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NCERT
SOLUTIONS
CLASS - 5th
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Class : 5th
Subject : Maths
Chapter : 11
Chapter Name : Area And Its Boundary
Q1 Suggest some ways to nd out whose piece is bigger. Discuss?
Answer. There are various ways to decide whose piece is bigger following ideas can be used. Idea
1: Cut the piece B as shown here.
It is observed that the rst and second parts exactly cover the piece A. but the third part is
remaining which shows that part B is bigger than part A.
Idea 2: We can divide the piece A and B into a 1cm square in the following way.
Now, count the number of small boxes in each piece. There are 30 boxes in piece A and 33 boxes
in piece B So, piece B is bigger than piece A.
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Q2 Altogether how many squares can be arranged on it?
Answer. 30 square
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Q3 So, the area of piece A = ________ square cm
Answer. 30 square cm
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Q4 In the same way nd the area of piece B.
Answer. We can divide the area into 33 boxes. So, the area is 33 square cm.
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Q5 Who had the bigger piece? How much bigger?
Answer. Piece B had bigger area then Piece A by (33 – 30) = 3 square cm
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Q1 Measure the yellow rectangle. It is ________ cm long.
Answer. 14 cm
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Q2 How many stamps can be placed along its length? ________
Answer. 7 steps
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Q3 How wide is the rectangle? ________ cm
Answer. 10 cm.
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Q4 How many stamps can be placed along its width? ________
Answer. 5 stamps.
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Q5 How many stamps are needed to cover the rectangle?
Answer. 7 X 5 = 35 stamps.
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Q6 How close was your earlier guess? Discuss.
Answer. It was quite close.
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Q7 What is the area of the rectangle?
Answer. 35 X 5 = 175 square cm
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Q8 What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
Answer. Perimeter = 2(14 + 10)
= 2 X 24
= 48 cm.
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Q1 Arbaz plans to tile his kitchen oor with green square tiles. Each side of the tile is 10 cm. His
kitchen is 220 cm in length and 180 cm wide. How many tiles will he need?
Answer. Area of oor = l X b
= 220 X 180
= 39600 square cm
Area of tile = side X side
= 10 X 10
= 100 square cm
No. of tiles = 39600 /100
= 396 tiles
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Q2 The fencing of a square garden is 20 m in length. How long is one side of the garden?
Answer. Perimeter of Garden = 20 m
So, 4 side = 20
1 side = 20/4
1 side = 5 cm
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Q3 A thin wire 20 centimeters long is formed into a rectangle. If the width of this rectangle is 4
centimeters, what is its length?
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Answer. Perimeter = 20 cm
Width = 4 cm
Perimeter of rectangle = 20
2 (l + b) = 20
2 (l + 4) = 20
l + 4 = 20/4
l = 10 – 4
l = 6 cm.
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Q4 A square carrom board has a perimeter of 320 cm. How much is its area?
Answer. Perimeter = 320 cm
First, we need to nd the side of a square.
So, Perimeter = 320
4 X side = 320
Side = 320/4
Side = 80 cm.
Area = side X side
Area = 80 X 80
Area = 6400 square cm.
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Q5 How many tiles like the triangle given here will t in the white design?
Answer. The Design required 6 triangles
Area of design = 6 X ½ = 3 square cm
Make your own design with 6 square cm and 4 square cm
Area of 4 square cm = 4 X 2 = 8 triangles.
Area of 6 square cm = 6 X 2 = 12 triangles.
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Q6 Sanya, Aarushi, Manav, and Kabir made greeting cards. Complete the table for their cards:
Answer.
Take a thick paper sheet of length 14 cm and width 9 cm. You can also use an old postcard.
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Q1 What is its area? What is its perimeter?
Answer. Area of rectangle = l X b
= 14 X 9
= 126 square cm
Perimeter = 2(l + b)
= 2(14 + 9)
= 2 X 23
= 46 cm
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Q2 Now cut strips of equal sizes out of it.
Answer. we cut the 8 strips in equal length
= 8 X 14
= 112 cm
we cut the 6 strips in equal length
= 6 X 14
= 84 cm
we cut the 4 strips in equal length
= 4 X 14
= 56 cm
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Q3 How long is your belt? What is its perimeter? Whose belt is the longest in the class?
Answer. The Perimeter of belt = 2(l + b)
= 2(56 + 4)
= 2 X 60
= 120 cm
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Q1 Why did some of your friends get longer belts than others?
Answer. Because they made from thin strips.
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Q2 Is the area of your belt the same as the area of the postcard? Why or why not?
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Answer. Area of the belt of 4 cm = l X b
= 4 X 56
= 224 Square
No, it is not equal to the postcard.
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Q3 What will you do to get a longer belt next time?
