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Page 1 Draw a rectangle of length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Divideitintothreeequalpartsandcompletetheflag. OurFlag You must have seen the flag of our country. Do you knowhowtodrawtheflag? The top one-third of our flag is saffron (or orange). Whatisthecolourofthemiddleone-thirdoftheflag? WherewillyoudrawtheAshokachakra? Howmuchoftheflagwillyoucolourgreen? Isthewhitecolournowlessthan oftheflag?Why? ThisistheflagofMyanmar,ourneighbour. Is blue more than one-fourth of the flag orless? Nowlookatthisflag.Howmuchofitis black?_________ The green part of the flag can be writtenas Is red less than one-third of the flag? Why? _________ Because of the blue chakra in the white part of the Indian flag, the white colour is a little less than 1/3.There can be some discussion on this point. Guesshowmuchoftheflagisred.Isitmorethan ?Isitmore thanthree-fourths? a Wholes Parts nd 4 50 LUB ATH M C Math Club can be set up in the school in which interesting activities can be taken up like making puzzles, shapes with tangrams, maps of buildings, looking for different geometrical shapes and anglesintheenvironment,calculatingareaandperimeterofaschoolground,etc. 51 The flag of Afghanistan 1 3 1 2 Reprint 2024-25 Page 2 Draw a rectangle of length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Divideitintothreeequalpartsandcompletetheflag. OurFlag You must have seen the flag of our country. Do you knowhowtodrawtheflag? The top one-third of our flag is saffron (or orange). Whatisthecolourofthemiddleone-thirdoftheflag? WherewillyoudrawtheAshokachakra? Howmuchoftheflagwillyoucolourgreen? Isthewhitecolournowlessthan oftheflag?Why? ThisistheflagofMyanmar,ourneighbour. Is blue more than one-fourth of the flag orless? Nowlookatthisflag.Howmuchofitis black?_________ The green part of the flag can be writtenas Is red less than one-third of the flag? Why? _________ Because of the blue chakra in the white part of the Indian flag, the white colour is a little less than 1/3.There can be some discussion on this point. Guesshowmuchoftheflagisred.Isitmorethan ?Isitmore thanthree-fourths? a Wholes Parts nd 4 50 LUB ATH M C Math Club can be set up in the school in which interesting activities can be taken up like making puzzles, shapes with tangrams, maps of buildings, looking for different geometrical shapes and anglesintheenvironment,calculatingareaandperimeterofaschoolground,etc. 51 The flag of Afghanistan 1 3 1 2 Reprint 2024-25 Our Flag Because of the blue chakra in the white part of the Indian flag, the white colour is a little less than 1/3.There can be some discussion on this point. a Wholes Parts nd 4 50 LUB ATH M C Math Club can be set up in the school in which interesting activities can be taken up like making puzzles, shapes with tangrams, maps of buildings, looking for different geometrical shapes and anglesintheenvironment,calculating area and perimeter of a school ground, etc. 51 The flag of Afghanistan Find out Collect as many flags as you can. How many flags have three colours? Are all the coloured parts equal in these flags? This is the flag of the Math Club in a school in Kerala. What part of the flag is coloured red? What part is green? See this black logo. Draw it. Is there a Math Club in your school? If not, ask your teacher how to set it up. Design a flag for your Math Club. Draw it here. Have you used the red colour? What part of the flag did you colour red? What were the other colours you chose? Reprint 2024-25 Page 3 Draw a rectangle of length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Divideitintothreeequalpartsandcompletetheflag. OurFlag You must have seen the flag of our country. Do you knowhowtodrawtheflag? The top one-third of our flag is saffron (or orange). Whatisthecolourofthemiddleone-thirdoftheflag? WherewillyoudrawtheAshokachakra? Howmuchoftheflagwillyoucolourgreen? Isthewhitecolournowlessthan oftheflag?Why? ThisistheflagofMyanmar,ourneighbour. Is blue more than one-fourth of the flag orless? Nowlookatthisflag.Howmuchofitis black?_________ The green part of the flag can be writtenas Is red less than one-third of the flag? Why? _________ Because of the blue chakra in the white part of the Indian flag, the white colour is a little less than 1/3.There can be some discussion on this point. Guesshowmuchoftheflagisred.Isitmorethan ?Isitmore thanthree-fourths? a Wholes Parts nd 4 50 LUB ATH M C Math Club can be set up in the school in which interesting activities can be taken up like making puzzles, shapes with tangrams, maps of buildings, looking for different geometrical shapes and anglesintheenvironment,calculatingareaandperimeterofaschoolground,etc. 51 The flag of Afghanistan 1 3 1 2 Reprint 2024-25 Our Flag Because of the blue chakra in the white part of the Indian flag, the white colour is a little less than 1/3.There can be some discussion on this point. a Wholes Parts nd 4 50 LUB ATH M C Math Club can be set up in the school in which interesting activities can be taken up like making puzzles, shapes with tangrams, maps of buildings, looking for different geometrical shapes and anglesintheenvironment,calculating area and perimeter of a school ground, etc. 51 The flag of Afghanistan Find out Collect as many flags as you can. How many flags have three colours? Are all the coloured parts equal in these flags? This