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Fool Your Tongue!

What you need:

1. Cotton balls
2. Vanilla extract
3. Apple

What to do:
Step 1: Bite a piece of apple, and note the taste. If you have had an apple,
the taste shouldn’t be anything new!

Step 2: Put a few drops of vanilla into the cotton.

Step 3: Put the cotton in front of your nose, and eat another piece of the
apple while smelling the vanilla..

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What just happened?
Did the second piece of apple taste different? It should’ve! Our tongues
can taste salty, bitter, sweet, and sour very easily, but other flavors or
tastes are connected to what we smell. That’s why the apple had a vanilla
taste!

DID Almost 3/4 of what we taste is related to what we smell?

YOU That’s how connected those two senses are! Think about
when your nose has been plugged. Was your food not as
KNOW tasty?

Learning Outcome: Learning about the sense of taste.

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 Fun with Fractions

In each of the figures given below, find the fraction of shaded area.

Learning Outcome: Visualizing fractions from symmetrical shapes.

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 Roman Numerals

1. Choose the option in which IX, IV and VI are arranged in descending

order

A IV,IX,VI B IX,VI,IV

C V I ,I X,I V D IV,VI,IX

2. What is the Hindu-Arabic numeral for XXXIX?

A 39 B 41

C 29 D 50

3. Four students Pandu, Kittu, Sweety and Chinu wrote Roman numerals on
their slates as shown:

Who wrote the lowest number?

A Pandu B Kittu

C Sweety D Chintu

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4. Find the incorrect statement from the following:

A C - X = XC B XI - IX = XX

C DC - C = D D LXI - LIX = II

5. Which of the following Roman numerals is meaningless?

A XV B XIX

C IXIV D XXIV

6. How many “X” symbols are needed to represent the sum 25 + 14 = 39 in

Roman system

A 7 B 6

C 4 D 3

Learning Outcome: Learn about the Roman numerals.

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 The Number Games

1. Identify the missing number

163 x 38 = (160+3) x

A 35-3 B 30+3

C 35+3 D 30+5

2. Identify the product of 684 and 43 rounded off to the nearest 100.

A 30600 B 29400

C 29500 D 29000

3. A school club has 525 members. If each member pays 1 1 as the

membership fee, then how much money is collected

A 5725 B 6775

C 52511 D 5775

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4. Study the given equations:

+ = 15
x = 54
If these number sentences are true, then which of the following is correct?

A =3 =5 B = 10 =5

C =9 =6 D = 18 =3

5. You have a 100 note with you for buying chocolates. The cost of one
chocolate is 13, how much change should you get back, if you bought six
chocolates.

A 22 B 36

C 49 D 64

6. What is the other way of writing 205 x 6?

A ( 200 + 50 ) × 6 B ( 20 + 5) × 6

C ( 200 - 5) × 6 D 200 × 6 + 5 × 6

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7. Find the missing term in the following square.

A 7 B 9

C 11 D 13

8. Which single digit should replace each of the asterisks(*), so that the
multiplication shown below is correct?

A 1 B 2

C 3 D 4

Learning Outcome: Using multiplication to solve logically complex

problems.

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 What’s in Your Mouth

A. Observe the diagram given below and answer the following:

I

II II
III III

IV IV

1. The teeth labelled II represents:

A Incisors B Canines

C Molars D Premolars

2. Teeth marked as I represents:

A Incisors B Canines

C Molars D Premolars

3. The teeth used to grind food are marked as:

A I B II

C III D IV

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4. Teeth marked III are called:

A Ripping Teeth B Cracking Teeth

C Tearing Teeth D Cutting Teeth

B. Match the following types of teeth in Column I and their uses

in Column II

Column 1 Column 2
1. Incisors a. Grinding
2. Canines b. Cracking
3. Premolars c. Cutting
4. Molars d. Tearing

1 2

3 4

Learning Outcome: Learn about the structure and functioning

of teeth.

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 All Mixed Up!

When solids are added to some liquids, they break down into very tiny
particles and seem to disappear. A mixture in which one material completely
dissolves in another is called a solution. When you add sugar to a cup of tea,
the sugar dissolves in the tea to form a solution. Some solids do not dissolve
in liquids. For example, flour will not dissolve in water. Water is a liquid that
can dissolve many types of materials.

