The chapter “Long and Short” is Chapter 4 from Merry Math III for students of Class 3rd of JKBOSE. In a previous post, you read about Long and Short Class 3rd Math Solutions Part 1. This post is about Long and Short Class 3rd Math Solutions Part 2. Let’s get started:
Long and Short Class 3rd Math Solutions Part 2
Gibli and the Grains
Ant Gibli has to reach the grains. She is looking for the shortest road. Can you tell her which is the shortest?
Ans. In the given image, Road B is the shortest.
Can you draw a road shorter than these? What is the length of that road?
Ans. Yes, we can draw a shorter road than the given roads. That road will be a straight road from Gibli to the coins. (Kids can draw a straight line from the ant to the coins, and then measure the length of the straight line.)
How Long is a Metre?
Guess and Check
Find some things that look 1 metre long.
Ans. Door mattress, Shovel, and walking stick.
Use your meter rope to find which of these things are more or less than 1 metre.
Ans.
| Name of the thing | More than 1 metre | Less than 1 metre |
|---|---|---|
| Length of Table | No | Yes |
| Width of Table | No | Yes |
| Width of Door | No | Yes |
| Length of Door | Yes | No |
Now make a chart of the heights of your friends. To measure the centimetres, you can use your small scale.
Ans. Students do it themselves.
Centimetres or Metres?
Which of these will be in centimetres and which will be in metres?
Width of a computer screen
Ans. Centimetres
Length of a Pagdi worn by Sikhs
Ans. Metres
Height of a 1-year-old child
Ans. Centimetres
Length of a banana
Ans. Centimetres
Waist of an elephant
Ans. Metres
Height of a sugarcane
Ans. Metres
Depth of a well
Ans. Metres
Height of your mother
Ans. Metres
Distance from the classroom to the school gate
Ans. Metres
Length of your father’s arm.
Ans. Centimetres
Trip to Agra
Marie and Baichung are going with their family to Agra. They get down at Agra Cantt. Railway Station and take a rickshaw to the Taj Mahal. After 3 hours, they start for Agra Fort, again in a rickshaw. In the afternoon they take a bus to go to Fatehpur Sikri.
(i) Which is farther from Agra Cantt. Railway Station — Taj Mahal or Fatehpur Sikri?
Ans. Fatehpur Sikri is farther from Agra Cantt. Railway Station than Taj Mahal.
(ii) Which of these is nearer to the railway line:
Babarpur Forest or Taj Forest?
Agra Fort or Taj Mahal?
Ans. (a) Babarpur Forest is nearer to the railway line.
(b) Agra Fort is nearer to the railway line.
Which is closer to the river Yamuna:
Taj Mahal or the Railway Station?
Ans. The Taj Mahal is nearer to the river Yamuna.
Match the Correct Length
Draw lines to match each picture with how long it can be.
Ans.
The Long Tail Competition
The animals in this 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.
Ans. The Monkey would have got the first prize. The second prize would have been won by the cow. The length of the monkey’s tail might be somewhere around 65-70 cm.
That’s it about Long and Short Class 3rd Math Solutions Part 2. Hope it helped. Do share your views about this post in the comment section below.
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