🥭 Chapter 3: Mango Treat 🦜
NCERT Class 1 Maths Solutions
📖 Let us Read & Talk
A. Identify the birds in the picture.
✨ Answer: (Students will identify the birds shown in their textbook, such as parrots, crows, or sparrows, alongside the squirrel.)
B. How many animals or birds were eating the mango in the beginning?
✨ Answer: 1 (Only the squirrel was eating the mango at first).
C. How many more animals or birds joined every time?
✨ Answer: 1 more joined every time.
D. What is 1 more than 1, 1 more than 2… up to 9?
✨ Answer:
• 1 more than 1 is 2
• 1 more than 2 is 3
• 1 more than 3 is 4
• 1 more than 4 is 5
• 1 more than 5 is 6
• 1 more than 6 is 7
• 1 more than 7 is 8
• 1 more than 8 is 9
• 1 more than 1 is 2
• 1 more than 2 is 3
• 1 more than 3 is 4
• 1 more than 4 is 5
• 1 more than 5 is 6
• 1 more than 6 is 7
• 1 more than 7 is 8
• 1 more than 8 is 9
E. How many animals and birds ate the mango at the end?
✨ Answer: 9 animals and birds ate the mango at the end.
⚖️ More, Less, or Equal?
My Drawing Day: Discuss with children how to find out which items are more, less, or equal by matching them one-to-one!
A. Tick the one which is more in number.
✨ Answer: Count both groups. Tick the group that has the bigger number (e.g., 5 apples is more than 3 apples).
B & C. Tick the one which is less in number.
✨ Answer: Count both groups. Tick the group that has the smaller number (e.g., 2 flowers is less than 4 flowers).
🖐️ Finger Game Activity:
Show 4 fingers to your friend! Ask them to show you a number that is LESS (like 1, 2, or 3) and a number that is MORE (like 5, 6, or 7).
Show 4 fingers to your friend! Ask them to show you a number that is LESS (like 1, 2, or 3) and a number that is MORE (like 5, 6, or 7).
🔢 Numbers 1, 2, 3… Go!
A to I. Draw a circle around the objects matching the numbers 1 through 9.
✨ Answer: Students should look at the busy picture in their book and circle the correct groups:
• Find and circle 1 object (e.g., 1 sun).
• Find and circle a group of 2 objects.
• Continue this all the way up to finding a group of 9 objects.
• Find and circle 1 object (e.g., 1 sun).
• Find and circle a group of 2 objects.
• Continue this all the way up to finding a group of 9 objects.
Count and Colour
✨ A. Colour 8 stars: Count exactly 8 stars and colour them in.
✨ B. Colour 5 flowers: Count exactly 5 flowers and colour them in.
✨ C. Colour 6 balls: Count exactly 6 balls and colour them in.
✨ B. Colour 5 flowers: Count exactly 5 flowers and colour them in.
✨ C. Colour 6 balls: Count exactly 6 balls and colour them in.
🚂 Missing Numbers
A. Draw a path from numbers 1 to 9 in the correct order.
✨ Answer: Draw a line connecting the numbers exactly in this order: 1 ➔ 2 ➔ 3 ➔ 4 ➔ 5 ➔ 6 ➔ 7 ➔ 8 ➔ 9 without crossing lines!
B & C. The cat walked all over the floor. Write down the missing numbers!
✨ Answers:
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
🎨 Project Work
E. Which two groups together have 8 fruits?
✨ Answer: Count the fruits in each group. Find the two groups that, when added together, equal 8 (e.g., a group of 4 apples + a group of 4 bananas). Encircle both groups!
F. Which two groups together have 7 umbrellas?
✨ Answer: Find the two groups that add up to 7 (e.g., a group of 3 umbrellas + a group of 4 umbrellas).
G. Which are less in number? Cups or Spoons?
✨ Answer: Count the cups. Count the spoons. Encircle the group that has the smaller number.