NCERT Solutions: Raksha Bandhan

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Tomorrow is Gopal’s favourite festival.
Gopal and Dhara are very excited. Their beloved Atya (father’s sister) 
is visiting them today. They have cleaned and decorated their house.
Carefully observe Gopal’s house. 
What do you find interesting here?
............................................................................................ 
Find and count the number of each of these objects and write.
Leaves   Glasses   Pomegranate   Flowers  
Raksha Raksha 
Bandhan Bandhan
7 7
24 30 20 20
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Tomorrow is Gopal’s favourite festival.
Gopal and Dhara are very excited. Their beloved Atya (father’s sister) 
is visiting them today. They have cleaned and decorated their house.
Carefully observe Gopal’s house. 
What do you find interesting here?
............................................................................................ 
Find and count the number of each of these objects and write.
Leaves   Glasses   Pomegranate   Flowers  
Raksha Raksha 
Bandhan Bandhan
7 7
24 30 20 20
83
Raksha Bandhan
Let’s make Rakhis
Look! My teacher 
has taught us to make 
Rakhis.
We need to make 
5 Rakhis. 
For each Rakhi we need one flower, 
.......... threads and .......... beads.
How many threads, flowers and beads do 
they need?
Celebration begins!
Dhara’s mother has bought some material for the festival.
Guess the festival they are preparing for.
Raksha bandhan!
2
4
Threads-10, Flowers-5, Beads-20
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Tomorrow is Gopal’s favourite festival.
Gopal and Dhara are very excited. Their beloved Atya (father’s sister) 
is visiting them today. They have cleaned and decorated their house.
Carefully observe Gopal’s house. 
What do you find interesting here?
............................................................................................ 
Find and count the number of each of these objects and write.
Leaves   Glasses   Pomegranate   Flowers  
Raksha Raksha 
Bandhan Bandhan
7 7
24 30 20 20
83
Raksha Bandhan
Let’s make Rakhis
Look! My teacher 
has taught us to make 
Rakhis.
We need to make 
5 Rakhis. 
For each Rakhi we need one flower, 
.......... threads and .......... beads.
How many threads, flowers and beads do 
they need?
Celebration begins!
Dhara’s mother has bought some material for the festival.
Guess the festival they are preparing for.
Raksha bandhan!
2
4
Threads-10, Flowers-5, Beads-20
84
Maths Mela | Class 3
Dhara takes
Dhara takes
For 5 Rakhis, we need ......... flowers.
This can also be said as 5 times 1 
or    5 × 1 = 5
For 5 Rakhis, we need .............. threads.
or 5 times 2
or 5 × 2
2 2 2 2 2
+
+ + + +
+ + +
Each Rakhi uses 2 threads.
We need to make 5 Rakhis.
1 1 1 1 1
Each Rakhi uses 4 beads.
We need to make 5 Rakhis. 
= ......
= ......
Each Rakhi uses  
1 flower. We need  
 to make 5 Rakhis.
For 5 Rakhis, we need .............. beads.
4 4 4 4 4 + + + + = ......
or  5 times 4
or 5 × 4
5
5
10
10
20
20
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Tomorrow is Gopal’s favourite festival.
Gopal and Dhara are very excited. Their beloved Atya (father’s sister) 
is visiting them today. They have cleaned and decorated their house.
Carefully observe Gopal’s house. 
What do you find interesting here?
............................................................................................ 
Find and count the number of each of these objects and write.
Leaves   Glasses   Pomegranate   Flowers  
Raksha Raksha 
Bandhan Bandhan
7 7
24 30 20 20
83
Raksha Bandhan
Let’s make Rakhis
Look! My teacher 
has taught us to make 
Rakhis.
We need to make 
5 Rakhis. 
For each Rakhi we need one flower, 
.......... threads and .......... beads.
How many threads, flowers and beads do 
they need?
Celebration begins!
Dhara’s mother has bought some material for the festival.
Guess the festival they are preparing for.
Raksha bandhan!
2
4
Threads-10, Flowers-5, Beads-20
84
Maths Mela | Class 3
Dhara takes
Dhara takes
For 5 Rakhis, we need ......... flowers.
This can also be said as 5 times 1 
or    5 × 1 = 5
For 5 Rakhis, we need .............. threads.
or 5 times 2
or 5 × 2
2 2 2 2 2
+
+ + + +
+ + +
Each Rakhi uses 2 threads.
We need to make 5 Rakhis.
1 1 1 1 1
Each Rakhi uses 4 beads.
We need to make 5 Rakhis. 
= ......
= ......
Each Rakhi uses  
1 flower. We need  
 to make 5 Rakhis.
For 5 Rakhis, we need .............. beads.
4 4 4 4 4 + + + + = ......
or  5 times 4
or 5 × 4
5
5
10
10
20
20
85
Raksha Bandhan
Try it Out!
For making 10 such Rakhis, we need ......... flowers, ......... threads and 
......... beads.
There are 30 flowers, 30 threads and 30 beads. How many Rakhis can 
you make with this material? Use drawings if needed to find out the 
answer.
FUN ACTIVITY
Try making a 
colourful Rakhi  
at your home. 
Show it in  
the class.
10
20
40
Number of rakhis that can be made with 30 beads = 30/4 = 7.5 = 7 rakhis
Number of rakhis that can be made with 30 threads = 30/2 = 15 rakhis
Number of rakhis that can be made with 30 flowers = 30/1 = 30 rakhis
 
