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Make a Bouncy Ball

What you need;

1. 1/2 Teaspoon borax

2. 1 tablespoon cornstarch

3. 1 tablespoon glue

4. 2 tablespoons warm water

5. Food colouring

6. Spoon

7. Plastic containers

Caution! - Borax is not edible, so don’t chew the ball.

What to do:
Step 1: Pour water and borax into a container.
Step 2: Add food colour. Stir the mixture with a spoon until the
borax dissolves.
Step 3: Separately, pour glue, add 1/2 teaspoons of the borax
solution you just made and 1 tablespoon of cornstarch
to the glue. Do not stir it.

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Step 4: Leave the mixture alone for 15 seconds and then stir it again
till it becomes too thick to stir.
Step 5: Take the mixture out of the container. Mould it in the shape
of a ball with your hands till it becomes solid.

Kudos to you, young scientist. Your bouncy ball is ready to bounce.

What happens:
This activity demonstrates an interesting chemical reaction, primarily between
the borax and the glue. The borax acts as a “cross-linker” to the polymer
molecules in the glue – basically it creates chains of molecules that stay
together when you pick them up. The cornstarch helps to bind the molecules
together so that they hold their shape better.

Learning Outcome: Learning how the of borax and glue gives rise to a
bouncy ball.

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 Do it Mentally!

1. As we move to the left on a number line, how does the value of a number
change?

A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains unchanged
D. Can’t say

2. Observe the following sums.

What is the result of the sum 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + ……+ 15?

A. 121
B. 81
C. 100
D. 64

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3. What is the number of line segments in a cuboid?

A. 6
B. 8
C. 12
D. 16

4. How many triangles are present in the figure below?

A. 15
B. 13
C. 4
D. 1

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5. By what value is the line m longer than the line n?

A. 1 cm
B. 2 cm
C. 3 cm
D. 4 cm

6. How many pairs of parallel lines are present in the given figure?

A. 2
B. 4
C. 1
D. 3

Learning Outcome: Learning to calculate mentally for simple Math

problems.

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 Number Pairs
Use number pairs to plot the points as shown below.

Put an X at (3,2).

Put an X on this grid for each of the number pairs given below:
(1,1) (1,9) (3,9) (3,6) (7,6) (7,9) (9,9) (9,1) (7,1) (7,4) (3,4) (3,1) (1,1)

Join the X’s in the same order.

Which capital letter have you drawn?

Learning Outcome: Understand the concept of number pairs and plotting

them on a grid.

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 Fun With Math!

1. There are equal number of coins in each jar. If there are 30 coins in 6
jars, then how many coins are present in all the 9 jars?

2. The following pictograph shows the number of boys in each class of a boys’
school.
Find:
(a) The class/classes which has/have the maximum number of boys.
(b) The class/classes which has/have the minimum number of boys.
(c) The total number of boys in the school.

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3. How many squares are present in the given figure?

4. If an ‘eraser’ is called a ‘box’, a ‘box’ is called a ‘pencil’, a ‘pencil’ is called a

‘sharpener’ and a ‘sharpener’ is called a ‘bag’, then what will a child write
with?

5. In a certain code language, 3 is coded as Z. 4 is coded as Y, 5 is coded as X,

6 is coded as W and 7 is coded as V. Find the code for 5734.

Learning Outcome: Solving problems logically.

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1. What fraction of the piano keys is white?

A. 1/2
B. 2/5
C. 4/5
D. 7/2

2. Find the sum of all these numbers.

A. 5
B. 6
C. 5.6
D. 6.8

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3. What is the missing number?

A. 4
B. 2
C. 6
D. 1

4. How many steps are there in the shortest path from A to N?

A. 4 steps
B. 5 steps
C. 6 steps
D. 7 steps

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5. How many squares are there in the given figure?

A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

6. Which point on the number line is closest to zero?

A. D
B. C
C. B
D. A

Learning Outcome: Analyse logically complex problems.

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 Percentage

1. Surjeet got 42% in his French test. If the test was of 50 marks, then how
many marks did he get?

A. 23
B. 22
C. 21
D. 20
2. If 70% of “A” is 3.15 then what is the value of A?

A. 5.0
B. 4.5
C. 4.0
D. 3.5

3. A taxi driver has decided to start charging a rate of r paise per person
per km. How much( in rupees) would it cost 8 people to travel x km, if he
decides to give them a discount of 40%?

