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How Heavy? How Light?
JaijuandMannuwereshiftinghouse.Theyloadedalltheirthings
onahorse-cart.Thereweremanythingslike awatertank,five
sacks of wheat, three tables, an almirah, four chairs, two
mattresses,threesacksofrice,abambooladder,potsandpans.
When they were ready to move, the horse refused to start. They
wonderedwhy Theirfathersaidthatthishorse snotwelland
w notpullaload than700kg.Oh!Buthowheavyis
thisload?—theyasked.
—
. wa
ould heavier
133
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
12
2024-25
Page 2


How Heavy? How Light?
JaijuandMannuwereshiftinghouse.Theyloadedalltheirthings
onahorse-cart.Thereweremanythingslike awatertank,five
sacks of wheat, three tables, an almirah, four chairs, two
mattresses,threesacksofrice,abambooladder,potsandpans.
When they were ready to move, the horse refused to start. They
wonderedwhy Theirfathersaidthatthishorse snotwelland
w notpullaload than700kg.Oh!Buthowheavyis
thisload?—theyasked.
—
. wa
ould heavier
133
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
12
2024-25
Father gave them some idea of the
weight of each thing.
Now they decided to remove a few
things from the cart.
Find out the total weight they had
loaded on the cart.
Which things should be removed so
that the weight of the load is not
more than 700 kgs?
j
j
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
The things which were loaded on the cart were big in
size and also very heavy. To measure the weight of such
heavy and big things, we need a big balance.
But Jaiju and Mannu wanted to make their own
balance. They collected a few things — a stick, two lids
and a thick thread. They made this balance.
Now you also make your own balance. Write
down how you made it. Also draw a picture of
your balance in the box below.
j
Thing loaded Weight
A sack of wheat 100 kg
A sack of rice 35 kg
Water tank 50 kg
Almirah 70 kg
A table 10 kg
A chair 5 kg
A mattress 20 kg
Bamboo ladder 10 kg
Pots and pans 10 kg
134
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
What is heavier?
What is the heaviest?
The balance children make will not be very accurate but will be good enough to compare
weightswhicharedifferentfromeachother.
135
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
2024-25
Page 3


How Heavy? How Light?
JaijuandMannuwereshiftinghouse.Theyloadedalltheirthings
onahorse-cart.Thereweremanythingslike awatertank,five
sacks of wheat, three tables, an almirah, four chairs, two
mattresses,threesacksofrice,abambooladder,potsandpans.
When they were ready to move, the horse refused to start. They
wonderedwhy Theirfathersaidthatthishorse snotwelland
w notpullaload than700kg.Oh!Buthowheavyis
thisload?—theyasked.
—
. wa
ould heavier
133
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
12
2024-25
Father gave them some idea of the
weight of each thing.
Now they decided to remove a few
things from the cart.
Find out the total weight they had
loaded on the cart.
Which things should be removed so
that the weight of the load is not
more than 700 kgs?
j
j
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
The things which were loaded on the cart were big in
size and also very heavy. To measure the weight of such
heavy and big things, we need a big balance.
But Jaiju and Mannu wanted to make their own
balance. They collected a few things — a stick, two lids
and a thick thread. They made this balance.
Now you also make your own balance. Write
down how you made it. Also draw a picture of
your balance in the box below.
j
Thing loaded Weight
A sack of wheat 100 kg
A sack of rice 35 kg
Water tank 50 kg
Almirah 70 kg
A table 10 kg
A chair 5 kg
A mattress 20 kg
Bamboo ladder 10 kg
Pots and pans 10 kg
134
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
What is heavier?
What is the heaviest?
The balance children make will not be very accurate but will be good enough to compare
weightswhicharedifferentfromeachother.
135
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
2024-25
134
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
Activity
Mannu and Jaiju put a pencil and a geometry
box in the two pans of the balance. Which pan
will go down? Why? Draw a picture to show it.
What is heavier?
Make pairs of different things and use
the balance to decide which is heavier.
First guess which thing will take the
pan down and then check with your
balance.
Make groups of three things. For example — eraser, ball and
paper. Use the balance to arrange them in order of weight – the
lightest, the one with in-between weight, the heaviest.
Complete the table with at least five examples.
What is the heaviest?
j
j
j Can you find your own weight using this balance?
The balance children make will not be very accurate but will be good enough to compare
weightswhicharedifferentfromeachother.
Lightest In-between weight Heaviest
Paper Eraser Ball
135
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
2024-25
Page 4


