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प्रश्न
Activity 2
Some Class III children have marked a 1 metre height on the wall of their class.
You can also mark 1 metre on your class wall.
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उत्तर
Do it yourself.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Akbar was a famous king. He had a smart minister called Birbal. Once Akbar gave him a difficult question. He drew a line on the floor.

Look at the picture and explain how Birbal made Akbar's line shorter.
Imagine-
- Could that person pass through the door of your classroom without bending?
- Will his head touch the roof of your house if he stands straight?
This is a 100 metre race for girls. Arundhati is nearest the finishing line. She is about 6 metres from it.
Behind her is Rehana. Konkana and Uma are running behind Rehana. Look at the picture. To answer the question below:

How far ahead is Rehana from Konkana and Uma?
Here are the Indian Records and World Records for some jumps.
| Sports | World Record | Indian Record |
| High Jump (Men) | Javier S. (2m 45 cm) | Chandra Pal (2m 17 cm) |
| Long Jump (Men) | Mike P. (8m 95 cm) | Amrit Pal (8m 8 cm) |
| High Jump (Women) | Stefka K. (2m 9 cm) | Bobby A. (1m 91 cm) |
| Long Jump (Women) | Galina C. (7m 52 cm) | Anju G. (6m 83 cm) |
Find out from the table -
If Mike P. could jump ______ centimeters longer, his jump would be full 9 meters.
Subodh is going to Kozhikode which is 24 kilometres (km) away. Manjani is going to Thalassery which is 46 km away in the opposite direction.
How far is Kozhikode from Thalassery?
Compare your measurement with your friends.
- Who has the biggest head and who has the smallest head?
- Who has the longest hand (from middle finger to wrist)?
- Which is longer? Your ear or your nose?
- Is any of your nails more than 1 centimetre long?
You must have seen shopkeepers measuring cloth with a metre rod.
- Take a metre rod and a rope.
- Make a knot at one end of the rope.
- Keep the metre rod with the rope.
- Mark 1 metre on the rope and make a knot there.
- Now the length between the two knots is 1 metre. This is your metre-rope.
If you don't get a metre rod use a measuring-tape and mark 100 centimetres on the rope. 100 centimetres are equal to a metre, so you get the metre-rope.
Now make a chart of the heights of your friends. To measure the centimetres, you can use your small scale.
| Name | Taller/Shorter/Equal to 1 metre | How many centimetres more or less than a metre |
| Shambhu | Taller | 4 centimetres |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
Which of these will be in centimeters and which will be in meters?
Depth of a well
Which is closer to the river Yamuna:
Taj Mahal or the Railway Station?