is the flag of the Math Club in a school in Kerala. What part of the flag is coloured red? What part is green? See this black logo. Draw it. Is there a Math Club in your school? If not, ask your teacher how to set it up. Design a flag for your Math Club. Draw it here. Have you used the red colour? What part of the flag did you colour red? What were the other colours you chose? Reprint 2024-25 53 Magic Top What part of the chocolate did Manju eat? 52 Let us make a magic top. Take a cardboard piece. Draw a circle of radius 3 cm and cut it out. Divide the circle into 8 equal parts.Noweachpartis ofthe circle. Colour red, orange yellow etc. as shown here. Push a matchstick through the centre of the circle . Your magic top is ready. Spin it fast! What do you see? Can you see all the colours? Write what you see in your notebook. , Practice time A) Chocolate bar Manju had a chocolate. She gave one- fourth of it to Raji, one-third to Sugatha and one-sixth to Sheela. She ate the remaining part. How many pieces of chocolate did each get? Write here. Manju Sugatha Sheela Raji 1 8 1 8 1 8 2 8 Reprint 2024-25 Page 4 Draw a rectangle of length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Divideitintothreeequalpartsandcompletetheflag. OurFlag You must have seen the flag of our country. Do you knowhowtodrawtheflag? The top one-third of our flag is saffron (or orange). Whatisthecolourofthemiddleone-thirdoftheflag? WherewillyoudrawtheAshokachakra? Howmuchoftheflagwillyoucolourgreen? Isthewhitecolournowlessthan oftheflag?Why? ThisistheflagofMyanmar,ourneighbour. Is blue more than one-fourth of the flag orless? Nowlookatthisflag.Howmuchofitis black?_________ The green part of the flag can be writtenas Is red less than one-third of the flag? Why? _________ Because of the blue chakra in the white part of the Indian flag, the white colour is a little less than 1/3.There can be some discussion on this point. Guesshowmuchoftheflagisred.Isitmorethan ?Isitmore thanthree-fourths? a Wholes Parts nd 4 50 LUB ATH M C Math Club can be set up in the school in which interesting activities can be taken up like making puzzles, shapes with tangrams, maps of buildings, looking for different geometrical shapes and anglesintheenvironment,calculatingareaandperimeterofaschoolground,etc. 51 The flag of Afghanistan 1 3 1 2 Reprint 2024-25 Our Flag Because of the blue chakra in the white part of the Indian flag, the white colour is a little less than 1/3.There can be some discussion on this point. a Wholes Parts nd 4 50 LUB ATH M C Math Club can be set up in the school in which interesting activities can be taken up like making puzzles, shapes with tangrams, maps of buildings, looking for different geometrical shapes and anglesintheenvironment,calculating area and perimeter of a school ground, etc. 51 The flag of Afghanistan Find out Collect as many flags as you can. How many flags have three colours? Are all the coloured parts equal in these flags? This is the flag of the Math Club in a school in Kerala. What part of the flag is coloured red? What part is green? See this black logo. Draw it. Is there a Math Club in your school? If not, ask your teacher how to set it up. Design a flag for your Math Club. Draw it here. Have you used the red colour? What part of the flag did you colour red? What were the other colours you chose? Reprint 2024-25 53 Magic Top What part of the chocolate did Manju eat? 52 Let us make a magic top. Take a cardboard piece. Draw a circle of radius 3 cm and cut it out. Divide the circle into 8 equal parts.Noweachpartis ofthe circle. Colour red, orange yellow etc. as shown here. Push a matchstick through the centre of the circle . Your magic top is ready. Spin it fast! What do you see? Can you see all the colours? Write what you see in your notebook. , Practice time A) Chocolate bar Manju had a chocolate. She gave one- fourth of it to Raji, one-third to Sugatha and one-sixth to Sheela. She ate the remaining part. How many pieces of chocolate did each get? Write here. Manju Sugatha Sheela Raji 1 8 1 8 1 8 2 8 Reprint 2024-25 B) Colour the hats Colour of the hats red. Colour three-fifth hats blue. How many hats did you colour red? How many hats did you colour blue? What part of the hats are not coloured? The white triangle is divided into three equal parts. Fill each one-third part with a different colour. Can you show that these parts are equal? Think how. Now try to make three equal parts of this triangle in a different way. Colour each one- thirdwithadifferentcolour. C) Equal parts of a triangle 53 Magic Top 52 1 3 Reprint 2024-25 Page 5 Draw a rectangle of length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Divideitintothreeequalpartsandcompletetheflag. OurFlag You must have seen the flag of our country. Do you knowhowtodrawtheflag? The top one-third of our flag is saffron (or orange). Whatisthecolourofthemiddleone-thirdoftheflag? WherewillyoudrawtheAshokachakra? Howmuchoftheflagwillyoucolourgreen? Isthewhitecolournowlessthan oftheflag?Why? ThisistheflagofMyanmar,ourneighbour. Is blue more than one-fourth of the flag orless? Nowlookatthisflag.Howmuchofitis black?