How Heavy? How Light?
JaijuandMannuwereshiftinghouse.Theyloadedalltheirthings
onahorse-cart.Thereweremanythingslike awatertank,five
sacks of wheat, three tables, an almirah, four chairs, two
mattresses,threesacksofrice,abambooladder,potsandpans.
When they were ready to move, the horse refused to start. They
wonderedwhy Theirfathersaidthatthishorse snotwelland
w notpullaload than700kg.Oh!Buthowheavyis
thisload?—theyasked.
—
. wa
ould heavier
133
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
12
2024-25
Father gave them some idea of the
weight of each thing.
Now they decided to remove a few
things from the cart.
Find out the total weight they had
loaded on the cart.
Which things should be removed so
that the weight of the load is not
more than 700 kgs?
j
j
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
The things which were loaded on the cart were big in
size and also very heavy. To measure the weight of such
heavy and big things, we need a big balance.
But Jaiju and Mannu wanted to make their own
balance. They collected a few things — a stick, two lids
and a thick thread. They made this balance.
Now you also make your own balance. Write
down how you made it. Also draw a picture of
your balance in the box below.
j
Thing loaded Weight
A sack of wheat 100 kg
A sack of rice 35 kg
Water tank 50 kg
Almirah 70 kg
A table 10 kg
A chair 5 kg
A mattress 20 kg
Bamboo ladder 10 kg
Pots and pans 10 kg
134
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
What is heavier?
What is the heaviest?
The balance children make will not be very accurate but will be good enough to compare
weightswhicharedifferentfromeachother.
135
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
2024-25
134
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
Activity
Mannu and Jaiju put a pencil and a geometry
box in the two pans of the balance. Which pan
will go down? Why? Draw a picture to show it.
What is heavier?
Make pairs of different things and use
the balance to decide which is heavier.
First guess which thing will take the
pan down and then check with your
balance.
Make groups of three things. For example — eraser, ball and
paper. Use the balance to arrange them in order of weight – the
lightest, the one with in-between weight, the heaviest.
Complete the table with at least five examples.
What is the heaviest?
j
j
j Can you find your own weight using this balance?
The balance children make will not be very accurate but will be good enough to compare
weightswhicharedifferentfromeachother.
Lightest In-between weight Heaviest
Paper Eraser Ball
135
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
2024-25
136
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g Making Weights
Do this activity in pairs. You need a balance, weights, a cake of
soap, plastic packets, sand and rubber bands. You can also take
help of an older person.
Get a new cake of soap. The packet will have the weight written
on it. You can use this soap to make your own different weights.
The soap weighs ____________ grams (g).
Take a small plastic packet.
Put it in one pan of the balance. Put the
soap in the other pan.
Slowly add sand to the packet till the pans
are balanced.
Close the packet with rubber band or
string and write
on
put the soap and the weight you just made
in pan ow many grams
make weights 150 , 200
and 250 .
ake some bigger weights of 500 ,
1000 , and 750 .
a
. Now stick a strip of paper '____ g'
it.
If you
together a , h will both these
weigh? ________
Now different — g g
g You can use soaps of different
weights for this.
Also m g
g g
Use your weights to weigh different things and
write in your notebook.
j
Practice Time
137
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
2024-25
Page 5


How Heavy? How Light?
JaijuandMannuwereshiftinghouse.Theyloadedalltheirthings
onahorse-cart.Thereweremanythingslike awatertank,five
sacks of wheat, three tables, an almirah, four chairs, two
mattresses,threesacksofrice,abambooladder,potsandpans.
When they were ready to move, the horse refused to start. They
wonderedwhy Theirfathersaidthatthishorse snotwelland
w notpullaload than700kg.Oh!Buthowheavyis
thisload?—theyasked.
—
. wa
ould heavier
133
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
12
2024-25
Father gave them some idea of the
weight of each thing.
Now they decided to remove a few
things from the cart.
Find out the total weight they had
loaded on the cart.
Which things should be removed so
that the weight of the load is not
more than 700 kgs?
j
j
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
The things which were loaded on the cart were big in
size and also very heavy. To measure the weight of such
heavy and big things, we need a big balance.
But Jaiju and Mannu wanted to make their own
balance. They collected a few things — a stick, two lids
and a thick thread. They made this balance.
Now you also make your own balance. Write
down how you made it. Also draw a picture of
your balance in the box below.
j
Thing loaded Weight
A sack of wheat 100 kg
A sack of rice 35 kg
Water tank 50 kg
Almirah 70 kg
A table 10 kg
A chair 5 kg
A mattress 20 kg
Bamboo ladder 10 kg
Pots and pans 10 kg
134
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
What is heavier?
What is the heaviest?
The balance children make will not be very accurate but will be good enough to compare
weightswhicharedifferentfromeachother.
135
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
2024-25
134
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
Activity
Mannu and Jaiju put a pencil and a geometry
box in the two pans of the balance. Which pan
will go down? Why? Draw a picture to show it.
What is heavier?
Make pairs of different things and use
the balance to decide which is heavier.
First guess which thing will take the
pan down and then check with your
balance.
Make groups of three things. For example — eraser, ball and
paper. Use the balance to arrange them in order of weight – the
lightest, the one with in-between weight, the heaviest.
Complete the table with at least five examples.
What is the heaviest?
j
j
j Can you find your own weight using this balance?
The balance children make will not be very accurate but will be good enough to compare
weightswhicharedifferentfromeachother.
Lightest In-between weight Heaviest
Paper Eraser Ball
135
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
2024-25
136
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g Making Weights
Do this activity in pairs. You need a balance, weights, a cake of
soap, plastic packets, sand and rubber bands. You can also take
help of an older person.
Get a new cake of soap. The packet will have the weight written
on it. You can use this soap to make your own different weights.
The soap weighs ____________ grams (g).
Take a small plastic packet.
Put it in one pan of the balance. Put the
soap in the other pan.
Slowly add sand to the packet till the pans
are balanced.
Close the packet with rubber band or
string and write
on
put the soap and the weight you just made
in pan ow many grams
make weights 150 , 200
and 250 .
ake some bigger weights of 500 ,
1000 , and 750 .
a
. Now stick a strip of paper '____ g'
it.
If you
together a , h will both these
weigh? ________
Now different — g g
g You can use soaps of different
weights for this.
Also m g
g g
Use your weights to weigh different things and
write in your notebook.
j
Practice Time
137
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
2024-25
136
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g Making Weights
75g
36g
100g
63g
197g
196g
20g
600g
254g
700g
245g
55g
250g
150g
200g
105g
140g
35g
75g
75g
40g
35g
40g
25g
Practice Time
Which pan of the balance will go down? Show by drawing
an arrow.
j
j
j
Is Mark it. the weight on any of the pans equal to 1 kilogram?
How many grams are there in 1 kg?
137
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
1kg
200
g
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