Ganita Prakash Class 6 Maths Chapter 3 Solu ons Number Play
NCERT Solu ons for Class 6 Maths Ganita Prakash Chapter 3 Number Play
3.1 Numbers can Tell us Things 3.2 Supercells Figure it Out (Page No. 57-58)
Ques on 1.
Colour or mark the supercells in the table below.
Solu on:
Ques on 2.
Fill the table below with only 4-digit numbers such that the supercells are exactly the c cells.
Solu on:
Ques on 3.
Fill the table below such that we get as many supercells as possible. Use numbers between 100 and 1000
without repe ons.
Solu on:
Ques on 4.
Out of the 9 numbers, how many supercells are there in the table above?
Solu on:
Out of 9 numbers, there are 5 supercells in the above table.
Ques on 5.
Find out how many supercells are possible for different numbers of cells. Do you no ce any pa ern? What is
the method to fill a given table to get the maximum number of supercells? Explore and share your strategy.
Solu on:
If there are n odd cells then number of supercells = (n+1)
n+12 / 2
If there are n even cells then number of supercells = n2
n/2
Yes, there is a pa ern. Alternate cells can be supercells.
Method to fill a given table to get the maximum number of supercells.
Make first cell as supercell. A er that each alternate cell is to be made supercell.
No consecu ve cells can be supercell except in case of 4 cells because then first and fourth cell can be
supercell.
Ques on 6.
Can you fill a supercell table without repea ng numbers such that there are no supercells? Why or why not?
Solu on:
No, it is not possible to fill a supercell table without repea ng numbers such that there are no supercells.
As there are two cases:
Case I: If we fill the cells in descending order then the first cell be supercell.
Case II: If we fill the cells in ascending order then the last cell will be supercell.
If we don’t follow any order, then there will definitely atleast one supercell.
Ques on 7.
Will the cell having the largest number in a table always be a super cell? Can the cell having the smallest
number in a table be a supercell? Why or why not?
Solu on:
Yes, the cell having the largest number in a table always be a supercell because if it is comer cell, then the
number adjacent to it (i.e. either second cell or second last cell) will be smaller than it. If it is in between then
both its adjacent number would be smaller than it.
No, the cell having smallest number in a table can not be supercell because number adjacent to it will always
be larger/greater than it.
Ques on 8.
Fill a table such that the cell having the second largest number is not a supercell.
Solu on:
Here 980 is the second largest number but it is not a supercell as 999 is the supercell.
Ques on 9.
Fill a table such that the cell having the second largest number is not a supercell but the second smallest
number is a super cell. Is it possible?
Solu on:
Here 1870 is the second largest number but the cell having 1870 is not a supercell because number 1895
(adjacent to it) is greater than it.
489 is the second smallest number but the cell having 489 is a supercell because adjacent number 475 is
smaller to it.
Ques on 10.
Make other varia ons of this puzzle and challenge your classmates.
Solu on:
Fill a table such that only even numbers are supercell.
Fill a table such that all the supercells are divisible by 5.
Intext Ques on
Ques on 1.
Complete Table 2 with 5-digit numbers whose digits are ‘1’, ‘0’, ‘6’. ‘3’, and ‘9’ in some order. Only a coloured
cell should have a number greater than all its neighbours. (Page 58)
Solu on:
96,310 96,301 36,109 63,109
10,369 13,609 60,319 19,306
10,936 36,910 36,910 10,936 60,193 39,106
10,369 10,963 10,639 39,610
The biggest number in the table is 96, 310.
The smallest even number in the table is 10,936.
The smallest number greater than 50,000 in the table is 60,193.
3.3 Pa erns of Numbers on the Number Line Figure it Out (Page No. 59)
Ques on 1.
Iden fy the numbers marked on the number lines below, and label the remaining posi ons.
Put a circle around the smallest number and a box around the largest number in each of the sequences above.
Answer:
3.4 Playing with Digits (Page No. 60)
Ques on 1.
Digit sum 14
(a) Write other numbers whose digits add up to 14.
(b) What is the smallest number whose digit sum is 14?
(c) What is the largest 5-digit whose digit sum is 14?
(b) How big a number can you form having the digit sum 14? Can you make an even bigger number?
