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Question
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?
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Solution
- No, because the door of our classroom is only 228 cm high.
- Yes, because the height of my classroom is 320 cm.
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RELATED QUESTIONS
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!
Guess and Find Out
How long is the thread in a reel?
Guess and Find Out
How long is the string of a kite reel? Can it be more than a kilometer long?
Try to find out:
Which is the highest building that you have seen? About how many rooms high was it?
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?
Length of a Pagdi worn by Sikhs
Which of these will be in centimetres and which will be in metres?
Length of a banana
Which of these will be in centimeters and which will be in meters?
Depth of a well
The animals in the picture had a competition. The animal who had the longest tail won a prize. Now who do you think won the first prize and who won the second? Just guess the length of the longest tail.