_________ The green part of the flag can be writtenas Is red less than one-third of the flag? Why? _________ Because of the blue chakra in the white part of the Indian flag, the white colour is a little less than 1/3.There can be some discussion on this point. Guesshowmuchoftheflagisred.Isitmorethan ?Isitmore thanthree-fourths? a Wholes Parts nd 4 50 LUB ATH M C Math Club can be set up in the school in which interesting activities can be taken up like making puzzles, shapes with tangrams, maps of buildings, looking for different geometrical shapes and anglesintheenvironment,calculatingareaandperimeterofaschoolground,etc. 51 The flag of Afghanistan 1 3 1 2 Reprint 2024-25 Our Flag Because of the blue chakra in the white part of the Indian flag, the white colour is a little less than 1/3.There can be some discussion on this point. a Wholes Parts nd 4 50 LUB ATH M C Math Club can be set up in the school in which interesting activities can be taken up like making puzzles, shapes with tangrams, maps of buildings, looking for different geometrical shapes and anglesintheenvironment,calculating area and perimeter of a school ground, etc. 51 The flag of Afghanistan Find out Collect as many flags as you can. How many flags have three colours? Are all the coloured parts equal in these flags? This is the flag of the Math Club in a school in Kerala. What part of the flag is coloured red? What part is green? See this black logo. Draw it. Is there a Math Club in your school? If not, ask your teacher how to set it up. Design a flag for your Math Club. Draw it here. Have you used the red colour? What part of the flag did you colour red? What were the other colours you chose? Reprint 2024-25 53 Magic Top What part of the chocolate did Manju eat? 52 Let us make a magic top. Take a cardboard piece. Draw a circle of radius 3 cm and cut it out. Divide the circle into 8 equal parts.Noweachpartis ofthe circle. Colour red, orange yellow etc. as shown here. Push a matchstick through the centre of the circle . Your magic top is ready. Spin it fast! What do you see? Can you see all the colours? Write what you see in your notebook. , Practice time A) Chocolate bar Manju had a chocolate. She gave one- fourth of it to Raji, one-third to Sugatha and one-sixth to Sheela. She ate the remaining part. How many pieces of chocolate did each get? Write here. Manju Sugatha Sheela Raji 1 8 1 8 1 8 2 8 Reprint 2024-25 B) Colour the hats Colour of the hats red. Colour three-fifth hats blue. How many hats did you colour red? How many hats did you colour blue? What part of the hats are not coloured? The white triangle is divided into three equal parts. Fill each one-third part with a different colour. Can you show that these parts are equal? Think how. Now try to make three equal parts of this triangle in a different way. Colour each one- thirdwithadifferentcolour. C) Equal parts of a triangle 53 Magic Top 52 1 3 Reprint 2024-25 D) Six parts of a rectangle Rani has divided a greenrectangleintosixequalpartslikethis. h Now you divide each of these rectangles into six equal parts. Use a different way foreachofthethreerectangles. Discuss h h How will you check that each part is really one-sixth of that rectangle? The green rectangle is bigger than the blue one. Can we say that of the green rectangle is bigger than of the blue rectangle? 54 I am a poet Greedy Gatekeepers 55 1 6 1 6 Reprint 2024-25Read More
FAQs on NCERT Textbook: Parts and Wholes
| 1. What is the difference between a fraction and a whole number in Parts and Wholes? |  |
Ans. A whole number represents a complete unit or group without divisions, while a fraction represents one or more equal parts of that whole. For example, 1 is a whole number, but 1/2 is a fraction showing half of that whole. Fractions help students understand how to divide and share wholes into smaller, equal sections.
| 2. How do I identify numerators and denominators when learning about fractions? | |
Ans. The numerator is the top number showing how many parts are selected, while the denominator is the bottom number showing the total equal parts the whole is divided into. In the fraction 3/4, three is the numerator (parts taken) and four is the denominator (total parts). Understanding this distinction is essential for fraction operations in Class 5 mathematics.
| 3. What does it mean when two fractions are called equivalent fractions? | |
Ans. Equivalent fractions are different fractions that represent the same value or amount of a whole. For instance, 1/2 and 2/4 both show half of something. Students can find equivalent fractions by multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number, which is key to comparing and simplifying fractions.
| 4. Why do I need to learn about unit fractions and how are they different? | |
Ans. Unit fractions have a numerator of 1, representing a single equal part of a whole-like 1/3 or 1/5. Non-unit fractions have numerators greater than 1, such as 2/3 or 3/5. Learning unit fractions first helps Class 5 students build confidence before working with more complex fractional parts and operations.
| 5. How can I represent fractions using shapes and diagrams in my CBSE Class 5 work? | |
Ans. Visual representations like circles, rectangles, and bars divided into equal sections help students see fractional parts concretely. Shading specific portions shows the numerator, while total divisions show the denominator. Using mind maps and flashcards with visual diagrams reinforces understanding of how fractions relate to wholes and their real-world applications.
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