Therefore, we can make atmost 7 rakhis.
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Tomorrow is Gopal’s favourite festival.
Gopal and Dhara are very excited. Their beloved Atya (father’s sister) 
is visiting them today. They have cleaned and decorated their house.
Carefully observe Gopal’s house. 
What do you find interesting here?
............................................................................................ 
Find and count the number of each of these objects and write.
Leaves   Glasses   Pomegranate   Flowers  
Raksha Raksha 
Bandhan Bandhan
7 7
24 30 20 20
83
Raksha Bandhan
Let’s make Rakhis
Look! My teacher 
has taught us to make 
Rakhis.
We need to make 
5 Rakhis. 
For each Rakhi we need one flower, 
.......... threads and .......... beads.
How many threads, flowers and beads do 
they need?
Celebration begins!
Dhara’s mother has bought some material for the festival.
Guess the festival they are preparing for.
Raksha bandhan!
2
4
Threads-10, Flowers-5, Beads-20
84
Maths Mela | Class 3
Dhara takes
Dhara takes
For 5 Rakhis, we need ......... flowers.
This can also be said as 5 times 1 
or    5 × 1 = 5
For 5 Rakhis, we need .............. threads.
or 5 times 2
or 5 × 2
2 2 2 2 2
+
+ + + +
+ + +
Each Rakhi uses 2 threads.
We need to make 5 Rakhis.
1 1 1 1 1
Each Rakhi uses 4 beads.
We need to make 5 Rakhis. 
= ......
= ......
Each Rakhi uses  
1 flower. We need  
 to make 5 Rakhis.
For 5 Rakhis, we need .............. beads.
4 4 4 4 4 + + + + = ......
or  5 times 4
or 5 × 4
5
5
10
10
20
20
85
Raksha Bandhan
Try it Out!
For making 10 such Rakhis, we need ......... flowers, ......... threads and 
......... beads.
There are 30 flowers, 30 threads and 30 beads. How many Rakhis can 
you make with this material? Use drawings if needed to find out the 
answer.
FUN ACTIVITY
Try making a 
colourful Rakhi  
at your home. 
Show it in  
the class.
10
20
40
Number of rakhis that can be made with 30 beads = 30/4 = 7.5 = 7 rakhis
Number of rakhis that can be made with 30 threads = 30/2 = 15 rakhis
Number of rakhis that can be made with 30 flowers = 30/1 = 30 rakhis
 
Therefore, we can make atmost 7 rakhis.
86
Maths Mela | Class 3
Please give me 
2 boxes of laddoos.
How would we count the laddoos in this box?
 3 + 3 + 3 = ......
or, three times three equals 9
or, 3 × 3 = ......
There are ...... laddoos in this box.
 9 + 9 = 18
Two times nine equals 18.
 2 × 9 = 18
There are 18 laddoos.
3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = ...... .
Or, 6 times 3 equals 18.
Or, 6 × 3 = 18
There are 18 laddoos.
Wait Dhara! 
Let the shopkeeper 
arrange them in a 
box.
Bappa, Our 
Atya likes 
laddoos. Let’s 
buy some.
1, 2, 3, 4,... 
oh I am getting 
confused in 
counting them!
Sure!
Jagannath Sweet Shop
9
9
9
18