Page 94 - ICSE Math 5

5. Solve the following word problems.
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(a) Vineet poured 1 L water into a bucket. Later he added 5 L more water into it.
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How much water is there in the bucket?

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(b) A man won a lottery of ` 10,00,000. He spent of the money to buy a car. How much
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money did he spend on the car? How much money does he have now?

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(c) A cement block weighs 2 kg. How much do 5 such cement blocks weigh?
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(d) If Himani buys 2 kg of apples for ` 325, then what is the cost of 1 kg apple?
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(e) Anusha bought 15 kg rice. She distributed the rice equally among some labours. If
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she gave of the total rice to each labour, then how many labours got the rice?
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(f) The length of cloth required to stitch a shirt is 2 m. Find the length of cloth required
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to stitch 84 such shirts.

Values and Life Skills

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1. Shivani poured 1 litres of water into a bucket. Later she added 5 litres more. Then
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she took out 2 litres of water from the bucket. How much water is there in the bucket
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now? Why is it important to save water?
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2. The cost of 1 kg of sugar is ` 32. What is the cost of 4 kg of sugar? Why is high consumption
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of sugar harmful for health?

ACTIVITY

What To Do?
To understand the concept of equivalent fractions and addition of fractions
What We Need?

Coloured sheets of paper, a pair of scissors, cardboard or old greeting cards and a glue stick
How To Do?
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 Cut identical squares of paper into fractions of , , , , and as shown in the
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given figures.

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2 2 3 3 3

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