The Transport Museum
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Mystery Matrix
1Fill the yellow boxes with 1-digit numbers (multiplicands and multipliers) such that you get the products given in the white boxes. Fill the remaining white boxes with appropriate products.
| × | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 32 | | | |
| | | | 42 | |
| | | 45 | | |
| | | | 21 | |Show solution
Strategy: Work backwards from the given products to find 1-digit factors.
Step 1 – Identify factors from given products:
- → row multiplier = 4, column multiplier = 8
- → row multiplier = 6, column multiplier = 7
- → row multiplier = 5, column multiplier = 9
- → row multiplier = 3, column multiplier = 7
Step 2 – One possible completed matrix (header row: ×, 8, 9, 7, 6):
| × | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 32 | 36 | 28 | 24 |
| 6 | 48 | 54 | 42 | 36 |
| 5 | 40 | 45 | 35 | 30 |
| 3 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 18 |
Note: Multiple valid answers are possible depending on the choice of 1-digit numbers, as long as the given products appear in the correct positions.
Mystery Matrix (Row/Column Products)
2The product of the numbers in each row is given in the orange boxes. The product of the numbers in each column is given in the blue boxes. Identify appropriate numbers to fill the blank boxes.
| | | 56 | | | 42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | 54 | | | 50 |
| 63 | 48 | | 60 | 35 | |Show solution
Step 1 – Analyse the structure. The table appears to be a 3-row grid where the last column shows row products and the last row shows column products.
Step 2 – Find numbers for Row 1 (product = 42):
or , etc.
With the column product clue 56 in column 3: , so one entry is 7 or 8.
A possible row: → product = ✓
Step 3 – Find numbers for Row 2 (product = 50):
or
With column product clue 54 in column 3:
A possible row: → product = 50 ✓
Step 4 – Check column products against Row 3 (products: 63, 48, 60, 35):
- Column with product 63: or
- Column with product 48:
- Column with product 60: or
- Column with product 35:
Note: This is an open-ended puzzle with multiple valid solutions. The key method is to factorise each given product into 1-digit numbers and check consistency across rows and columns.
Times-10
1Fill in the blanks:
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2What is ____ Tens = ____Show solution
10 Tens make 1 Hundred = 100.
Constructing Tables (Times-15)
1This is a arrangement. Find the product by splitting:
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Method – Split 15 into 10 and 5:
2Construct the times-15 table:
1 × 15 = ___ 6 × 15 = ___
2 × 15 = ___ 7 × 15 = ___
3 × 15 = ___ 8 × 15 = ___
4 × 15 = ___ 9 × 15 = ___
5 × 15 = ___ 10 × 15 = ___Show solution
31. What patterns do you see in the times-15 table?
2. Compare the times-15 table with the times-5 table. What similarities and differences do you notice?Show solution
- The products increase by 15 each time.
- All products end in either 0 or 5 (just like the times-5 table).
- The units digits follow the pattern: 5, 0, 5, 0, 5, 0, … (alternating).
Pattern 2 – Comparison with times-5 table:
| Times-5 | Times-15 | Difference |
|---|---|---|
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Similarity: Both tables end in 0 or 5.
Difference: Each product in the times-15 table is exactly 3 times the corresponding product in the times-5 table (since ). The differences themselves form the times-10 table.
4Complete the Times-5 and Times-15 table:
4 × 5 = ___, 4 × 15 = ___
5 × 5 = ___, 5 × 15 = ___
6 × 5 = ___, 6 × 15 = ___
7 × 5 = ___, 7 × 15 = ___
8 × 5 = ___, 8 × 15 = ___
9 × 5 = ___, 9 × 15 = ___
10 × 5 = ___, 10 × 15 = ___Show solution
53. Construct other times-tables for numbers from 11 to 20, as you did for 15.
4. Compare the times-1 table with the times-11 table, the times-2 table with the times-12 table, and so on. Share your observations.Show solution
For any number between 11 and 20, write where is the units digit.
