.  I like Sunday the most. Because Sunday is Funday.

 

 

   Q5. What is the day today? ________

 

   Answer.  Friday

 

 

   Q6. Which day was it yesterday? ________

 

   Answer.  Thursday

 

 

   Q7. Which day will it be tomorrow? _________

 

   Answer.  Saturday

 

 

   Q8. Which day will it be the day after tomorrow? ___________

 

   Answer. Sunday

 

 

   Q9. Which day was it the day before yesterday? __________

 

   Answer.  Wednesday

 

 

Teacher – Teacher

 

   Some children of Class II–A love to play “Teacher – Teacher”.
   They have decided to take turns in playing the teacher’s role.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q10. Now fill in the blanks-
   a) __________ will be the teacher the day after Friday.

 

   Answer. Rehnuma will be the teacher the day after Friday.

 

 

   b) ___________ will play the teacher’s role on the day before Tuesday.

 

   Answer.  Vaibhav will play the teacher’s role on the day before Tuesday.

 

 

   c) Gaurav will play the teacher’s role on the day after ____________.

 

   Answer.  Gaurav will play the teacher’s role on the day after Tuesday.

 

 

   d) Deepak will play the teacher’s role on the day before __________.

 

   Answer.  Deepak will play the teacher’s role on the day before Saturday.

 

 

Games Every Day ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q11. Look at the time table of Class II-A and fill in the table:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   
   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q12. In Your Class
   a) On which days do you have a games period? __________

 

   Answer. Games period are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

 

 

   b) How many children would like to have a games period every day? ______

 

   Answer. 30 children will have to play games every day.

 

 

   c) What games do you play in your games period? ___________

 

   Answer. We paly mostly Ring-a-ring o’ roses, Football and skipping.

 

 

   d) On which days do you have a drawing period? __________

 

   Answer. Drawing period are on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

 

 

   e) Do you have a music period? ___________

 

   Answer.  Yes we do have music period on Monday, Thursday and Friday.

 

 

   f) Which day of the week do you like best at school?

 

   Answer.  I like Friday the most.

 

   Q13. Which month do you like best? _____________ Why?

 

   Answer.  I like May because I can have mangoes in this month.

 

 

   Q14. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q15. Write the names of five festivals that you or your friends celebrate.
   Also, write the months in which these festivals come.

 

Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q16. Names of some of the months are missing in the list given below.
   Fill in names of those months.

 

   January, February, __________ , April, _________ , June, ________,
   August, September, October, _________ , December.

 

   Answer.  January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August,
   September, October, November, December.

 

 

   Q17. Look at the calendar to find out
   a) Which is the first month of the year? __________

 

   Answer.  January is the first month of the year.

 

 

   b) Which month comes after March? _________

 

   Answer.  April comes after March.

 

 

   c) Which month comes before August? _________

 

   Answer. July comes before August.

 

 

   d) Which is the last month of the year? _________

 

    Answer. December is the last month of the year.

 

 

February is Different

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q18. Look at the calendar to find out:
   a) Which months have 30 days?

 

   Answer.  April, June, September and November have 30 days.

 

 

   b) How many months have 31 days? ____________

 

   Answer.  7 months have 31 days.

 

 

   c) How many days are there in February? __________

 

   Answer.  28 or 29 days are there in February.

 

 

   d) How many days together are there in May and June? ___________

 

   Answer.  61 days are there in May and June.

 

   e) How many Sundays are there in July? ___________

 

   Answer.  4 or 5 Sundays are there in July.

 

 

Find Out

 

   Q19. How many days do you get for your summer holidays? _____________

 

   Answer. We get 60 days summer holidays.

 

 

   Q20. How many winter holidays do you have? __________
   Answer. We get 20 days winter holidays.

 

   Q21. Have you ever felt –
   a) Your teeth chattering due to cold? Yes / No
   Answer.  Yes.

 

 

 

   b) Your feet feel hot on walking barefoot? Yes / No
   Answer.  Yes.

 

 

   c) Name one month when you can easily walk barefoot. _______
   Answer. November

 

 

   Q22. (a) Have you seen it raining for many days? Yes / No

 

   Answer. Yes.

 

 

   b) In which month does it rain the most in your area? ______________
   Answer.  It is mort rainy in the month of June.

 

 

   Q23. (a) Which are the hottest months in your area? ___________

 

   Answer.  It is hottest in the month of April and May in my area.

 

 

   b) Which are the coldest months in your area? ___________

 

   Answer.  It is coldest in the month of november and December in my area.

 

 

   Q24. Which fruits and vegetables are seen a lot in the market in these months?
   Write or draw:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 10 - Add Our Points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q1. Who won the game? ___________

 

   Answer.  The elephant won the game.