A. 4.8xr
B. 3.2xr
C. 4xr
D. 2.4xr

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4. If the length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and the width is

decreased by 20%, then find the percentage by which its area changes.

A. 8
B. 5
C. 4
D. 6

5. Find the number whose 33% is 3.63

A. 8
B. 12
C. 15
D. 11

Learning Outcome: Using percentages to solve real life problems.

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 Symmetry

1. Which of the following alphabets has infinite lines of symmetry?

A. A
B. O
C. Q
D. B

2. Choose the correct vertical mirror image of

A.

B.

C.

D.

3. Find the number of lines of symmetry for the shape given below.

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A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4

4. How many lines of symmetry does the letter Z of the English alphabet have?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

5. Find the number of lines of symmetry for the figure given below:

A. 8
B. 1
C. 6
D. 4

Learning Outcome: Learn to identify the line of symmetry.

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 Odd One Out!!

Three of the four words given in each of the cases below are similar in some
way, one of them is not. Choose the odd one out.

1.
branch dirt leaf root

2.
leopard cougar elephant lion

3.
couch rug table chair

4.
cornea retina pupil vision

5.
noun preposition punctuation adverb

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6.
book stem leaf root

7.
inch ounce centimetre yard

8.
tyre steering wheel engine car

9.
tulip rose bud daisy

10.
heart liver nails kidney

Learning Outcome: Categorizing words based on their similarity.

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 Analogies

Establish the relationship between the words and find the answer.

1. Odometer is to mileage as compass is to:

A. speed
B. hiking
C. needle
D. direction

2. Marathon is to race as hibernation is to

A. winter
B. bear
C. dream
D. sleep

3. Glass-Window is to pane as book is to:

A. novel
B. glass
C. cover
D. page

4. Cup is to coffee as bowl is to

A. dish
B. soup
C. spoon
D. glass

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5. Yard is to inch as quart is to:

A. gallon
B. ounce
C. milk
D. liquid
6. Play is to actor as concert is to:
A. symphony
B. musician
C. piano
D. percussion

7. Optimist is to cheerful as pessimist is to:

A. gloomy
B. mean
C. petty
D. helpful

8. Reptile is to lizard as flower is to:

A. petal
B. stem
C. daisy
D. alligator

Learning Outcome: Understanding the use of analogies.

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1. Decreases
2. From 1 to 15 there are 8 odd numbers. So, 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + …….+ 15 = 8 X 8 = 64
3. Number of line segments in a cuboid = Number of edges = 12
4. 13 triangles
5. 9cm - 5cm = 4 cm
6. 2

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 Number Pairs

The capital letter ‘H’ is drawn on completing the number pairs.

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 Fun With Math!

1. In 6 jars, there are 30 coins.

30
So in 1 jar, number of coins is
6
30
Thus, in all the 9 jars, number of coins is X 9 = 45
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2. (a) 4 and 6
(b) 3 and 5
(c) 33 × 8 = 264

3. There are ten small squares, two 2×2 squares and two 3×3 squares. So,
total number of squares = 14.

4. A child will write with a ‘pencil’ and pencil is called a ‘sharpener’. So, the
child will write with a ‘sharpener’.

5. XVZY

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1. There are 24 keys, 10 of which are black and 14 are white.

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Thus, = of the piano keys is white.
24 12

2.

3. 1

1 1

1 2 1

1 3 + 3 1
}

1 4 6 4 1

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4. The shortest path would take 5 steps:

A–B–D–E–K–N

5. There are 6 squares.

6. Point C is closest to zero.

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 Percentage

1. c
2. b
3. a
4. c
5. d

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1. B
2. A
3. D
4. A
5. C

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 Odd One Out!!

1. dirt
2. elephant
3. rug
4. vision
5. punctuation
6. book
7. ounce
8. car
9. bud
10. nails

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 Analogies

1. (D)
An odometer is an instrument used to measure mileage. A compass is an
instrument used to determine direction.

2. (D)
A marathon is a long race and hibernation is a lengthy period of sleep.

3. (D)
A glass-window is made up of panes and a book is made up of pages.

4. (B)
Coffee goes into a cup and soup goes into a bowl.

5. (B)
A yard is a larger measure than an inch (a yard contains 36 inches). A
quart is a larger measure than an ounce (a quart contains 32 ounces).

6. (B)
An actor performs in the play. A musician performs at a concert.

7. (A)
An optimist is a person whose outlook is cheerful. A pessimist is a person
whose outlook is gloomy.

8. (C)
A lizard is a type of reptile; a daisy is a type of flower.

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