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प्रश्न
The Long and Short of Your Family!
- Who is the tallest in your family? _____
- Who is the shortest in your family? _____
- What is the difference between their heights? _____
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उत्तर
Students do it themselves.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Try This.
Draw a broom half as long as this broom.

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 -
Look at the Women's World Records. What is the difference between the longest jump and the highest jump?
Guess and Find Out
How long is the string of a kite reel? Can it be more than a kilometer long?
Have you ever seen clouds below you?


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 between 10 and 20 centimetres long.
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 | - | - |
| - | - | |
| - | - | |
| - | - |
Which of these will be in centimetres and which will be in metres?
Height of a 1-year old child
