Primary School (English Medium) Class 4 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

A square has a boundary of 12 cm.

1. From the corner of this square, a small square of side 1 cm is cut off. Will the boundary of B be less or more? Find its length.
2. If you cut a 1 cm square to get shape C, what will be the length of the boundary of C?

Square	New shape

1. Find the length of the boundary of square D.
2. 8 squares of side 1 cm are cut out of the square D. Now it looks like shape E. What is the length of the boundary of shape E?
    
3. The boundary of this    is ______ + ______ + ______ + ______
   Can we also say that the boundary is 4 × 1 cm?

A hockey held is 91 metres 40 cm long and 55 metres wide. How long is the boundary of the held?

Usha and Valsamma are running a race. Usha is running on the inner circle. Valsamma is running on the outer circle.

1. Valsamma runs faster than Usha. But still she loses the race. Can you guess why?
2. Have you seen any race where runners start from different places – like in this picture? Guess why?

How will Neetu find out if the two gardens are equally big?

Look at the table in your classroom. Guess how many Math-Magic books you can place on it.
(Remember-The books should not overlap. Do not leave gaps between the books)

1. Write your guess here.
2. Now check if your guess was right. How many books could you place?
3. What is the difference between your guess and the actual number of books?

Now look for another table.

1. Is this table bigger than the last table? Yes/No
2. Make a guess how many Math-Magic books can be kept on this table.
3. Check if your guess was correct.
   How many Math-Magic books could you keep?
4. The difference between the sizes of the two tables is ______ books.

1. How many Math-Magic books can be covered with one sheet of newspaper?
2. Try covering your Math-Magic book with half a sheet of newspaper.
3. Can you cover your book with a smaller sheet?
4. Find the smallest sheet which can cover your book. Check if your friend used a smaller sheet than you.

1. Which is the biggest leaf in this picture?
   
2. Collect some leaves from the
   garden. Place each of them here on this squared sheet. Trace out their edges and check how many squares there are in each leaf.
3. Which is the biggest leaf?
4. Which is the smallest leaf?

1. How many small squares of size 1 cm are there in this big green square?
   
   
   
2. Can you think of a faster way to know the total number of small squares without counting each.

1. Guess how many squares of one centimeter can fill this blue rectangle.
   
   Write your guess here. 
2. Check your guess by filling it with small squares.

Look at the picture. Can you divide it into 4 equal pieces? Each piece should have the same number of squares.

Raghavan has a piece of land.

There are 4 houses on his land and in the middle there is a well. He wants to divide this land equally among his four children. Each should get one house and be able to use the well without entering the, other’s land. Can you help him divide the land?

Give different colours to each one’s share.

How much time do we spend in this?

Note the time you spend in front of a TV or radio every day. Do this for one week.

The time spent in a week is ______ hours.

So in a month you spend about 30 × ______ = ______ hours.

Find out from your friends the time they spend in a week.

Watching TV/listening to the radio…

1. ______ children spend more than 6 hours in a week.
2. ______ children spend no time at all.
3. Most children spend ______ hours in a week. 
4. ______  children spend more than 3 hours. 

1. Ask people in your family to name one programme they like and one programme they dislike. Make a table.
   

   Family member	Programme they like	Programme they dislike
   Mother
   Father

2. The kind of programme most family members like ______
3. The kind of programme most family members dislike ______ 

Find out from 20 friends the programmes they like and dislike, and write in a table.

1. Which kind of programme is liked by most children?
2. Which kind of programme is disliked by the least number of children?
3. How many children like sports programmes?
4. Is there any kind of programme not liked by anyone? Yes/No. If yes, which one?