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Practice each question, then open the answer or worked solution.
Question: 1
(a) What about you? Do you also find Maths difficult?
(b) What is the most difficult thing in your Maths book?
(c) What do you think is the easiest lesson?
(a) No, Maths is not difficult if it is practised well.
(b) All the topics are easy for me
(c) It depends on the practice. The more you practice, the more it will be easy.
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Find out: how much for a cup of tea?
Question: 2
Ask people and find out the cost of a cup of tea
(a) At a tea stall.
(b) At a hotel.
(a) The cost of tea at a tea stall is Rs 5.
(b) The cost of tea at a hotel is Rs 10.
Question: 3
(a) If a person who runs a tea stall earns Rs 30 in a day, how much will he earn in 10 days?
(b) And in a month?
(a) Earning in a day = Rs 30 × 1
Hence, earnings in two days will be = Rs 30 × 2
Earnings in 3 days will be = Rs 30 × 3
Earnings in 10 days will be = Rs 30 × 10
= Rs 300
(b) In a month, there are 30 days.
If earning in a day costs Rs 30,
Then, earnings in 30 days will cost = Rs 30 × 30
= Rs 900
Question: 4
Find out: what is a loan?
(a) Have you ever heard of someone taking a loan? For what?
(b) How much loan was taken?
(c) How much money was paid back?
(a) Yes, I heard of a person who took a loan for his son’s education.
(b) He took Rs 1,00,000.
(c) The money paid back by him after one year is Rs 1,50,000.
Question: 5
Who has to pay back more – Hariya or Babu?
Answer: For six months, Hariya should pay Rs 51.
Total money paid by Hariya = Rs 51 × 6
= Rs 306
But Babu pays Rs 360 after six months. Hence, Babu pays more money than Hariya.
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Question: 6
How much does Kiran earn from 9 rickshaws in a day?
Answer: From 1 rickshaw, she earns = Rs 20
So, from 2 rickshaws, she earns = Rs 20 × 2 = Rs 40
Similarly, from 9 rickshaws, she earns = Rs 20 × 9
= Rs 180
Question: 7
For 10 rickshaws, she will get Rs 20 × 10 = Rs 200
So, for 9 rickshaws, she will get Rs 200 – _______ = _______
Answer: For 9 rickshaws, she will get Rs 200 – 20
= Rs 180
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Question: 8
In a week, how much does Kiran earn from one rickshaw?
Answer: We know in a week, there are 7 days.
Money earned by Kiran in a day = Rs 20
Hence, money earned by Kiran in a week from one rickshaw = Rs 20 × 7
= Rs 140
Question: 9
Do it mentally and write the answers.
2 × 6 = 12
20 × 6 = 120
2 × 60 = 120
3 × 42 = 126
4 × 80 = 320
4 × 81 = 324
9 × 25 = 225
31 × 9 = 279
How Much to Pay for this Junk?
Kiran has bought some junk from junk collectors
Question: 10
How much will Kiran pay for 31 kg newspaper?
Answer: 1 kg newspaper cost = Rs 5
31 kg newspaper cost = Rs 5 × 31 = Rs 155
Hence, the cost of 31 kg newspaper is Rs 155.
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