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प्रश्न
Momun comes to school from very far. He first walks about 400 metres to the pond. With slippers in his hands, he then walks 150 metres through the pond. Next he runs across the 350 metres wide green field. Then he carefully crosses the 40 metres wide road to reach his school.
- How much does Momun walk every day to reach school?
- Is it more than 1 km?
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उत्तर
(1) Total distance of school from Momun home
= Distance of pond from his home
+ width of pond + width of green field + width of road
= 400 m + 150 m + 350 m + 40 m
= 940 m
(2) As 940 m is less than 1000 m
So, it is not more than 1 km rather it is less than 1 km.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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 -
How many centimeters more should Chandra Pal jump to equal the Men's World Record for the high jump?
Running Exercise
The doctor has told Devi Prasad to run 2 km every day to stay fit. He took one round of this field. How far did he run?
The field was very far from his home. So he chose a park nearby. The boundary of the park was about 400 metres long.
- How many rounds of the park must Devi Prasad run to complete 2 km?
- One day the weather was very good and a cool breeze was blowing. He felt so good that he kept jogging till he got tired after 8 rounds. That day he ran ____ km and ____ metres!
Find out how far your friends live from school and fill the table. Write in meters or kilometers.
| Friend's name | Distance of home from school |
- Who among you lives nearest to the school?
- Who lives farthest from the school?
- How many children live less than 1 kilometer away from your school?
- Is there anyone who lives more than 5 km away from the school? How do they come to school?
Try to find out:
Which is the highest building that you have seen? About how many rooms high was it?
The matchstick is 4 centimetres long.
The die is 1 centimetre from every side.
The lizard is 13 centimetres long.
- The leaf is ______ centimetres long.
- The wax colour is ______ centimetres long.
- Now, look at a scale that you find in a geometry box. How many centimetres does it have? ______
Look for things that are less than 1 cm long.
Guess the length of different parts of your body and check if your guess is correct. You can use a scale, string, measuring tape etc.
Activity 1
- Find some things that look 1 metre long.
- Use your metre-rope to find which of these things are more or less than 1 metre.
| Name of the thing | More than 1 metre | Less than 1 metre |
| Length of table | - | - |
| Width of table | - | - |
| Width of door | - | - |
| Length of door | - | - |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - |
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 |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ | ______ |
Draw lines to match each picture with how long it can be.
|
Length of an earthworm |
2 kilometres |
|
Height of a child |
5 metres |
|
Width of a finger nail |
10 centimetres |
|
Length of a Sari |
1 centimetre |
|
Distance from home to school |
1 metre |
