2 Fun with Numbers - StudiesToday.com Class 3 Mat… · Fun with Numbers Radhika, Gauri, Vicky, Indra and Sunil were collecting Imli (tamarind) seeds. collected the most seeds. Sunil

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Fun with Numbers

Radhika, Gauri, Vicky, Indra and Sunil were collecting Imli

(tamarind) seeds.

✤ collected the most seeds.

✤ Sunil will collect more seeds to be equal to Vicky.

✤ If Radhika gets 6 more seeds, she will have .

✤ How many children have more than 40 seeds?

✤ needs 3 more seeds to have 50.

✤ Sunil has 2 seeds less than 40 and has 2 seeds morethan 40.

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Can you guessthe number ofdots on me ?

And on me?

Dot GameDot GameDot GameDot GameDot Game

Guess the number of dots in the circle. Now count and checkyour guess. Play this game with your friends by making circles.See who can guess best.

Children need interesting exercises to help them with visual estimation of numbers – of thingsarranged randomly and in symmetrical groups. Teachers could use other instances, such asbundles of leaves sold in the market, the school assembly, designs on mats, etc. to make themguess and estimate different numbers. In this book an ant has been used to show the childthat a guess or estimate has to be made.

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Has he completedhis century?

Dhon

i on 96

..... O

nly one

ball lef

t.....w

ill he co

mplete

his

century?

........

And look

at this

!

What a m

arvello

us six !

Dhoni's CenturyDhoni's CenturyDhoni's CenturyDhoni's CenturyDhoni's Century

One-day match between India and South Africa inGuwahati......., India batting first......

Fill in the blanks:Fill in the blanks:Fill in the blanks:Fill in the blanks:Fill in the blanks:

Dhoni scored 96 + = runs.

How many runs do these players need to complete a century?

Numbers are understood not by reciting them in order but by making associations in familiarcontexts. Here the idea of a "century" of runs is used. Teachers could add other examples fromchildren's lives to think about 3-digit numbers. Encourage them to speak about large numberseven if they cannot read or write them.

Runs needed to

complete a century

Player 1 93

Player 2 97

Player 3 89

Player 4 99

Runs scored

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99-112 195-206

Number

(in figures)

Number

(in words)

99 Ninety-nine

100 One hundred

101 One hundred one

102

103 One hundred three

104 One hundred four

One hundred five

106 One hundred six

107

One hundred eight

109 One hundred nine

110 One hundred ten

111 One hundred eleven

One hundred twelve

Number

(in words)

Number

(in figures)

195 One hundred ninety-five

196 One hundred ninety-six

197 One hundred ninety-seven

198 One hundred ninety-eight

One hundred ninety-nine

200 Two hundred

201 Two hundred one

203 Two hundred three

Two hundred four

205 Two hundred five

206

Fill in the Blanks:Fill in the Blanks:Fill in the Blanks:Fill in the Blanks:Fill in the Blanks:

After

99 we

go

on like

this See

you

tomorro

w

9999999999 100100100100100 101101101101101 102102102102102

Oh! 206! Guess how many moreto make a triple century?

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Top Ten Scores in the Cricket World CupTop Ten Scores in the Cricket World CupTop Ten Scores in the Cricket World CupTop Ten Scores in the Cricket World CupTop Ten Scores in the Cricket World Cup

✸ C.K. just missed his century. How many runs did he need tomake a century?

✸ and scored almost equal runs.

✸ scored a complete century, no less, no more.

✸ Most runs scored by any batsman are .

✸ and have a difference of just 1 run betweenthem.

✸ scored 2 more than one and a half century.

A.P.J. 128

A.S. 100

C.K. 99

D.M. 162

K.S.P. 152

Player Score

M.D. 178

P.K. 105

S.T. 141

T.P.K. 112

V.V.S. 127

Player Score

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Easy ! J

ust

skip in tens.

Counting in 50'sCounting in 50'sCounting in 50'sCounting in 50'sCounting in 50's

Wow

! How

did

you do

tha

t ?

Counting in 10'sCounting in 10'sCounting in 10'sCounting in 10'sCounting in 10's

Finish

1010101010

2020202020 3030303030 4040404040 5050505050 60606060607070707070

8080808080

9090909090

100100100100100

110

190

200

10

20

30

100

310

400

720

780

Count in

fifty

up in a ji

ffy

5050505050

5050505050

5050505050

5050505050

550

650

750

850

200

250

350

500

How far can you go like this?

What is the biggest number you can call out?

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Colour the NumbersColour the NumbersColour the NumbersColour the NumbersColour the Numbers

744 810 45 401 54

555 374 171 261 159

656 140 179 891 16

195 155 410 159 685

454 136 60 74 699

800 445 642 202 943

Find these numbers in the above chart. Colour them.