A. Read the sentences below and decide which ones are true and which
ones are false.

1. Sand dissolves in boiling water 2. Sugar dissolves in lemon juice

3. Soil dissolves in water. 4. Salt dissolves in tomato soup

5. Sugar dissolves in sand. 6. Oil is soluble in vinegar

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B. Given below is a picture of an experiment to see if a sugar cube dissolves

faster in hot water or cold water. What according to you should be the
conclusion?

Learning Outcome: Learn about the behaviour of mixtures and

solutions.

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 National Symbols of India

Fill out the following national symbols of India.

S.No National Symbol Your Answer

1 National Song
2 National Fruit
3 National River
4 National Flower
5 National Anthem
6 National Tree
7 National Animal
8 National Bird
9 National Currency
10 National Aquatic Animal

Learning Outcome: Learn about the different national symbols

of India

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 The Language Test

Choose the most appropriate answer that can fit into the blank.

1. He did not know what _______.

A doing B to do

C did D do

For questions 2 and 3 replace the underlined word with another word of
opposite meaning.

2. Mr. Mathur came late for the meeting.

A angry B fast

C early D tired

3. These shoes are too big for his feet.

A large B small

C dirty D narrow

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For questions 4 and 5 identify the word which has similar meaning as the
underlined word.

4. The village at the foot of the volcano was destroyed by the lava.

A top B behind

C side D bottom

5. Jyothi is happy because she has done well in the examination.

A sad B proud

C angry D glad

Select the word that is similar in meaning to the given word.

6. Beginning

A Passing B Opening

C Meeting D Arrival

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Name the type of noun underlined in the given sentence.

7. My house has a single room.

A Collective B Common

C Abstract D Proper

Choose the most appropriate answer that can fit into the blank.

8. During recess, we go to the ground to __________.

A relax B relaxed

C relaxes D relaxing

Learning Outcome: Solving language based questions based

on nouns

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 Getting the Adjectives Right

Adjectives
Adjectives are describing words.
They describe a noun.
<A person, place or a thing>
Adjectives give information
about size, shape, age, color,
orgin or material

Identify the adjective(s) in the following sentences:

1. There were hot faces and angry words.

A hot B angry

C There D were
2. He changed his pace with proper speed.
A He B proper

C changed D his

3. He turned away, shocked and angry.

A shocked B turned

C He D angry
4. His tall figure stretched itself to its full height.

A tall B His

C full D figure

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5. They had moved into a cleaner place.

A moved B They

C had D cleaner

6. Her hold on the world was growing weaker.

A hold B Her

C weaker D on

7. The rush of business grew wilder

A grew B The

C rush D wilder

8. The young man looked at the clock again, and his face grew paler.

A man B The

C young D paler

Learning Outcome: Identifying adjectives from some regularly

used sentences.

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 Grammar Quiz

Circle the article (a/an/the) which will correctly fit into the given sentences:

1. John wanted to read a/an comic book.

2. The class went on a/an field trip.

3. He likes to read an/the Bible.

4. Lisa put a/an orange in her bag.

5. My mom likes making an/the cake from scratch.

6. The dog caught a/an stick.

7. I saw a/an Otter at the zoo.

8. I quickly ate the/an cookies.

9. A/an oval is shaped like a/an egg.

Learning Outcome: Learn about the usage of articles.

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 Fun with Fractions

1
1. 4

3
2. 8

3. 4
6

9
4. 20

1
5. 6

4
6. 8

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 Roman Numerals

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

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 The Number Games

1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. D
3x2 18x12
7. B 1
=6 ; 36
=6
8. C

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 What’s in Your Mouth

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

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

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 All Mixed Up!

A
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. False
6. False

B. The sugar cube will dissolve fastest in hot water. The sugar dissolves into
particles that are too small to be seen, but we know they are still there
because the water tastes sweet. The reason why sugar dissolves at a faster
rate in hot water has to do with increased motion of water particles.

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 National Symbols of India

1. Vande Mataram 2. Mango

3. Ganges 4. Lotus

5. Jana Gana Mana 6. Banyan

7. Tiger 8. P eacock

9. Rupee 10. Ganges River Dolphin

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 The Language Test

Solution:
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. A

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 Getting the Adjectives Right

1. A, B
2. B
3. A, D
4. A, C
5. D
6. C
7. C & D
8. D

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 Grammar Quiz

1. a
2. a
3. the
4. an
5. the
6. a
7. an
8. the
9. An, an

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