NCERT Textbook Solutions: How Many? (Addition and Subtraction of Single Digit Numbers) | Mathematics for Class 1: NCERT (Joyful-Mathematics) PDF Download

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Let children look at the picture and share what activities they do in the 
park. They may also discuss the number of people joining in the park, 
for example, how many children are playing in the first picture 
and how many joined them. Let children discuss or share the 
importance of spending time with grandparents and discuss ways 
of showing respect to them.
Going out with Grandfather!
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Let children look at the picture and share what activities they do in the 
park. They may also discuss the number of people joining in the park, 
for example, how many children are playing in the first picture 
and how many joined them. Let children discuss or share the 
importance of spending time with grandparents and discuss ways 
of showing respect to them.
Going out with Grandfather!
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4   children and  children altogether make ___ children.
4 + 2 = 
3  tops and 
1
 top altogether make _____ tops.
3 + 1 = 
3  ants and 
2
 ants altogether make _____ ants.
3 + 2 = 
4   pencils and 
3
 pencils altogether make ____ pencils.
4 + 3 = 
Provide children enough opportunity to do addition with lots of concrete 
objects. Encourage children to find the total number of objects by 
combining two groups (aggregation) and also by adding more objects 
to an existing group of objects (augmentation). Practice work should 
be done with the children on both types of addition problems.
Tell How many Altogether? Fill in the Blanks.
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Let children look at the picture and share what activities they do in the 
park. They may also discuss the number of people joining in the park, 
for example, how many children are playing in the first picture 
and how many joined them. Let children discuss or share the 
importance of spending time with grandparents and discuss ways 
of showing respect to them.
Going out with Grandfather!
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4   children and  children altogether make ___ children.
4 + 2 = 
3  tops and 
1
 top altogether make _____ tops.
3 + 1 = 
3  ants and 
2
 ants altogether make _____ ants.
3 + 2 = 
4   pencils and 
3
 pencils altogether make ____ pencils.
4 + 3 = 
Provide children enough opportunity to do addition with lots of concrete 
objects. Encourage children to find the total number of objects by 
combining two groups (aggregation) and also by adding more objects 
to an existing group of objects (augmentation). Practice work should 
be done with the children on both types of addition problems.
Tell How many Altogether? Fill in the Blanks.
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A. How many brothers and sisters do your parents have 
altogether?
altogether?
C. How many fingers do you have in both your hands and 
feet?
D. How many numbers can you count on your fingers?
Encourage children to understand and say the addition sentences aloud. 
For example, 4 children and 2 children altogether make 6 children and 
connect the word ‘make’ with the symbol of addition (+) and ‘altogether’ 
with the symbol of equal to (=). Children should be provided 
opportunities to work with concrete material in developing the 
vocabulary like ‘total’, ‘sum’, ‘altogether’, etc., before progressing 
towards symbolic representation or addition of numbers.
6  balls and 
2
 balls altogether make ____ balls.
6 + 2 = 
7 + 1 = 
Let us Count Let us Count
Add and Draw
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B. How many family members do you and your friend have
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Let children look at the picture and share what activities they do in the 
park. They may also discuss the number of people joining in the park, 
for example, how many children are playing in the first picture 
and how many joined them. Let children discuss or share the 
importance of spending time with grandparents and discuss ways 
of showing respect to them.
Going out with Grandfather!
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4   children and  children altogether make ___ children.
4 + 2 = 
3  tops and 
1
 top altogether make _____ tops.
3 + 1 = 
3  ants and 
2
 ants altogether make _____ ants.
3 + 2 = 
4   pencils and 
3
 pencils altogether make ____ pencils.
4 + 3 = 
Provide children enough opportunity to do addition with lots of concrete 
objects. Encourage children to find the total number of objects by 
combining two groups (aggregation) and also by adding more objects 
to an existing group of objects (augmentation). Practice work should 
be done with the children on both types of addition problems.
Tell How many Altogether? Fill in the Blanks.
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A. How many brothers and sisters do your parents have 
altogether?
altogether?
C. How many fingers do you have in both your hands and 
feet?
D. How many numbers can you count on your fingers?
Encourage children to understand and say the addition sentences aloud. 
For example, 4 children and 2 children altogether make 6 children and 
connect the word ‘make’ with the symbol of addition (+) and ‘altogether’ 
with the symbol of equal to (=). Children should be provided 
opportunities to work with concrete material in developing the 
vocabulary like ‘total’, ‘sum’, ‘altogether’, etc., before progressing 
towards symbolic representation or addition of numbers.
6  balls and 
2
 balls altogether make ____ balls.
6 + 2 = 
7 + 1 = 
Let us Count Let us Count
Add and Draw
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Count and write the total number of fingers.
4 + 3 = 
3 + 2 = 
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4 + 0 = 
4 + 4 = 
Take turns and roll two dice together and 
find the total number of dots on both the 
dice. Now ask your friend to roll the dice 
and find the total number of dots. Find out 
who scores more.
Let us Play— Addition with Dice! Let us Play— Addition with Dice!
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How Many?
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Let children look at the picture and share what activities they do in the 
park. They may also discuss the number of people joining in the park, 
for example, how many children are playing in the first picture 
and how many joined them. Let children discuss or share the 
importance of spending time with grandparents and discuss ways 
of showing respect to them.
Going out with Grandfather!
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4   children and  children altogether make ___ children.
4 + 2 = 
3  tops and 
1
 top altogether make _____ tops.
3 + 1 = 
3  ants and 
2
 ants altogether make _____ ants.
3 + 2 = 
4   pencils and 
3
 pencils altogether make ____ pencils.
4 + 3 = 
Provide children enough opportunity to do addition with lots of concrete 
objects. Encourage children to find the total number of objects by 
combining two groups (aggregation) and also by adding more objects 
to an existing group of objects (augmentation). Practice work should 
be done with the children on both types of addition problems.
Tell How many Altogether? Fill in the Blanks.
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A. How many brothers and sisters do your parents have 
altogether?
altogether?
C. How many fingers do you have in both your hands and 
feet?
D. How many numbers can you count on your fingers?
Encourage children to understand and say the addition sentences aloud. 
For example, 4 children and 2 children altogether make 6 children and 
connect the word ‘make’ with the symbol of addition (+) and ‘altogether’ 
with the symbol of equal to (=). Children should be provided 
opportunities to work with concrete material in developing the 
vocabulary like ‘total’, ‘sum’, ‘altogether’, etc., before progressing 
towards symbolic representation or addition of numbers.
6  balls and 
2
 balls altogether make ____ balls.
6 + 2 = 
7 + 1 = 
Let us Count Let us Count
Add and Draw
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B. How many family members do you and your friend have
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Do it Yourself
Do it Yourself
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Count and write the total number of fingers.
4 + 3 = 
3 + 2 = 
5 + 3 = 
4 + 0 = 
4 + 4 = 
Take turns and roll two dice together and 
find the total number of dots on both the 
dice. Now ask your friend to roll the dice 
and find the total number of dots. Find out 
who scores more.
Let us Play— Addition with Dice! Let us Play— Addition with Dice!
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Kishore and Nitya also played the same game and here are 
their dots on the dice. Find out how many times Kishore 
won and how many times Nitya won by putting the (
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their score board.
Let us Do Let us Do
           and           =    6           and           =    5
           and           =               and           =    
           and           =               and           =    
           and           =               and           =    
           and           =               and           =    
Kishore Nitya
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D.
E.
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B.
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 Kishore Nitya
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