Q1Written answer
What part of this sheet is coloured blue? __/ 10
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1/10 part of this sheet is coloured blue.
NCERT · Class 5 · Maths
Chapter 10: Tenths and Hundredths
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17 questionsQ2Written answer
What part of the sheet is green?
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3/10 part of the sheet is green.
Q3Written answer
Which colour covers 0.2 of the sheet?
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Yellow colour covers 0.2 of the sheet.
Q4Written answer
Now, look at the second sheet. Each strip is divided into 10 equal boxes. How many boxes are there in all?
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There are 10 × 10 = 100 boxes in all.
Q5Written answer
Is each box 1/100 part of the sheet?
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Yes, each box is 1/100 part of the sheet.
Q6Written answer
How many blue boxes are there?
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There are 10 blue boxes.
Q7Written answer
Is blue equal to 10/100 of the sheet? We saw that blue is also equal to 1/10 of the sheet. We wrote it as 0.1 of the sheet.
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Yes, blue is equal to 10/100 of the sheet.
We know that
10/100 = 1/10 = 0.1
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Q8Written answer
Can we say 10/100 = 1/10 = 0.10 = 0.1?
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Yes, we can say 10/100 = 1/10 = 0.10 = 0.1
Q9Written answer
Think: Can we write ten paise as 0.1 of a rupee?
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Yes, we can write ten paise as 0.1 of a rupee.
Q10Written answer
How many boxes are red? What part of the sheet is this? 15/ ___
Can we also write it as 0.15 on the sheet?
(Hint: Remember, we wrote 99 paise as 0.99 rupee!)
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15 boxes are red. It is the 15/100 part of the sheet.
Yes, we can also write it as 0.15 of the sheet.