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Question
Guess which is the heaviest-a real car, a bus or a tractor?
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Solution
A bus
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| A sack of wheat | 100 kg |
| A sack of rice | 35 kg |
| Water tank | 50 kg |
| Almirah | 70 kg |
| A table | 10 kg |
| A chair | 5 kg |
| A mattress | 20 kg |
| Bamboo ladder | 10 kg |
| Pots and pans | 10 kg |
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Name 5 things that we usually buy -
| In Grams | |
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 |
| In Kilograms | |
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 |
Guess and write the weight of each thing he bought - in g or kg.
| Items | Weight |
| Rice | 5 |
| Sugar | 1 |
| Mustard seeds | 10 |
| Wheat | 3 |
| Dal | 500 |
| Tea | 250 |
| Pepper | 25 |
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