CBSE Class 3 Mathematics NCERT Solutions

Chapter 11 JUGS AND MUGS


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The wedding in Bunny's family


There is a wedding in the bunny family, a family of rabbits. Many guests are invited, including deer, monkeys, elephants, cats, dogs, mice, foxes, camels, mongooses, and more. A very special drink is served to all the guests- one glass each. Everyone finds the drink very tasty, but rats and sparrows cannot finish a full glass. Camel can finish his glass.

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Some others, like elephant, deer, monkey, ask for more than one glass. Now the trouble begins!!!!

There are some big guests who go on gulping down glass after glass!


  1. Help him fill the table. Have fun!



Drank how much


Name of guest


Less than 1 glass



Between 1- 5 glass



Between 10-100 glass



More than 100 glasses





Ans.



Drank how much


Name of guest


Less than 1 glass


Rat, sparrow


Between 1- 5 glass


Cat, Dog


Between 10-100 glass


Monkey, Deer


More than 100 glasses


Camel, Elephant


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Bottles And Buckets


  1. About how many glasses of water do you drink in a day?


Ans. Summer day: 8-10 glasses, Winter day: 6 glasses.



  1. Can you guess how much water goes out of you?


Ans. Almost half of the water which I take goes out of me.



  1. Match the right pairs: Ans.



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Whose Jug Holds More Water


  1. What are Naima and Jeetu doing?


Ans. They are pouring water in their jugs.



  1. If Naima pours one glass of water in her jug, it looks like this: what do you think?



Ans. Naima thinks she will have to pour around 3 glasses of water to fill the jug. I agree with Naima.


  1. If Jeetu pours one glass of water into his jug, it looks like this: Whose jug holds more water?



Ans. Jeetu’s jug holds more water.



  1. How many glasses of water do you think Jeetu should pour to fill his jug?


Ans. Four glasses of water.



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Filling Pots


  1. Why did Naseem goes more time than Abdul?


Ans. Naseem go more time than Abdul as his bottle is of smaller size. Naseem’s bottle can hold half (twice/half/three times) as much water as Abdul’s bottle.


How Many Glasses


  1. Pot B holds 11 glasses of water. Pot A holds twice as much water as pot B. How many glasses of water are needed to fill pot A?



Ans. 11 2 = 22 glasses of water.



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Filling Potholes

  1. There is a small town near Kohima. There are some pebbles in the road. Before the rains come, children want to fill the holes with pebbles.

They bring pebbles in mugs of the same size. Hole A gets filled with 9 mugs of pebbles.

Hole B gets filled with 18 mugs of pebbles. Hole C gets filled with 12 mugs of pebbles.

Mark A, B, and C on the right hole in the picture. Ans.




  1. Which is the biggest pothole?


Ans. B.



  1. If jugs are used, hole A gets filled with 5 jugs. How many jugs of pebbles are needed to fill hole B?

Ans. 5 2 = 10 jugs.