Solu on:
(a) Some numbers whose digits add up to 14 are:
59, 68, 77, 86, 95, 149, 158, 167, 176, 185, 194, 239, 248, 257, 266, 275, 281, 293
(b) The smallest number whose digit sum is 14 = 59.
(c) The largest 5 digit number containing 0 whose digit sum is 14 = 95,000.
The largest 5 digit number not containing 0 whose digit sum is 14 = 92,111.
(d) A very big number having the digit sum 14 can be made. e.g. 95000000000000.
Yes, we can make even bigger number e.g. 9500000000000000000000.
Ques on 2.
Find out the digit sums of all the numbers from 40 to 70. Share your observa ons with the class.
Solu on:
Number Digit Sum
40 4
41 5
42 6
43 7
44 8
45 9
46 10
47 11
48 12
49 13
50 5
51 6
52 7
53 8
54 9
55 10
56 11
57 12
58 13
59 14
60 06
61 1
62 8
63 9
64 10
65 11
66 12
67 13
68 14
69 15
70 7
Ques on 3.
Calculate the digit sums of 3-digit numbers whose digits are consecu ve (for example, 345). Do you see a
pa ern? Will this pa ern con nue?
Solu on:
If we take numbers in reverse order, sum of digits will remain same.
Yes, we observe a pa ern.
i. e. (first number + 1) × 3 = digit sum.
Intext Ques on
Ques on 1.
Among the numbers 1-100, how many mes will the digit ‘7’occur?
Solu on:
The total count of 7 that we get is 20.
Ques on 2.
Among the numbers 1-1000, how many mes will the digit ‘7’occur?
Solu on:
The number of mes 7 will be wri en when lis ng the numbers from 1 to 1000 is 300.
3.5 Pre y Palindromic Pa erns 3.6 The Magic Number of Kaprekar 3.7 Clock and Calendar Numbers Figure it
Out (Page No. 64-65)
Ques on 1.
Pra bha uses the digits ‘4‘7’, ‘3’and ‘2’ and makes the smallest and largest 4-digit numbers with them: 2347
and 7432. The difference between these two numbers is 7432 – 2347 = 5085. The sum of these two numbers is
9779. Choose 4-digits to make:
(a) the difference between the largest and smallest numbers greater than 508$.
(b) the difference between the largest and smallest numbers less than 5085.
(e) the sum of the largest and smallest numbers greater than 9779.
(d) the sum of the largest and smallest numbers less than 9779.
Solu on:
(a) Digits – 8, 7, 3 and 2
Largest Number – 8 7 3 2
Smallest Number – 2 3 7 8
Difference = 6 3 5 4
6354 > 5085
(b) Digits – 1, 2, 3 and 4
Largest Number – 4 3 2 1
Smallest Number – 1 2 3 4
Difference = 3 0 8 7
3087 < 5085
(c) Digits – 9, 8, 7 and 6
Largest Number – 9 8 7 6
Smallest Number – 6 7 8 9
Sum = 166 6 5
16665 > 9779
(d) Digits – 1, 2, 3 and 8
Largest Number 8 3 2 1
Smallest Number 1 2 3 8
Sum = 9 5 5 9
9559 < 9779
Ques on 2.
What is the sum of the smallest and largest 5-digit palindrome? What is their difference?
Solu on:
Case-I. Smallest 5 digit palindrome number (different digits) – 1 2 3 2 1
[:;
Largest 5 digit palindrome number (different digits) 98789
Sum = 12321 + 98789 = 111110
Difference = 98789 – 12321
= 86468 ]
Case-II:
Ans: Largest 5 digit palindrome (same
= 99999 digit) – 99999
Smallest 5 digit palindrome =(same digit) – 11111
10001
Sum –=99999
99999++11111
10001 == 111110
110000
Difference = 99999
99999–- 11111
10001 = 89998
= 88888
Ques on 3.
The me now is 10:01. How many minutes un l the clock shows the next palindromic me? What about the
one a er that?
Solu on:
Time now – 10 : 01
Now next palindrome me is 11 : 11
Hence, 11:11 – 10:01 = 70 minutes.
Ques on 4.
How many rounds does the number 5683 take to reach the Kaprekar constant?
