Samacheer Kalvi 3rd Standard Maths Book Solutions Term 1 Chapter 4 Measurements
Activity 1 (Text Book Page No. 45):
Tabulate the length of your class table measured by five of your friends with non-standard units.
Answer:
Activity to be done by the students themselves.
Activity 2 (Text Book Page No. 45):
Measure the length of ribbon by your hand span.
Friend 1 ___________ hand span
Friend 2 ___________ hand span
Friend 3 ___________ hand span
Friend 4 ___________ hand span
Answer:
Activity to be done by the students themselves.
Activity 3 (Text Book Page No. 45):
Students are divided into two groups. One group should measure the length of the class room in non standard units and the other group in standard units.
Answer:
Activity to be done by the students themselves.
Activity 4 (Text Book Page No. 45):
Group of five students measure the length of the black board by given objects.
Activity 5 (Text Book Page No. 47):
Measure the length of ribbon by tape roll.
Raj centimeter
Kavi centimeter
Anu centimeter
Kavi centimeter
Measurements measured using standard units do not change from person to person.
Answer:
Activity to be done by the students themselves.
Practice (Text Book Page No. 47):
Question 1.
Measure the length of following things by centimetre scale and write it in the table below.
Answer:
Activity to be done by the students themselves.
Question 2.
Measure length of the things by using ruler.
Measure the length of the following things in your house using a scale.
Answer:
Activity to be done by the students themselves.
Try this (Text Book Page No. 48):
a. Write metre or centimetre in the blank space.
i. My pencil is 6 _____ long.
Answer:
cm
ii. My hairpin is _____ long.
Answer:
mm
iii. This tree is 3 _____ high.
Answer:
m
iv. Height of coconut tree is 15 _____.
Answer:
m
b. Meena has a ribbon of 50 cm and Reena has a ribbon of 110 cm. Whose ribbon is the longer?
Answer:
Meena’s Ribbon = 50 cm
Reena’s Ribbon = 110 cm
∴ Reena’s Ribbon is longer.
Activity 6 (Text Book Page No. 48):
Measure the length of following things in your class room using metre tape and fill in the boxes.
Answer:
Activity to be done by students.
Try this (Text Book Page No. 48):
a. Centimeter _____ Meter
Answer:
<
b. Meter _____ Kilometer
Answer:
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c. Kilometer _____ Centimeter
Answer:
>
Practice (Text Book Page No. 49):
Match the objects with the appropriate units of measuring their length.
Answer:
Activity 7 (Text Book Page No. 49):
Estimate the length of the following objects and verify with actual length.
Answer:
Activity to be done by students.
Practice (Text Book Page No. 50):
Question 1.
Circle the odd one.
1. mm
2. cm
3. m
4. cubit
Answer:
4. cubit
Question 2.
Fill in the blanks.
a. 1 meter = _____ cms
Answer:
100
b. 2 meter = _____ cms
Answer:
200
c. 3 meter = _____ cms
Answer:
300
d. 4 meter = _____ cms
Answer:
400
Question 3.
Match the following.
10 millimeters | 1 kilommeter |
100 centimeters | 1 centimeter |
1000 meters | 1 meter |
Answer:
Question 4.
Write all the non-standard units.
Answer:
- Finger span
- Hand span
- Cubit
- Pace
- Foot span
Question 5.
Write all the standard units you know.
Answer:
- Millimeter
- Centimeter
- Meter
- Kilometer
Question 6.
Write in short form,
a. millimeter : _____
Answer:
mm
b. meter : _____
Answer:
m
Question 7.
Write the given units in order.
Ascending order: _____, _____, _____, _____
Descending order: _____, _____, _____, _____
Answer:
Ascending order: mm, cm, m, km
Descending order: km, m, cm, mm.