The Longest Step
They started the game.
Surprisingly, at the end, the elephant won.
Question: 1
Can you tell why the elephant won?
Answer:
The elephant took big step while walking. So the elephant won.
Question: 2
Who takes the biggest step?
Answer:
The elephant takes the biggest step.
Hand or Fingers?
Rajat wants to find out the length of a few things using his handspan. These are shown in the picture.
Question: 3
Can he use a handspan to find the length of all these?
Answer:
No, he cannot use handspan to find the length of all these.
Question: 4
Which things around you are less than your handspan? Name them.
Answer:
Matchbox, Sharpener, Eraser, Coin etc.
Question: 5
What would you use to find the length of these things?
Answer:
We would use our fingers to find the length of these things.
Question: 6
(a) Use your fingers to find out the distance between the rat and the milk. ________ fingers
Answer:
2 fingers
(b) How far is the cat from the rat? _______ fingers
Answer:
5 fingers
(c) How far is the cat from the milk? ________ fingers
Answer:
4 fingers
(d) What will the cat reach first – the rat or the milk?
Answer:
The milk.
(e) Can the rat save itself? How?
Answer:
No, it cannot save itself.
(f) How long is the rat’s tail? ________ fingers
Answer:
5 fingers.
(g) Who has longer whiskers? The rat or the cat?
Answer:
The cat has longer whiskers.
Is That So?
Sanju and her friends were trying to find out the length of their different body parts. Here is what they found out –
Question: 7
(a) Do you agree with what they said?
Answer:
Yes I agree with what they said.
(b) Check how many of your friends have –
1) a face one handspan long __________
Answer:
All of them have a face one handspan long.
2) the arm as long as the leg __________
Answer:
No one has the arm as long as the leg.
3) a forehead 4 fingers wide _________
Answer:
All of them have a forehead 4 fingers wide.
(c) You can try and measure other body parts with your fingers and write their length.
1) Your nose is ________ fingers long.
Answer:
Your nose is3 fingers long.
2) Your ear is ________ fingers long.
Answer:
Your ear is 3 fingers long.