It took 7 rounds to reach Kaprekar constant
Intext Ques ons
Ques on 1.
Write all possible 3-digit palindromes using these digits 1,2,3. (Page 61)
Solu on:
111
121
131
212
222
232
313
323
333
Ques on 2.
Will reversing and adding numbers repeatedly, star ng with a 2-digit number, always give a palindrome?
Explore and find out. (Page 62)
Solu on:
All two-digit numbers eventually become palindromes a er repeated reversal and addi on. About 80% of all
numbers under 10,000 resolves into a palindrome ip four or fewer steps; about 90% of those resolve in seven
steps or fewer.
Example 1: Number 12
1. Ini al Number: 12
2. Reverse: 21
3. Add: 12 + 21 = 33
4. Palindromp
Check: 33 is a palindrome.
• Result: 33 is a palindrome.
Example 2: Number 89
1. Ini al Number: 89
2. Reverse: 98
3. Add: 89 + 98 = 187
4. Palindrome Check: 187 is not a palindrome.
5. Reverse 187: 781
6. Add: 187 + 781 =968
7. Palindrome Check: 968 is not a palindrome.
Puzzle me (Page 62)
I am a 5-digit palindrome.
I am an odd number.
My ‘t’ digit is double of my ‘u’ digit.
My ‘h’ digit is double of my ‘t’ digit. Who am I?
Solu on:
12421
Explore (Page 63)
Take different 4-digit numbers and try carrying out these steps. Find out what happens.
Solu on:
Selected a 4-digit number 1234
Star ng number: 1234
Descending order: 4321
Ascending order: 1234
Subtract: 4321 – 1234 = 3087
Repeat:
Descending order of 3087: 8730
Ascending order of 3087: 0378
Subtract: 8730 – 0378 = 8352
Repeat:
Descending order of 8352: 8532
Ascending order of 8352: 2358
Subtract: 8532 – 2358 = 6174
Result: 6174 (Kaprekar constant)
Ques on 1.
Carry out these same steps with a few 3-digit numbers. What number will start repea ng? (Page 63)
Solu on:
We will do this with help of two examples:
1. Number 123
Star ng number: 123
Descending order: 321
Ascending order: 123
Subtract: 321 – 123 = 198
Repeat:
Descending order of 198: 981
Ascending order of 198: 189
Subtract: 981 – 189 = 792
Repeat:
Descending order of 792: 972
Ascending order of 792: 279
Subtract: 972 – 279 = 693
Repeat:
Descending order of 693: 963
Ascending order of 693: 369
Subtract: 963 – 369 = 594′
Repeat:
Descending order of 594: 954
Ascending order of 594: 459
Subtract: 954 – 459 = 495
Repeat:
Descending order of 495: 954
Ascending order of 495: 459
Subtract: 954 – 459 = 495
Result: The number 495 starts repea ng.
2. Now let’s take the number 317
Star ng number: 317
Descending order: 731
Ascending order: 137
Subtract: 731 – 137 = 594
Repeat:
Descending order of 594: 954
Ascending order of 594: 459
Subtract: 954 – 459 = 495 ,
Repeat:
Descending order of 495: 954
Ascending order of 495: 459
Subtract: 954 – 459 = 495
Result: The number 495 starts repea ng. When applying Kaprekar’s rou ne to 3- digit numbers, the number
495 is o en reached and starts repea ng. This number is known as the Kaprekar constant for 3-digit numbers.
Try and find out all possible mes on a 12-hour clock of each of these types. For example, 4:44, 10:10, 12:21.
(Page 64)
Solu on:
01:10, 02:20, 03:30, 04:40, 05:50, 10:01, 11:11, 12:21
Find some other dates of this form from the past like 20/12/2012 where the digits ‘2’, ‘0’, ‘1 ’, and ‘2 ’ repeat in
that order. (Page 64)
Solu on:
11/02/2011, 22/02/2022, 01/10/2010, 10/01/2010, 02/02/2020
3.8 Mental Math Figure it Out (Page No. 66 – 67)
Ques on 1.
Write an example for each of the below scenarios whenever possible.
Could you find examples for all the cases? If not, think and discuss what could be the reason. Make other such
ques ons and challenge your classmates.