Green

One hundred forty

Two hundred two

Two hundred sixty-one

Eight hundred

300 + 70 + 4

600 + 50 + 6

5 + 50 + 100

Red

Fifty-four

Sixty

One hundred ninety-five

Five hundred fifty-five

600 + 40 + 2

100 + 70 + 9

800 + 10

Yellow

Four hundred forty-five

Sixteen

One hundred fifty-nine

Six hundred eighty-five

600 + 90 + 9

70 + 4

1 + 90 + 80

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90909090909999999999

106106106106106

8989898989 9191919191

9292929292

9393939393

9494949494 9595959595

9696969696

9797979797

9898989898

100100100100100

101101101101101

102102102102102

103103103103103

104104104104104105105105105105

107107107107107

108108108108108 109109109109109 110110110110110

Gabru Bunny

Tarru

Jumping AnimalsJumping AnimalsJumping AnimalsJumping AnimalsJumping Animals

Gabru, Bunny andTarru are jumping allthe way. Gabru jumps on every 7th square, Bunny on every5th square, Tarru on every 4th square.

Gabru starts jumping from square number 90.

Bunny starts jumping from square number 99.

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Bunny's tenth jump is on square number .

Tarru's tenth jump is on square number .

Gabru's tenth jump will be on square number .

Gabru and Bunny both jump on squares 104 and .

Find out:

❖ Tarru and Bunny jump on squares , , and .

❖ Is there any square where all three of them jump?

❖ Guess who will finish in the least jumps? In howmany jumps?

175175175175175 174174174174174

Hee! He

e!

All this

jumping

is

tickling

me.

111111111111111

112112112112112

113113113113113

114114114114114115115115115115

116116116116116

117117117117117

118118118118118

119119119119119

120120120120120

121121121121121122122122122122

123123123123123

124124124124124

125125125125125 126126126126126 127127127127127

128128128128128

129129129129129

130130130130130

131131131131131 132132132132132133133133133133

134134134134134

135135135135135

136136136136136

137137137137137

138138138138138

139139139139139

140140140140140

141141141141141

142142142142142 143143143143143144144144144144

145145145145145

146146146146146

147147147147147 148148148148148 149149149149149

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Class, Jump!Class, Jump!Class, Jump!Class, Jump!Class, Jump!

Jump 2 steps forward:

104, 106, 108, , , , .

Jump 2 steps backward:

262, 260, 258, , , , .

Jump 10 steps forward:

110, 120, 130, , , , .

Jump 10 steps backward:

200, 190, 180, , , , .

Continue the pattern:

550, 560, 570, , , , .

910, 920, 930, 940, , , , .

209, 207, 205, , , , .

401, 402, 403, , , , .

Long way to

go!

Join in!

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Lazy Crazy ShopLazy Crazy ShopLazy Crazy ShopLazy Crazy ShopLazy Crazy Shop

This is the jungle shop. Lazy Crazy gives things only in packetsof tens, hundreds and loose items.

Find out how many packets of tens, hundreds and loose itemseach animal will take. Fill in the blanks.

Loose

items

Packets

of 10

Packets

of 100

143

210

242

552

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Lazy Crazy also has a crazy way of taking money. He takes only

in notes, notes and coins. Now find

out how they will pay him for what they have taken.

Rs 420

Rs 143

Rs 242

Rs 55

Who am I? Match with the number.Who am I? Match with the number.Who am I? Match with the number.Who am I? Match with the number.Who am I? Match with the number.

a) I come between 40 and 50 andthere is a 5 in my name. 96

b) I have 9 in my name and am very close to 90. 150

c) If you hit a 4 after me, you score a century. 45

d) I am equal to ten notes of 10. 89

e) I am century + half century 87

f) I am exactly in between 77 and 97. 100

In this chapter several stories and exercises are used to help children understand the decimalnumber system. The term 'place value', which often confuses children, has not been used at all.Teachers could also find out about other locally used number systems, if any, especially whileworking in tribal communities.

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How Many are these?How Many are these?How Many are these?How Many are these?How Many are these?

rupees

sticks

blocks

beads

rupees

10010

100

Who am I?Who am I?Who am I?Who am I?Who am I?

There is no biggest number

The biggest you cannot find

Add me to get the next one

To count, keep me in mind.

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I am Chanda Mama. I have so many friends which twinkle in thesky. Yes, you are right! My friends are stars. One day all ofthem came to my home. I started counting to see how manyfriends had come. But my friends were too many. So toremember their numbers, I did something like this —

Helloeverybody!

I counted one star and kept one card in my pocket.

for one star. for 2 stars.

for how many stars?

When I had 10 cards, I changed it with this card .

But my friends kept coming. So I had to count more stars. Mypockets were getting full. So when I had 10 cards like this Ichanged it with a card.

Moon Mama Counts his Starry FriendsMoon Mama Counts his Starry FriendsMoon Mama Counts his Starry FriendsMoon Mama Counts his Starry FriendsMoon Mama Counts his Starry Friends

But I have so many, many, friends that my pockets kept getting full.Just see how many cards I had.

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All right,everybody in a

line. We'll play a game.

Yippee!

Which cards will I have in my pocket if I have counted up to...

a. 19

b. 21

c. 95

d. 201

e. 260

f. 300

g. 306

h. 344

i. 350

j. 400

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Nice newpatterns

When I had cards in my pocket, I knew I had counted 20stars. Now you tell me the number of stars counted in each case.Write the answer in the blank space.

2020202020

??????????

Guess how many starry friends I have in all... !!!

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