Then:
Example – Times-12 table ():
Question 4 – Observations:
- Each product in the times-11 table = corresponding product in times-1 table + corresponding product in times-10 table.
- Each product in the times-12 table = corresponding product in times-2 table + corresponding product in times-10 table.
- In general: , so every product in the higher table is exactly more than in the lower table.
Making Tables by Splitting into Equal Groups
1Calculate by splitting into two equal groups.Show solution
Method – Split 14 into two equal groups of 7:
2Calculate by splitting into two equal groups.Show solution
Method – Split 14 into :
3Construct the times-14 table by splitting and doubling. What other times-tables can be constructed by splitting into equal groups and doubling?Show solution
Other tables that can be built by splitting and doubling:
- Times-6 = double of times-3
- Times-8 = double of times-4
- Times-10 = double of times-5
- Times-12 = double of times-6
- Times-16 = double of times-8
- Times-18 = double of times-9
Any even-numbered times-table can be constructed this way.
4Find the answers to the following:
a) ___ Tens = ___
b) ___ Tens = ___
c) ___ Tens = ___
d) ___ Tens = ___Show solution
a) Tens
b) Tens
c) Tens
d) Tens
5
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Multiplying by Multiples of 10
1Now think and answer the following problems:
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2Let us find the number of people who can travel in 26 tempo travellers. _____ travellers.Show solution
Answer: 260 people can travel.
3Answer the following questions:
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4A small bus can seat 20 people. How many people can be seated in 12 buses? Find .Show solution
Method:
Answer: 240 people can be seated in 12 buses.
5Solve the following problems:
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At the Transport Museum
1Each coach of the toy train can seat 14 children. The toy train has 15 coaches. How many children can be seated in the toy train? Find .Show solution
Method – Split using a grid (15 = 10 + 5, 14 = 10 + 4):
| × | 10 | 4 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | | |
| 5 | | |
Answer: 210 children can be seated in the toy train.
2She wonders how many coaches will be needed for 324 children from her school. Each coach can seat only 14 children. Find . What is the total number of coaches? What do we do with the remaining children?Show solution
Method – Repeated subtraction / long division:
| No. of children | No. of coaches | Remaining |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | 324 |
| 140 | 10 | 184 |
| 140 | 10 | 44 |
| 14 | 1 | 30 |
| 28 | 2 | 2 |
Total coaches needed = 23 (for 322 children) + 1 extra coach for the remaining 2 children.
Total coaches = 24
Remainder = 2 (2 children still need a seat, so one more coach is required even though it won't be full).
Let Us Solve (Page 191–192)
1Solve the following multiplication problems:
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2Solve the following division problems and identify the remainder (if any):
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Multiples of 100
1Fill in the blanks:
___ Hundreds = ___
___ = ___
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2 Hundreds = 1000. What happens when we put 10 Hundreds together?Show solution
When we put 10 Hundreds together, we get 1 Thousand = 1000.
3Fill in the blanks:
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4Now answer the following questions:
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5We Know: . Find:
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Finding :
, so
Finding :
Alternatively:
Multiplying by 200, 300, etc.
1Find using different methods.Show solution
Method 2 – Double:
Method 3 – Hundreds language:
2Fill in the blanks and share what you notice:
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Observation:
- (doubling the multiplier is the same as doubling the multiplicand).
- .
- When the number of groups doubles OR the group size doubles, the product doubles.
3Answer the following questions:
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Set A, Set B and Set C Problems
1Find the answers in Set A:
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2Use the understanding from Set A to find the answers in Set B:
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3Set C – Answer the following questions:
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Observation: and — halving one factor and doubling the other keeps the product the same.
Vande Bharat Mission
1In the first week of the Vande Bharat Mission, 64 flights carried 152 people each. How many people travelled in the first week? Find .Show solution
Method – Split using grid (64 = 60 + 4, 152 = 100 + 50 + 2):
| × | 100 | 50 | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 6000 | 3000 | 120 |
| 4 | 400 | 200 | 8 |
| Total | 6400 | 3200 | 128 |
Answer: 9728 people travelled in the first week of the Vande Bharat Mission.