(a) Let’s divide
90, 250 by 2
then 90,2502 = 45,125
Hence to get sum more than 90,250 both numbers should be more than 45,125.
(b) To get a 6 digit sum by adding 5 digit and 3 digit, the 5 digit number should be more than 99,001.
(c) Let’s take minimum 4 digit number 1000
let’s add them
which is a 4 digit number.
Hence 6 digit sum’ from 4 digit number is impossible.
(d) Let’s take 5 digit numbers 67987 and 65783
let’s add them
which is a 6 digit number.
(e) Let’s take minimum 5 digit numbers 1000
let’s add them
which is a 5 digit number.
Hence 6 digit sum from 5 digit numbers is impossible.
(f) 5-digit -5
digit to
give a difference less than 56,503
< 56503
(g) 5-digit-3 digit = 1 008 6 (5 digit)
to give a 4 digit = + 875 (3 digit)
difference = 92 11 (4 digit)
(h) 5-digit digit = 1 2 8 7 6 (5 digit)
to give a 4 digit = -7865 (4 digit)
difference = 5 0 11 (4 digit)
1
(i) 5-digit -5 digit 7 = 645 3 (5 digit)
to give a 3 digit = 76 145 (5 digit)
difference = 308 (3 digit)
(j) 5-digit -5 digit Not possible to give 91,500
Ques on 2.
Always, Some mes, Never?
Below are some statements. Think, explore and find out if each of the statement is ‘Always true’, ‘Only
some mes true’ or ‘Never true’. Why do you think so? Write your reasoning; discuss this with the class.
(a) 5-digit number + 5-digit number gives a 5-digit number
(b) 4-digit number + 2-digit number gives a 4-digit number
(c) 4-digit number + 2-digit number gives a 6-digit number
(d) 5-digit number – 5-digit number gives a 5-digit number
(e) 5-digit number – 2-digit number gives a 3-digit number
Solu on:
3.9 Playing with Number Pa erns 3.10 An Unsolved Mystery – the Collatz Conjecture! 3.11 Simple
Es ma on 3.12 Games and Winning Strategies Figure it Out (Page No. 72 – 73)
Ques on 1.
There is only one supercell (number greater than all its neighbours) in this grid. If you exchange two digits of
one of the numbers, there will be 4 supercells. Figure out which digits to swap.
Solu on:
If we swap first and last digit of central number 62,871, we get desired result.
16,200 39,344 29,765
23,609 21,876 45,306
12876
19,381 50,319 38,408
Ques on 2.
How many rounds does your year of birth take to reacall the Kaprekar constant?
Solu on:
If your year of birth is 2000
Step 1: Now from digits of number 2000
Here largest number = 2000
and smallest number = 0002
Let’s subtract them = 2000 – 0002 = 1998
Step 2: Now from digits of number 1998
Here largest number = 9981
and smallest number = 1899
Let’s subtract them = 9981 – 1899 = 8082
Step 3: Now from digits of number 8082
Here largest number = 8820
and smallest number = 0288
Let’s subtract them = 8820 – 0288 = 8532
Step 4: Now from digits of number 8532
Here largest number = 8532
and smallest number = 2358
Let’s subtract them = 8532 – 2358 = 6174
which is a Kaprekar constant.
Hence it took 4 rounds to reach the Kaprekar constant from 2000.
Ques on 3.
We are the group of 5-digit numbers between 35,000 and 75,000 such that all of our digits are odd. Who is the
largest number in our group? Who is the smallest number in our group? Who among us is the closest to
50,000?
Solu on:
The largest number with all odd digits (different) = 73951
The largest number with all odd digits (repe ve) = 73999
The smallest number (non repe ve) = 35,179
The smallest number (repe ve) = 57111
35111
Closest to 50,000 (in case of non-repe on) = 49751
Closest to 50,000 (in case of repe on) = 51111
49999
Ques on 4.
Es mate the number of holidays you get in a year including weekends, fes vals and vaca on. Then try to get
an exact number and see how close your es mate is.
Solu on:
Will be done by students.
Ques on 5.
Es mate the number of litres a mug, a bucket and an overhead tank can hold.
Solu on:
Will be done by students
Ques on 6.
