Word Problems: A Day at the Beach (Counting in Groups) | Mathematics for Class 2 (Joyful-Mathematics) PDF Download

Q1: Imagine you're at a fun fair, and there's a balloon seller with a bunch of colorful balloons. The seller has balloons of different colors like red, blue, and yellow. Can you count how many balloons the seller has altogether?

Ans: The balloon seller has 6 balloons with him

Q2: Imagine you're helping in a big drive to collect socks for people who need them. You have a lot of socks piled up, and you need to count how many pairs there are. Count how many pairs do you have in the following picture?

Ans: There are 10 Pairs of socks

Q3: Suraj is playing with a toy train. He arranges the carriages with the engine in the following way. Can you help him count the number of carriages his train has.
 Ans: Suraj’s Train has 5 carriages

Q4: Mahi has the following rings to play with. Count the number of rings that Mahi has in each stick.

Ans: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Q5: Joy and Rishi are playing with blocks. Help them count the numbers of (1 Box = 1 Block)

(a) Red Blocks:
(b) Yellow Blocks:
(c) No. of Ten Yellow Blocks:
(d) No. of Ten Red Blocks:
(e) Total no. of Blocks:
Ans: 
(a) 30
(b) 70
(c) 7
(d) 3
(e) 100

Q6: Mohit is playing with a bundle of sticks in his school. Each bundle has 10 sticks. Count the number of sticks, and write how many tens,ones, and how many sticks are there in all.

Ans: 
Tens: 10+10+10= 30
Ones: 1+1+1+1= 4
Total number of sticks: 34

Q7: You and your friend are playing with blocks. Your friend arranges the blocks in the following pattern. Can you Count the number of blocks, and write how many tens,ones, and how many blocks in all are there?

Ans:
Tens: 10+10+10+10 = 40
Ones: 1+1+1= 3
Total number of sticks: 43

Q8: You are playing in a playground and you notice some children playing on the slide. There are 5 children on the red slide and 3 children on the yellow slide. Are there more children on the red slide or the yellow slide?
Ans: 
There are more children on the red slide than on the yellow slide.

• The red slide has 5 children.
• The yellow slide has 3 children.

Since 5 is a larger number than 3, there are more children playing on the red slide

Q9: You and your brother go to a park for a walk, where you see an Apple tree. You pick 7 apples from the tree, and your brother picks 5 apples. Who picked more apples, you or your brother?
Ans: 
In this scenario, you picked more apples than your brother.

• You picked 7 apples.
• Your brother picked 5 apples.

By comparing the numbers, we see that 7 is greater than 5. Therefore, you picked more apples.

Q10: There is a car race in your School. The Race has nearly come to an end. Look at the picture and observe the position of each boat.

(a) Which colour car came First in the race?
(b) Which colour car came Second in the race?
(c) Which colour car came Third in the race?
Ans:  
(a) RED car got the first position
(b) BLUE car got the second position
(c) GREEN car got the third position