 

 

   Q2. Who lost the game? ___________

 

   Answer.
   The tortoise lost the game.
   The winner got bananas from Bunnoo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q3. Can she carry all the things?

 

   Answer.  No, she cannot carry all the things together.

 

 

   Q4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 
   1. The missing points are given in the figure below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   2.  The winner this time is Monkey.

 

 

Heads and Tails

 

   Q5. Have you seen the two sides of a rupee coin?

 

   Answer.  Yes. The two sides of a rupee coin are shown below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q6. Which side has 1? Heads / Tails

 

   Answer. 
   The side which has 1 is Tails.
   Two at a Time
   Chintu and Mintu went shopping. They bought some things.
   To pay they used notes and coins, but only two at a time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q7. Out of these, which two can they use to buy the things below?
   They can use the same note or coin more than one time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Killer Lizard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q8.
   a) What path can the lizard take to eat 12 insects?

 

 

 

 

   Answer.  1 + 8 + 3 = 12

 

 

   b) What path can the lizard take to eat 20 insects?

 

 

 

   Answer. 
   8 + 3 + 9 = 20
   This time the lizard goes to four holes to eat insects.

 

   c) What path does the lizard take to eat 18 insects?

 

 

 

   Answer.   6 + 3 + 8 + 1 = 18 

 

 

   d) What path does the lizard take for 12 insects?

 

 

   Answer.  2 + 1 + 0 + 9 = 12

 

 

Chapter 11 - Lines and Lines

 

Whose Line is It?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Fatima keeps her stump in standing position.
   Jasbir keeps his stump in slanting position.
   Raima keeps her stump in sleeping position.

 

 

   Q1.  Match the picture of each child with the correct line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q2. Draw more curved lines by joining the dots.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fun with Lines

 

   Jigyasa has a clock. She can read the time written in numbers and also
   the day of the week. The numbers and letters are made with straight lines.
   Jigyasa made more numbers and letters with used matchsticks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q3. Is there any number or letter that you cannot make with matchsticks?

 

   Answer.  No..

 

 

   Q4. What about writing letters using straight lines? Which ones are easy?
   Answer.  Some letters are very easy to write with matchsticks.
   The letters A, E, F, H, I, T, V, K, W are easy to write with matchsticks.

 

Dancing Lines

 

   Remya saw a traffic policeman giving directions to vehicles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q5. Does a traffic policeman sometimes make curved lines? _________

 

   Answer.  Yes, traffic policeman sometimes make curves lines.

 

 

Design with Dots

 

   Q6. Join the dots with curved or straight lines.

 

   Make your own designs.

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 12 - Give and Take

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q1. Now you may find how many necklaces and loose beads the other children take.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q2. How many beads are taken by Razia and Reema together?

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Razia and Reema have taken 29 beads together.

 

 

   Q3. How many beads are taken by Razia and Sonu?

 

 

 

 

 

 

   ____________ beads are taken by Razia and Sonu.

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   47 beads are taken by Razia and Sonu.

 

 

Add by writing and also without writing

 

   Q4. How many beads do they have together?

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Sonu has 11 more beads than Aarif.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Aarif has 12 more beads than Razia.

 

 

   Q6. How many more beads does Simar have than Reema?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Simar has 14 more beads than Reema.
   Practice Time: Also do it in your mind

 

 

   Q7. Tanisha has 17 pencils. Siya has 25 pencils. How many pencils are there in all?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   There are 42 pencils in all.

 

 

   Q8. In Muneeza’s class, there are 13 English story books and 22 Hindi story books.
   How many story books are there in all?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   There are 35 story books in all.

 

 

   Q9. Sakshi had 23 fruits. She ate 15 fruits. How many fruits are left?

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   8 fruits are left.

 

 

   Q10. Daljeet has 35 marbles. Arvind has 25 marbles.
   How many marbles do they have in all?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   There are 60 marbles.

 

 

   Q11. Nisha has 32 bangles. Sukhi has 16 bangles.
   How many more bangles does Nisha have?

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Nisha has 16 bangles.
   Venkatesha’s Canteen

 

 

   Q12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   I will get back 9 rupees.

 

 

   Q14. Shekhar has 32 rupees. He bought a ball for 17 rupees.
   How much money is left with him?

 

 

   Q14. Shekhar has 32 rupees. He bought a ball for 17 rupees.
   How much money is left with him?

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   15 rupees is left with Shekhar.

 

 

 

   Q15. Soni bought biscuits for 24 rupees and a packet of chips for 16 rupees.
   How much money will she pay?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Soni pays 40 rupees.

 

 

   Q16. Fantoosh had 64 rupees. He spent 39 rupees at the fair.
   How much money is left with him?\

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   25 rupees is left with Fantoosh.