Write one 5-digit number and two 3-digit numbers such that their sum is 18,670. ‘
Solu on:
5 digit number = 1 8 0 0 0
3 digit numbers=
= 6100
7 0and 570
Sum = 1 8 000 + 670
100 += 18670
570 = 18670
Ques on 7.
Choose a number between 210 and 390. Create a number pa ern similar to those shown in Sec on 3.9 that
will sum up to this number.
Solu on:
Sum of No. = 5 × 1 = 5
+ 10 × 3 = 30
+ 15 × 5 = 75
+ 20 × 7 = 140 = 250
which lies between 210 and 390.
Ques on 8.
Recall the sequence of Powers of 2 from Chapter 1, Table 1. Why is the Collatz conjecture correct for all the
star ng numbers in this sequence?
Solu on:
The square of power of 2 is :
1,2,4, 8, 16, 32, 64
Let’s take the number’ 64 as per Collatz Conjecture
64 is even, divide by 2 = 32
32 is even, divide by 2 = 16
16 is even, divide by 2 = 8
8 is even, divide by 2 = 4
4 is even, divide by 2 = 2
2 is even, divide by 2 = 1
Hence Collatz conjecture is correct in all numbers in the power of 2 sequence.
As it is power of 2, and in Collatz Conjecture even number is divided by 2 in each step.
Ques on 9.
Check if the Collatz Conjecture holds for the star ng number 100.
Solu on:
100 is even, divide by 2 =50
50 is even, divide by 2 = 25
25 is odd, so mul ply by 3 and add 1 → 76
76 is even, divide by 2 = 38
38 is even, divide by 2 = 19
19 is odd, so mul ply by 3 and add 1 → 58
58 is even, divide by 2 = 29
29 is odd, so mul ply by 3 and add 1 → 88
88 is even, divide by 2 = 44
44 is even, divide by 2 = 22
22 is even, divide by 2 = 11
11 is odd, so mul ply by 3 and add 1 → 34
34 is even, divide by 2 = 17
17 is odd, so mul ply by 3 and add 1 → 52
52 is even, divide by 2 = 26
26 is even, divide by 2 = 13
13 is odd, so mul ply by 3 and add 1 → 40
40 is even, divide by 2 = 20
20 is even, divide by 2 = 10
10 is even, divide by 2 = 5
5 is odd, so mul ply by 3 and add 1 → 16
16 is even, divide by 2 = 8
8 is even, divide by 2 = 4
4 is even, divide by 2 = 2
2 is even, divide by 2 = 1
Yes, the Collatz conjecture holds for the star ng number 100.
Intext Ques ons
Example: In the following, there is a number pa ern on +3 being followed.
Find out the sum of the numbers in each of the below figures. Should we add them one by one or can we use a
quicker way? Share and discuss in class the different methods each of you used to solve these ques ons. (See
figures, NCERT TB, Pages 67-68)
Solu on:
(a) In figure (a), number 40 is repeated 12 mes and number 50 is repeated 10 mes
Hence sum of all numbers = 40 × 12 + 50 × 10
= 480 + 500 = 980
(b) In figure (b), 1 dot (•) is 44 mes and 5 dots (•) are 20 mes
Hence sum of all dots = 1 × 44 + 5 × 20 = 44 + 100 = 144
(c) In figure (c), number 32 is 32 mes and number 64 is 16 mes
Hence sum of all numbers = 32 × 32 + 64 × 16 = 1024 + 1024 = 2048
(d) In figure (d), 3 dots (•) are 17 mes and 4 dots (•) are 18 mes
Hence sum of all dots = 17 × 3 + 18 × 4 = 51 + 72 = 123
(e) In figure (e), number 15 is 22 mes, number 25 is 22 mes and number 35 is 22 mes
Hence sum of all numbers = 15 × 22 + 25 × 22 + 35 × 22 = 330 + 550 + 770 = 1650
(f) In figure (f), number 125 is 18 mes, number 250 is 8 mes and number 500 is 4 mes and number 1000 is
one me.
Hence sum of all numbers = 125 × 18 + 250 × 8 + 500 × 4 + 1000 = 2250 + 2000 + 2000 +1000 = 7250