Snake Boat Race
1In a particular race, 960 participants volunteered. Each boat is pedalled by 64 people. How many boats will be needed? Find .Show solution
Method – Repeated subtraction:
| No. of boats | Participants used | Remaining |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | 960 |
| 10 | 640 | 320 |
| 5 | 320 | 0 |
Answer: 15 boats will be needed.
Let Us Solve (Page 197)
1Solve the following and identify remainder (if any):
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Dividing by 10 and 100
1A farmer packs his rice in sacks of 10 kg each.
a) If he has 60 kg of rice, how many sacks does he need?
b) If he has 600 kg of rice, how many sacks does he need?
If a sack of rice weighs 100 kg, how many sacks does he need for 600 kg of rice?Show solution
b) 600 kg ÷ 10 kg per sack:
600 kg ÷ 100 kg per sack:
2Find the answers to the following questions:
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3Think and answer. Write the division statement in each case.
1. Manku the monkey sees 870 bananas in the market. Each bunch has 10 bananas. How many bunches are there in the market?
2. Rukhma Bi wants to distribute ₹1000 equally among her 10 grandchildren on the occasion of Eid. How much money will each of them get?Show solution
Given: 870 bananas, 10 per bunch.
Division statement:
2. Money for each grandchild:
Given: ₹1000 shared among 10 grandchildren.
Division statement:
Each grandchild will get ₹100.
Let Us Solve (Word Problems)
1The oldest long-distance train of the Indian Railways is the Punjab Mail. On its first journey it had 6 coaches: 3 carrying 96 passengers and 3 for goods.
a) How many people travelled in each coach on the first journey?
b) This train now runs between Mumbai and Ferozepur. It has 24 coaches. Each coach can carry 72 passengers. How many people can travel on this train?Show solution
Given: 3 passenger coaches carried 96 passengers in total.
b) Total passengers now:
Given: 24 coaches, 72 passengers each.
2Amala and her 35 classmates, along with 6 teachers, are going on a school trip to Goa. They are using a double-decker 'hop on hop off' sightseeing bus.
a) 2 people can sit on every seat. There are 15 seats in the lower deck and 10 in the upper deck. How many seats will they need to occupy? Are there enough seats for everyone?
b) Find the total cost of the tickets for all children.
c) What is the cost of the tickets for all teachers?
(Note: Ticket prices are shown in the image which is not visible. Assuming Child ticket = ₹50 and Adult/Teacher ticket = ₹100 based on typical NCERT context.)Show solution
- Total students = Amala + 35 classmates = 36 children
- Teachers = 6
- Total people = 36 + 6 = 42
- Seats per deck: Lower = 15, Upper = 10 → Total seats = 25
- Each seat holds 2 people → Total capacity = people
a) Seats needed:
Total people = 42
Each seat holds 2, so seats needed = seats
Total available seats = 25
→ Yes, there are enough seats for everyone.
b) Cost of tickets for all children:
*(Ticket prices depend on the image. Assuming Child ticket = ₹50)*
c) Cost of tickets for all teachers:
*(Assuming Teacher/Adult ticket = ₹100)*
Note: Students should use the actual ticket prices shown in their textbook image to calculate the correct answers.
3Kedar works in a brick kiln.
a) The kiln makes 125 bricks in a day. How many bricks can be made in a month?
b) Each brick is sold for ₹9. How much money can they earn in a month?Show solution
a) Bricks in a month:
b) Money earned in a month:
4Eight people are going on a trip to Chilika Lake.
- A bus ticket from Puri to Satapada costs ₹60.
- A two-hour boat ride for 8 people costs ₹1200.
