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NCERT · Class 3 · Maths

Chapter 12: Can We Share?

Practice each question, then open the answer or worked solution.

PRACTICE TIME

9 questions
Q1Written answer

Minku puts her 15 laddoos equally into 5 boxes.

(i) How many laddoos will there be in each box?

(ii) If she uses only 3 boxes, how many laddoos will there be in each box?

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Worked solution

(i) 15 ÷ 5 = 3

So, there will be 3 laddoos in each box.

(ii) 15 ÷ 3 = 5

So, there will be 5 laddoos in each box.

Q2Written answer

Share 25 bananas among 5 monkeys. How many bananas for each monkey?

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Worked solution

25 ÷ 5 = 5

So, each monkey gets 5 bananas.

Q3Written answer

Share 12 balloons among 3 boys. How many balloons for each boy?

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Worked solution

12 ÷ 3 = 4

Hence, each boy gets 4 balloons.

Q4Written answer

There are 21 candles. Put them equally in 3 boxes. How many candles are there in each box?

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Worked solution

21 ÷ 3 = 7

Thus, each box will have 7 candles.

Q5Written answer

There are 18 socks. How many girls can wear these socks?

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Worked solution

Each girl will need 2 socks.

To divide 18 socks,

18 ÷ 2 = 9

So, 9 girls can wear these socks.

Q6Written answer

Raj has 36 minutes to make rotis. One roti takes 3 minutes. How many rotis can he make within this time?

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Worked solution

36 ÷ 3 = 12

So, raj can make 12 rotis within this time.

Q7Written answer

These are 24 footmarks of goats. So how many goats were there?

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Worked solution

There are 24 footmarks of goats.

Each goat has 4 legs.

24 ÷ 4 = 6

Hence, there were 6 goats.

Q8Written answer

Some girls are playing a game with both their hands. The girls who are playing have 60 fingers altogether. How many girls are playing this game?

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Worked solution

Each girl will have 10 fingers.

Number of girls = 60 ÷ 10 = 6 girls.

Thus, 6 girls are playing this game.

Q9Written answer

Lakshmi has 27 kg of potatoes to sell. Three men came and bought equal amounts of potatoes.

Each man bought ____ kg of potatoes.

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Worked solution

27 kg potatoes to be equally divided among 3 men.

27 ÷ 3 = 9

So, each man bought 9 kg of potatoes.