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Grouping and Sharing (Multiplication and Division)

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Let us Do — Bicycles, Autorickshaws and Cars

1There are 4 bicycles. Each bicycle has 2 wheels. Find the total number of wheels.Show solution
Given: Number of bicycles = 4, wheels on each bicycle = 2.

Total wheels = 2+2+2+2=82 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 8

We are adding 2 four times, so: 4×2=84 \times 2 = 8

Total wheels = 8

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2Number of autorickshaws = 2. Each auto has 3 wheels. Find the total wheels.Show solution
Given: Number of autorickshaws = 2, wheels on each = 3.

Total wheels = 3+3=63 + 3 = 6

2×3=62 \times 3 = 6

Total wheels = 6

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3Let us do it for cars. (There are 7 cars, each with 4 wheels.) Fill in the blanks.Show solution
Given: Number of cars = 7, number of wheels in each car = 4.

Total wheels = 4+4+4+4+4+4+4=284 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 28

We are adding 4 seven times.

7 times 4 is 28

7 groups of 4 is 28

7×4=287 \times 4 = 28

How many fours are you adding? 7

We can write it as: 7 fours are 28.

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Let us Do — Butterflies, Octopuses and Soldiers

1Fill in the blanks for butterflies. (There are 3 butterflies, each with 2 wings.)Show solution
Number of butterflies = 3

Number of wings in each butterfly = 2

Total number of wings = 2+2+2=62 + 2 + 2 = 6

or 3 groups of 2 is 6

3 times 2 is 6

3 twos are 6

3×2=63 \times 2 = 6

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2Fill in the blanks for octopuses. (There are 2 octopuses, each with 8 legs.)Show solution
Number of octopuses = 2

Number of legs in each octopus = 8

Total number of legs = 8+8=168 + 8 = 16

2 groups of 8 is 16

2 times 8 is 16

2 eights are 16

2×8=162 \times 8 = 16

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3Fill in the blanks for soldiers. (There are 4 lines of soldiers, each line has 10 soldiers.)Show solution
Number of lines = 4

Number of soldiers in each line = 10

Total number of soldiers = 10+10+10+10=4010 + 10 + 10 + 10 = 40

4 times 10 is 40

4 tens are 40

4×10=404 \times 10 = 40

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Match the Following

1Match each addition expression with its description and value:
- 9+9+99 + 9 + 9
- 5+5+5+5+5+5+55+5+5+5+5+5+5
- 3+3+3+3+33+3+3+3+3
- 10+10+10+1010+10+10+10
- 8+8+88+8+8
- 7+77+7

Descriptions: 7 fives are, 4 groups of 10, 3×93 \times 9, 3×83 \times 8, 2 sevens are, 5 times 3

Values: 27, 35, 40, 14, 15, 24
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Step 1 — Calculate each sum:

9+9+9=279 + 9 + 9 = 27 → This is 3×93 \times 927

5+5+5+5+5+5+5=355+5+5+5+5+5+5 = 35 → This is 7 fives are → 35

3+3+3+3+3=153+3+3+3+3 = 15 → This is 5 times 3 → 15

10+10+10+10=4010+10+10+10 = 40 → This is 4 groups of 10 → 40

8+8+8=248+8+8 = 24 → This is 3×83 \times 824

7+7=147+7 = 14 → This is 2 sevens are → 14

Matches:
- 9+9+99+9+93×93 \times 9 ↔ 27
- 5+5+5+5+5+5+55+5+5+5+5+5+5 ↔ 7 fives are ↔ 35
- 3+3+3+3+33+3+3+3+3 ↔ 5 times 3 ↔ 15
- 10+10+10+1010+10+10+10 ↔ 4 groups of 10 ↔ 40
- 8+8+88+8+83×83 \times 8 ↔ 24
- 7+77+7 ↔ 2 sevens are ↔ 14