How much money do we need to spend on each person?Show solution
- Number of people = 8
- Bus ticket per person = ₹60
- Boat ride for 8 people = ₹1200
Step 1 – Total bus cost for 8 people:
Step 2 – Boat cost per person:
Step 3 – Total cost per person:
Answer: Each person needs to spend ₹210 (₹60 for bus + ₹150 for boat).
5Find the multiplication and division sentences in the grid. Some are done for you:
250 × 4 = 1000
50 × 20 = 1000
525 ÷ 5 = 105Show solution
- ✓
- ✓
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Additional sentences that can be found in the grid:
- (5, 20, 100 appear in grid)
- — check grid
- (6, 22, 132 appear in grid)
- (16, 200, 3200 appear in grid)
- (30, 20, 600 appear in grid)
- — check grid
- (6000, 200, 30 appear in grid)
- — check grid
- (104, 4, 26 appear in grid)
- — check grid
Note: Students should scan each row, column, and diagonal of the grid to find all valid multiplication and division sentences.
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Chinnu's Coins
1Five friends plan to visit an amusement park. The cost of the ticket is ₹750.
- Bujji has all notes of ₹200.
- Munna has all notes of ₹50.
- Balu has all notes of ₹20.
- Chinnu has all coins of ₹5.
- Sansu has all coins of ₹2.
a) Find out how many notes/coins each child has to bring to buy the ticket.
b) Which of these children will not receive any change from the cashier?
c) How long would the cashier take to count Chinnu's coins?Show solution
a) Notes/coins needed:
- Bujji (₹200 notes):
notes = ₹600; needs 1 more ₹200 note → brings 4 notes (₹800), gets ₹50 change.
- Munna (₹50 notes):
notes exactly → brings 15 notes (₹750).
- Balu (₹20 notes):
notes = ₹740; needs 1 more → brings 38 notes (₹760), gets ₹10 change.
- Chinnu (₹5 coins):
coins exactly → brings 150 coins (₹750).
- Sansu (₹2 coins):
coins = ₹750; but 750 is odd, so — actually exactly → brings 375 coins (₹750).
b) Children who will NOT receive any change:
Children who pay exactly ₹750:
- Munna (15 × ₹50 = ₹750) ✓
- Chinnu (150 × ₹5 = ₹750) ✓
- Sansu (375 × ₹2 = ₹750) ✓
Bujji (pays ₹800, gets ₹50 change) and Balu (pays ₹760, gets ₹10 change) will receive change.
c) Time to count Chinnu's coins:
Chinnu has 150 coins of ₹5 each.
If the cashier counts 1 coin per second, it takes 150 seconds = 2 minutes 30 seconds.
If counting at 2 coins per second, it takes 75 seconds ≈ 1 minute 15 seconds.
*(The exact time depends on counting speed — this is an open discussion question.)*
2Observe the following multiplications:
In each case, do you see any pattern in the two numbers and their product? Find 5 such examples.Show solution
Look at the tens digit and units digit of the product:
- : (hundreds), (tens), (units) → 156 ✓
- : , , → 154 ✓
- : , , → 169 ✓
- : , , → 132 ✓
Pattern: For two-digit numbers of the form and (i.e., both in the teens):
5 more examples:
1. ✓
2. ✓
3. ✓
4. ✓
5. ✓
Note: This pattern works perfectly when a \times b < 10 (single digit). When , carry-over must be added.
3Assume each vehicle is travelling with full capacity. How many people can travel in each of these vehicles? Match them up. (Note: Vehicle images and capacities are in the textbook image which is not visible here.)Show solution
Method to solve: For each vehicle, multiply the number of rows/seats by the number of people per seat (or use the given capacity).
General approach:
- Read the capacity of each vehicle from the image.
- Multiply: Number of seats × People per seat = Total capacity.
- Match the vehicle to its total passenger count.
Example (typical vehicles in such problems):
- Auto-rickshaw: 3 passengers
- Car: 4–5 passengers
- Mini-bus: 20–30 passengers
- Bus: 40–60 passengers
- Train coach: 72 passengers
Students should refer to the actual image in their textbook to complete the matching.
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