Class 5 Maths - The fish Tale - Question Answers

Q1: Amit's school bus travels at 36 km/h & Sushma's school bus travels at 11 m/s, whose school bus travels faster?
Ans: According to the question, Amit's school bus travels = 36 km/h
Amit's school bus travels = 36 × 5/18 = 10 m/s
Sushma's school bus travels = 11 m/s
So,
Speed of Amit's school bus is less than Speed of Sushma's school bus.
Hence, Sushma's school bus travels faster.

Q2: How many seconds are there in an hour?
Ans: Number of minutes in 1 hour = 60 minutes
Number of seconds in a minute = 60 seconds
So, seconds in an hour = 60 × 60 = 3600 seconds

Q3: Fill in the blanks: 
10,000 boys - 1 boy = ……………
Ans: 10,000 boys - 1 boy = 9,999 boys

Q4: Name five large cities in India. Find their population. Also, find the distance in kilometers between each pair of these cities.
Ans: Bangalore
Mumbai
New Delhi
Hyderabad
Kolkata
About distance:
the distance between Bangalore to Hyderabad is 575 km.
the distance between Mumbai to Delhi is 1136 km.
the distance between Kolkata to Hyderabad is 1192 km.
About population:-
Current Population of Bangalore is 11, 556, 907,
the population of Hyderabad is 8.7 million.
Current Population of Kolkata is 5 million,
Delhi population is 25 million,
and population of Mumbai is 21 million.

Q5: Fill in the blanks: 
Rs 99 + Rs 1 = ..........
Ans: Rs 99 + Rs 1 = Rs 100

Q6: Change: 234 mm into meters. 
Ans: 0.234 m 
We know that, 1 m = 1000 mm 
So, 234 mm can be written as 234/1000 m i.e. 0.234 m

Q7: 1 lakh= __________ ten thousand
Ans: 1 lakh = 1,00,000
1 lakh 100000
1 lakh 100,000
1 lakh = 100 \times 1000$$
= 100 thousand
= 10 × 10 thousand
= 10 ten thousand

Q8: Change: 876 m² into square centimeters.
Ans: 8760000 cm square
We know that 1 m = 100 cm.
So, 1m × 1m=1m square = 100 ×100 cm square = 10000 cm square.
Hence, 876 m square = 876 × 10000 cm square = 8760000 cm square.

Q9: Rekha mixes 1/2 l of water with 1/8 l of orange squash. How much mixture does she get?
Ans: Water = 1/2 l
Orange squash = 1/8 l
Mixture she got = 1/2 + 1/8 = 5/8 l

Q10: Show the following numbers on the number line. 1.1
Ans: 1.1 represents a point between 1 and 2 on number line, such that the space between 1 and 2 is divided into 10 equal parts. Hence, each equal part will be equal to one-tenth. Now, 1.1 is the first point between 1 and 2.