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Class 4 Maths Chapter 3 Pattern Around Us Question Answer Solutions
Pattern Around Us Class 4 Maths Solutions
Class 4 Maths Chapter 3 Solutions
Let Us Count (NCERT Pg 34)
Question 1.
Gundappa has some land with tall coconut trees.

(i) How many coconut trees does Gundappa have?
(ii) How do you know?
(iii) Gundappa has plucked 5 coconuts from each tree. How many coconuts has he plucked?
Answer:
(i) We can see that coconut trees are following certain patterns. There are 3 rows and 3 columns in each box.
So, the number of trees in a box = 3×3=9 Therefore, the number of trees in whole land = 9 trees × 9=81 trees
(ii) Count the number of trees drawn or grouped.
(iii) Number of coconuts plucked by Gundappa =81 × 5=405 coconuts
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Question 2.
Muniamma makes plates and cups

Muniamma has arranged coconut laddoos and milk peda in trays like this. All trays have the same arrangement. Trays are placed one on top of the other.

(i) Numbers of cups?
(ii) How many coconut laddoos are there in the trays?
(iii) How many milk pedas are there in the trays?
Answer:
(i) Numbers of cups =66
(ii) Number of coconut laddoos in one tray
=3 × 4+1=12+1=13 × laddoos.
Total coconut laddoos =13 × 3=39 laddoos
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(iii) Number of milk pedas in one tray
= 4 ×3 ×pedas
= 12 × pedas
Total pedas =12 × 3=36 pedas
Patterns with Money (NCERT Pg 35)
Question 3.
Shirley and Shiv arranged their play money in some nice patterns as shown below.

(i) How Much Money?

Answer:
(ii) How much money?
(iii) How did you count them? Discuss in class.
(iv) Arrange play money of amounts 1,2,5, and 10 to show ₹ 36, ₹ 125, and ₹ 183. Ask your peers to tell how much it is.
Answer:
(i) Add values of the shown coins
=5 × 4+10 × 4+20
=20+40+20
=80
(ii) Add values of shown coins and notes
=2 ×4+10×6+5 × 8
=8+60+40
=108
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(iii) Do yourself
(iv) Do yourself
Two Ways (NCERT Pg 35-36)
Question 4.
(i) Shirley and Shiv arranged their coin in the following ways. Write the number of coins in the triangles.

(ii) Describe Shiv’s arrangement and write his numbers.
(iii) Describe Shirley’s arrangement and write her numbers.

(i) Shiv has arranged his numbers in pairs and the numbers are 4,6,8,12 and 14
(ii) There are odd numbers in Shirley’s arrangement and her numbers are 1,3,5,7,11 and 17

Answer:

(ii) Yes
Crayons Arrangement (NCERT Pg 37-38)
Question 6.
(i) Circle the odd numbers and put a square around each even number. Use the crayons arrangement, if needed.

Answer:

(ii) Even numbers =8,22,30,36,38,52
Odd numbers =5,37,43,51,69
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Question 7.
Shirley observes an interesting even-odd pattern in the page numbers of her Maths book.

(i) Explore your textbook and find out what Shirley has seen. Draw a square on the even numbers. Put a circle on the odd numbers.
(ii) Identify which of the following numbers are even and which are odd. Explain your reasoning.

Odd numbers : ……………………
Even numbers : ……………………
(iii) Make two 2-digit numbers using the digits 1 and 6 without repetition.
(iv) Identify the numbers as even or odd. Now choose any two digits and make 2-digit numbers in such a way that the numbers are even.
(v) Are there more even or odd numbers between 1 and 100?
(vi) Shirley notices that both the numbers, before and after an odd number, are even.
Shiv wonders if both the numbers, before and after an even number, will be odd. What do you think? Check and discuss.
Answer:
(i) Do yourself
(ii) Odd numbers: The numbers that cannot be divisible by 2 are called odd numbers. Here, odd numbers are 67, 415, 99.
Even numbers The numbers that can be divisible by 2 are called even numbers. Here, even numbers are 30,46,78,300, 154.
(iii) The two 2-digit numbers using the digits 1 and 6 without repetition are 16(even) and 61 (odd).
(iv) Do yourself
(v) Yes
(vi) Do yourself
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Question 8.
Choose any 10 numbers in order without skipping any (consecutive numbers). Write whether they are even or odd below each number. What do you notice? Discuss.

Answer:
Do yourself