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Complete the Table of 2

1Complete the multiplication table of 2 up to 10.Show solution
Using the pattern: 2×n=n+n2 \times n = n + n

| Dots | Words | Multiplication |
|------|-------|----------------|
| ●● ●● | 2 ones are 2 | 2×1=22 \times 1 = 2 |
| ●●● ●●● | 2 twos are 4 | 2×2=42 \times 2 = 4 |
| ●●●● ●●●● | 2 threes are 6 | 2×3=62 \times 3 = 6 |
| | 2 fours are 8 | 2×4=82 \times 4 = 8 |
| | 2 fives are 10 | 2×5=102 \times 5 = 10 |
| | 2 sixes are 12 | 2×6=122 \times 6 = 12 |
| | 2 sevens are 14 | 2×7=142 \times 7 = 14 |
| | 2 eights are 16 | 2×8=162 \times 8 = 16 |
| | 2 nines are 18 | 2×9=182 \times 9 = 18 |
| | 2 tens are 20 | 2×10=202 \times 10 = 20 |

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Complete the Table of 3

1Complete the multiplication table of 3 up to 10.Show solution
Using the pattern: 3×n=3 \times n = sum of nn threes

| Words | Multiplication |
|-------|----------------|
| 3 ones are 3 | 3×1=33 \times 1 = 3 |
| 3 twos are 6 | 3×2=63 \times 2 = 6 |
| 3 threes are 9 | 3×3=93 \times 3 = 9 |
| 3 fours are 12 | 3×4=123 \times 4 = 12 |
| 3 fives are 15 | 3×5=153 \times 5 = 15 |
| 3 sixes are 18 | 3×6=183 \times 6 = 18 |
| 3 sevens are 21 | 3×7=213 \times 7 = 21 |
| 3 eights are 24 | 3×8=243 \times 8 = 24 |
| 3 nines are 27 | 3×9=273 \times 9 = 27 |
| 3 tens are 30 | 3×10=303 \times 10 = 30 |

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Complete the Table of 5

1Complete the multiplication table of 5 up to 10.Show solution
Using the pattern: 5×n=5 \times n = sum of nn fives

| Words | Multiplication |
|-------|----------------|
| 5 ones are 5 | 5×1=55 \times 1 = 5 |
| 5 twos are 10 | 5×2=105 \times 2 = 10 |
| 5 threes are 15 | 5×3=155 \times 3 = 15 |
| 5 fours are 20 | 5×4=205 \times 4 = 20 |
| 5 fives are 25 | 5×5=255 \times 5 = 25 |
| 5 sixes are 30 | 5×6=305 \times 6 = 30 |
| 5 sevens are 35 | 5×7=355 \times 7 = 35 |
| 5 eights are 40 | 5×8=405 \times 8 = 40 |
| 5 nines are 45 | 5×9=455 \times 9 = 45 |
| 5 tens are 50 | 5×10=505 \times 10 = 50 |

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Complete the Table of 10

1Complete the multiplication table of 10 up to 10.Show solution
Using the pattern: 10×n=10 \times n = sum of nn tens

| Words | Multiplication |
|-------|----------------|
| 10 ones are 10 | 10×1=1010 \times 1 = 10 |
| 10 twos are 20 | 10×2=2010 \times 2 = 20 |
| 10 threes are 30 | 10×3=3010 \times 3 = 30 |
| 10 fours are 40 | 10×4=4010 \times 4 = 40 |
| 10 fives are 50 | 10×5=5010 \times 5 = 50 |
| 10 sixes are 60 | 10×6=6010 \times 6 = 60 |
| 10 sevens are 70 | 10×7=7010 \times 7 = 70 |
| 10 eights are 80 | 10×8=8010 \times 8 = 80 |
| 10 nines are 90 | 10×9=9010 \times 9 = 90 |
| 10 tens are 100 | 10×10=10010 \times 10 = 100 |

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How Many? — Bouquets and Gulab Jamuns

1Ram made 4 bouquets with 3 flowers each. Gopal made 3 bouquets with 4 flowers each. How many flowers did each use? What do you observe?Show solution
Ram: 4 groups of 3 flowers → 4×3=124 \times 3 = 12 flowers.

Gopal: 3 groups of 4 flowers → 3×4=123 \times 4 = 12 flowers.

Observation: Even though the groups are arranged differently, the total is the same. 4×3=3×4=124 \times 3 = 3 \times 4 = 12. This shows that the order of multiplication does not change the answer (Commutative Property of Multiplication).

