NCERT Book Class 5 Mathematics (Math Mela) Chapter 8 Weight and Capacity

Chapter
Weight and
8 Capacity

Check! Check!
Anu has recorded the weights of the items in her house. Check if she has
recorded them correctly by putting a tick against them if they look correct.
1. Iron Almirah – 40 g
2. Bed – 60 kg
3. Rice Bag – 5 kg
4. Sofa – 30 g
5. Bucket – 1 kg 800 g
6. Water Bottle – 650 g
7. Refrigerator – 50 g

Let Us Do
Read the scales. Write the correct weight in the space given below.
a b c
0 0 0
4 kg 2 kg 6 kg
5 kg 1 kg
3 kg 1 kg
4 kg 2 kg
2 kg 1 kg 3 kg

............g ......kg.......g ......kg.......g

d e f
0 0 0
4 kg 1 kg 1 kg

3 kg 1 kg 750 g 250 g 750 g 250 g

2 kg 500 g 500 g

......kg.......g ...............g ...............g

Note for Teachers: The learners should be capable of reading various types of
weighing scales in different settings for measuring weights of different objects.
Help learners to make sense of each of the scales and make them understand how
the ‘0’ works in each scale.