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प्रश्न
Ganpat’s wife works in a tailor’s shop. She has to fix lace around a table cloth.
She bought a 100 metre roll of lace.
Look at the picture of the table cloth and tell how much lace is used for one table cloth.

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उत्तर
1 m 50 cm = 100 cm + 50 cm = 150 cm
The length of lace required for one table cloth
= 150 cm + 50 cm + 150 cm + 50 cm .
= 400 cm
= 4 metre
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