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Some NCERT Textbook Questions

1. Express the following as cm using decimals.
(a) 2 mm (b) 30 mm (c) 116 mm (d) 4 cm 2 mm
(e) 162 mm (f) 83 mm

2. Write the decimal number represented by the points A, B, C, D on the given number line.

0 A 1 B 2 C D 3
3. Between which two numbers in tenths place on the number line does each of the given
number lie?
(a) 0.06 (b) 0.45 (c) 0.19 (d) 0.66 (e) 0.92 (f) 0.125

4. Write as fractions in lowest terms.
(a) 0.60 (b) 0.05 (c) 0.75 (d) 0.18
(e) 0.25 (f) 0.125 (g) 0.066

5. Express as rupees using decimals.
(a) 5 paise (b) 75 paise (c) 20 paise
(d) 50 rupees 90 paise (e) 725 paise

6. Express as km using decimals.
(a) 8 m (b) 88 m (c) 8888 m (d) 70 km 5 m
7. Nasreen bought 3 m 20 cm cloth for her shirt and 2 m 5 cm cloth of her trouser. Find the
total length of cloth bought by her.

8. Sunita travelled 15 km 268 m by bus, 7 km 7 m by car and 500 m on foot in order to reach
her school. How far is her school from her residence?
9. Aakash bought vegetables weighing 10 kg. Out of this, 3 kg 500 g is onions, 2 kg 75 g is
tomatoes and the rest is potatoes. What is the weight of the potatoes?

Exemplar Problems

1. 0.7625 lies between:

(a) 0.7 and 0.76 (b) 0.77 and 0.78 (c) 0.76 and 0.761 (d) 0.76 and 0.763
2. Which of the following decimals is the smallest?

(a) 0.27 (b) 1.5 (c) 0.082 (d) 0.103
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3. The place value of a digit at the hundredths place is 10 times the same digit at the tenths
place. (True/False)
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4. The fraction 14 5 is equal to 14.2. (True/False)
5. 3 hundredths + 3 tenths = ____________

6. Arrange the following in ascending order.
2.2, 2.023, 2.0226, 22.1, 20.42
7. Gorang purchased 2 kg 280 g apples, 3 kg 375 g bananas, 225 g grapes and 5 kg 385 g
oranges. Find the total weight of fruits purchased by Gorang in kg.

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