Answer. I will make belt by thin strips.
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Q1 Can you think of how to cut a postcard so that you can pass through it? (See photo.) If you
have tried hard enough and still not got it… look for the answer somewhere ahead.
Answer. Yes
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Q1 A) You can play this game on a ground. Make two squares of one square meter each. Divide
your class into two teams. Ready to play!
How many of you can sit in one square meter?
Answer. Three
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Q2 How many of you can stand in it?
Answer. Four
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Q3 Which team could make more children stand in their square? How many?
Answer. Team A
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Q4 Which team could make more children sit in their square? How many?
Answer. Team A can make Four Children.
The measure of equal to that in which children easily sit there.
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B) Measure the length of the oor of your classroom in meters. Also, measure the width.
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Q5 What is the area of the oor of your classroom in square meters?
Answer. area of Floor = l X b
= 10 X 8 = 80 square cm
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Q6 How many children are there in your class?
Answer. 40 Children
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Q7 So how many children can sit in one square meter?
Answer. no. children = 80/40 = 2.
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Q8 If you want to move around easily then how many children do you think should be there in one
square meter?
Answer. Two Children.
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Q9 Can you imagine how big a square of side 1 km is! It has an area of ______ square km. Guess
how many people can live on that
Answer. Area of square = (X)
= 1 square km.
1000 people can live on that.
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Q1 Can you divide the land equally? Show how you will divide it. Remember each person has to
get a tree. Colour each person’s piece of land differently.
Answer. Total no. of boxes = 90
Hence, a person share = 90/3 = 30 cm.
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Q2 If each square on this page is equal to 1 square meter of land, how much land will each of her
children get? ________ square m
Answer. 30 square m
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Q3 Chumki, Jhumri, and Imran need wire to make a fence. Who will need the longest wire for
fencing?
Answer. perimeter of Chumki wire = 9 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 6 + 4 = 26 m,
Perimeter of Jumri’s wire = 6 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 6 = 24m,
Perimeter of Imran’s wire = 8 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 3 = 26m
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Q4 Who will need the longest wire for fencing?
Answer. Missing
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Q5 How much wire in all will the three needs?
Answer. 24 + 26 + 26 = 76m
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Q1 Which shape has the biggest area? How much? What is the perimeter of this shape?
Answer. Shape of P has the biggest area.
1
Area =(9 + 2 × + 7)
2
= 17 square cm
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Q2 What is the perimeter of this shape?
Answer. perimeter of shape = 15 cm.
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Q3 Which shape has the smallest area? How much?
Answer. Shape Q has the smallest area
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Q4 What is the perimeter of this shape?
Answer.
1
Area of square = (9 + 0 × + 7)
2
= 16 square cm.
1
Area of rectangle = (10 + 5 × + 0)
2
= 12 square cm.
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Q1 How many cms are the length of the boundary of lake A in the drawing?
Answer. 33 cm
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Q2 What is the length of the boundary of lake B in the drawing?
Answer. 26 cm.
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Q3 How many kilometers long is the actual boundary of lake A?
Answer. 33 km 14 m
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Q4 How many kilometers long is the actual boundary of lake B?
Answer. 26 km.
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Q5 A longer boundary around the lake will help more birds to lay their eggs. So which lake should
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be kept for birds? Which lake should be used for boats?
Answer. Lake A should be kept for birds and lake B should be used for boats.
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Q6 Find the area of lake B on the drawing in square cm. What is its actual area in square km?
Answer.
1
Solution: Area of lake B = (15 + 3 × + 8)
2
= 24.5 square cm.
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Q1 What is its area? Is it more than the rst rectangle?
Answer. Area of rectangle = l X b
= 30 X 20
600 square m.
Yes, it is more than the rst rectangle
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Q2 What other rectangles can he make with 100 meters of wire? Discuss which of these rectangles
will have the biggest area.
Answer. These are the following rectangles:
5 X 45 = 225 square m
15 X 35 = 525 square m
25 X 25 = 625 square m.
The third one has the biggest area.
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Q3 Why did Cheggu not choose a rectangle? Explain.
Answer. Because none of the rectangles have an area of 800 sqm.
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Q4 He made rectangles A, B, and C of different sizes. Find out the length of the boundary of each.
How much gold wire will he get for these rectangles?
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Answer. The king fainted because he could not able to change more gold.
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Q5 Can you make a rectangle with a still longer boundary? I made a rectangle 1 cm wide and
80000 m long. Imagine how long that boundary will be!!! With that much gold wire, I can become
the king!
Answer.
Perimeter = 2(1 + b)
= 2(8000 + 1cm)
1
= 2 (8000 + )
100
= 2(8000 + 0.01)
= 2(8000.01)
= 16000.02m
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