 

 

Chapter 13 - The Longest Step

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   They started the game.
   Surprisingly, at the end, the elephant won.

 

   Q1. Can you tell why the elephant won?

 

   Answer.  The elephant took big step while walking. That is why the elephant won.

 

 

   Q2. Who takes the biggest step?

 

   Answer.  The elephant takes the biggest step.

 

 

Hand or Fingers?

 

   Rajat wants to find out the length of a few things using his handspan.
   These are shown in the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q3. Can he use a handspan to find the length of all these?

 

   Answer. No, he cannot find the lenght of all things with help of handspan.

 

 

   Q4. Which things around you are less than your handspan? Name them.

 

   Answer. Matchbox, Sharpener, Eraser, Coin etc. are some of the things .

 

 

   Q5. What would you use to find the length of these things?

 

   Answer. We would use our fingers to find the length of these things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q6.
   a) Use your fingers to find out the distance between the rat
   and the milk. ________ fingers

 

   Answer. 2 fingers

 

 

   b) How far is the cat from the rat? _______ fingers

 

   Answer.  5 fingers

 

 

   c) How far is the cat from the milk? ________ fingers

 

   Answer.  4 fingers

 

 

   d) What will the cat reach first – the rat or the milk?

 

   Answer.  The cate will reach milk first.
   e) Can the rat save itself? How? 

 

   Answer.  No, it cannot save itself.

 

 

   f) How long is the rat’s tail? ________ fingers

 

   Answer.  5 fingers.

 

 

   g) How has longer whiskers? The rat or the cat?

 

   Answer.  The cat has longer whiskers.

 

 

Is That So?

 

   Sanju and her friends were trying to find out the length of their
   different body parts. Here is what they found out –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q7. (a) Do you agree with what they said?

 

   Answer.  Yes I agree with what they said.

 

 

   b) Check how many of your friends have –
   1) a face one handspan long __________

 

   Answer.  All of them have a face one handspan long.

 

 

   2) the arm as long as the leg __________

 

   Answer.  No one has the arm as long as the leg.

 

 

   3) a forehead 4 fingers wide _________

 

   Answer.  All of them have a forehead 4 fingers wide.

 

 

   c) You can try and measure other body parts with your fingers and write their length.
   1) Your nose is ________ fingers long.

 

   Answer.  Your nose is3 fingers long.

 

   2) Your ear is ________ fingers long.

 

   Answer.  Your ear is 3 fingers long.

 

 

Chapter 14 - Birds Come, Birds Go

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   In the same way, we will add the number of swans and cranes.

 

   Q1. How many Swans and Cranes are there in all?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   The total number of swans and cranes is 70.
   One morning, Suraj saw that out of 70 birds only 26 birds were left.
   The rest had gone away.

 

 

   Q2. How many birds have gone away?

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

   ___________ birds have gone away.

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   44 birds have gone away.

 

 

Practice Time

 

   Q3. Rahul scored 23 runs in a cricket match and Dhoni scored 69.
   How many runs did they make in all?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   They made _________ runs in all.

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   They made 92 runs in all.

 

 

   Q4. Dema sold 48 shawls in a fair. Next day sold 17 more shawls.
   How many shawls in all did he sell?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Dema sold __________ shawls in all.

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Dema sold 67 shawls in all.

 

   Q5. Bunnu rabbit can eat 29 carrots in one week.
   Munnu rabbit can eat 42 carrots in one week.
   Who eats more in a week, and by how much?

 

 

 

 

 

 

   ___________ eats __________ more carrots.

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Munnu eats 13 more carrots.

 

 

   Q6. Neha is 29 years old. Her mother is 58 years old.
   How many years older is Neha’s mother?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Mother is __________ years older than Neha.

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   Mother is 29 years older than Neha.

 

 

   Q7.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catch the Right Bus!

 

 

   Q8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Chakachak in Hindi means clean and shining.
   Chakachak Toli is the name of a group of children who work to clean their park.
   Q9. Shreya collects the money and writes it in her diary.
   Help Shreya to find how much money is left at the end of the month.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q10. Children of Chakachak Toli counted the number of trees in the park.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   a) Palm trees were more than Banyan tress. How many more? __________
   Answer. There were eight more Banyan trees .

 

   b) Draw the tree which is least in number.

 

   Answer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
   c) Draw the tree which is most in number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   d) Children planted some more trees to make 100. How many more did
   they plant? __________

 

   Answer.  25 more such trees.

 

Chapter 15 - How Many Ponytails?

 

   Fruit Seller
   The fruit seller has many fruits for you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Q1. Look at them and find out what the different fruits are.

 

 

   AnswerThe different fruits are bananas, apples, oranges and mangoes.

 

 

Q2. Count and write

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Answer.

 

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