NCERT Class 3 Mathematics (Maths Mela - English Medium) Solutions
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Class 3 Maths Chapter 1 Solutions Question Answer What’s in a Name
What’s in a Name? Class 3 Maths Question Answer
What’s in a Name Class 3 Solutions
NCERT Textbook Page 2
Help Hemant keep track of his cows and sheep by making marks like Deba and Deep.
Answer:
Let us Do (NCERT Textbook Pages 3-5)
Some animals and birds got together to play a game. They wanted to make 2 teams. They decided that the captain of the first team will be the one with the longest name, i.e., the one with the most letters. The captain of the second team will be the one with the shortest name, i.e., the one with the fewest letters.
Find out the captains of the 2 teams.
Answer:
First team: Elephant
Letter count: 8
Second team: Ox
Letter count: 2
Who has the longest name? Discuss.
Answer:
Number of letters in the name ‘Mahesh’ is 6. Number of letters in the name ‘Kartik’ is 6. Since the number of letters in both names is the same, both the names are the same in length.
Write down some of your friends’ names in the spaces below and then answer the questions from a to f.
Answer:
The answer may vary. Following is a sample answer.
(a) Tick (✓) the longest name(s) and cross (✗) the shortest name(s).
Answer:
(b) Write the starting letter of your name. ___________
Answer:
R (Sample answer)
(c) Count all the name(s) with the same starting letter as yours.
Answer:
3
(d) Which starting letter is the most used? Count the names that begin with it.
Answer:
R, 3
(e) Count the names with the same ending letter.
_________________________________
Answer:
2
Venkatesh, Akhilesh and Nayara, Riya
(f) Write the letters that are not the starting letter of any name.
_________________________________
Answer:
B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, L, M, O, P, Q, T, U, W, X, Y, Z
Teji and Jojo are making numbers using these cards.
(a) Write your roll number using number cards as shown above.
Number cards are given at the end of the book.
- My roll number is ___________
- Its number name has ___________ letters.
Do it yourself.
(b) Write some numbers and their number names in your notebook. How many letters does each have?
Answer:
Numbers | Number Names | Number of Letters in the Number Name |
26 | Twenty-six | 9 |
31 | Thirty-one | 9 |
37 | Thirty-seven | 11 |
77 | Seventy-seven | 12 |
64 | Sixty-four | 9 |
98 | Ninety-eight | 11 |
83 | Eighty-three | 11 |
Let us Think (NCERT Textbook Page 5)
Teji and Jojo made the number 56 (Fifty-six). It has 8 letters. Write other numbers between 1 and 99 that have 8 letters.
Answer:
The answer may vary.
Let us Do (NCERT Textbook Page 6)
Write the number(s) between 1 and 99 that have the longest name.
Answer:
Seventy-seven, Seventy-eight, Seventy-three
Make similar puzzles of your own in your notebook and ask your classmates.
Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta is the place in India with the longest name. It is located in Andhra Pradesh, close to the border of Tamil Nadu.
Ib in Odisha and Od in Gujarat are the places in India with the shortest names
Answer:
Do it yourself.
NCERT Textbook Pages 7-8
Teji and Jojo have some picture cards. Teji has put these into two groups like this:
She has grouped the cards into “those that eat food” and “those that don’t eat food”. Jojo has arranged the same cards differently.
What is common in each of the groups Jojo has made?
Answer:
Jojo has grouped the cards into “those that can fly” and “those that can’t fly”.
Given below are pictures of some household objects.
Write the names of the above objects in the two groups given below.
Group the objects given above differently. Write them down in the space below.
Answer:
Things that need Electricity | Things that don’t need Electricity |
TV, Lamp, Fan | Chair, Bed, Pillow, Blanket, Clock |
Furniture and Bedding | Appliances |
Chair, Blanket, Pillow, Bed | TV, Clock, Fan, Lamp |
Let us Do (NCERT Textbook Page 8)
Answer:
Do it yourself.
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