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2Fill in the blanks:
(i) 4 groups of 5 gulab jamuns: __ times 5 is __, 4×5=4 \times 5 = __, there are __ gulab jamuns.
(ii) 5 groups of 4 gulab jamuns: __ times 4 is __, 5×4=5 \times 4 = __, there are __ gulab jamuns.
Show solution
(i) 4 groups of 5:

4 times 5 is 20

4×5=204 \times 5 = 20

There are 20 gulab jamuns.

(ii) 5 groups of 4:

5 times 4 is 20

5×4=205 \times 4 = 20

There are 20 gulab jamuns.

Observation: 4×5=5×4=204 \times 5 = 5 \times 4 = 20

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3Fill in the blanks:
(i) 6 groups of 4 flowers: __ times 4 is __, 6×4=6 \times 4 = __, there are __ flowers.
(ii) 4 groups of 6 flowers: __ times 6 is __, 4×6=4 \times 6 = __, there are __ flowers.
Show solution
(i) 6 groups of 4:

6 times 4 is 24

6×4=246 \times 4 = 24

There are 24 flowers.

(ii) 4 groups of 6:

4 times 6 is 24

4×6=244 \times 6 = 24

There are 24 flowers.

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Word Problems — How Many?

AThere are 8 packets of bindis. Each packet has 5 bindis. How many bindis are there in all?Show solution
Given:
Number of packets = 8
Number of bindis in each packet = 5

8 groups of 5 bindis.

8×5=40 bindis8 \times 5 = 40 \text{ bindis}

There are 40 bindis in all.

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BBharti puts 4 buttons on each shirt. She wants to put buttons on 7 shirts. How many buttons does she need?Show solution
Given:
Number of shirts = 7
Number of buttons on each shirt = 4

7 groups of 4 buttons.

7×4=28 buttons7 \times 4 = 28 \text{ buttons}

Bharti needs 28 buttons.

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CRita bought 6 pencils of ₹4 each. How much money will she give to the shopkeeper?
DFive people can sit in a car. How many people can sit in 8 such cars?

Making Multiplication Table — Table of 6 from Table of 3

1Make the table of 6 from the table of 3 by completing the given grid:
Table of 3 (top row): 3, 6, ☐, 12, ☐, ☐, 21, ☐, ☐, 30
Second row (Table of 3 again): 3, ☐, 9, ☐, ☐, 18, ☐, 24, ☐, ☐
Table of 6 (bottom row): 6, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐

Making Multiplication Table — Table of 8 from Tables of 2 and 6

1Make the table of 8 from the tables of 2 and 6 by completing the grid:
Table of 2: 2, 4, ☐, ☐, 10, ☐, 14, ☐, 18, 20
Table of 6: 6, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, 36, ☐, 48, ☐, ☐
Table of 8: 8, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐, ☐

Project Work — Arrays with 24 Objects

1Collect 24 small objects. Arrange them in different arrays and write the related multiplication facts.

Sharing — Gulab Jamuns

AHow many gulab jamuns were there in total? (Based on the picture showing gulab jamuns shared among children.)
BHave they shared equally? Yes/No
CHow many gulab jamuns did each of them get?

Let us Do — Sharing Activities

AComplete Ritu's art and craft project by drawing 12 bindis equally on 2 ice cream cones as cherries. How many bindis on each cone?
BPooja has 2 plates with laddoos. Help her divide the laddoos equally in 3 plates. (The 2 plates together have some laddoos — a common version uses 12 laddoos total.)

Let us Make — Division Problems

AEach string has 7 beads. How many strings can we make with 21 beads?
BThere are 54 flowers. Join 9 flowers to make 1 bracelet. How many bracelets can we make with 54 flowers?
CThere are 25 roses. 5 roses can be placed in 1 vase. How many vases are needed for placing 25 roses?
DThere are 27 candles. Put them equally in 3 boxes. How many candles will be in each box?
EA tailor puts 6 buttons on one shirt. Here are 30 buttons. On how many shirts can the tailor put buttons?
FShare 24 bananas equally among 3 monkeys. How many bananas will each monkey get?

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