NCERT Class 4 Maths Chapter 12 How Heavy? How Light? solutions are provided here for students so that they would be able to solve different types of questions asked in the examination. These NCERT Solutions have a question bank which is designed by experts as per the CBSE syllabus (2023-2024).
In the final exams, the question paper is prepared as per the exercise questions presented in Chapter 12 of the Maths Class 4 NCERT textbook. Students should also try to solve previous years’ question papers to score good marks.
NCERT Solutions Class 4 Maths Chapter 12 How Heavy? How Light?
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NCERT book Page No: 134
Jaiju and Mannu were shifting the house. They loaded all their things on a horse-cart. There were many things, like – a water tank, five sacks of wheat, three tables, an almirah, four chairs, two mattresses, three sacks of rice, a bamboo ladder, pots and pans.
Father gave them some idea of the weight of each thing.
Question: 1
Find out the total weight they had loaded on the cart.
Answer: Weights of all the things
| Things loaded | Weight | Number of items | Their total weights |
| A sack of wheat | 100 kg | 5 | 5 × 100 = 500 kg |
| A sack of rice | 35 kg | 3 | 3 × 35 = 105 kg |
| Water tank | 50 kg | 1 | 1 × 50 = 50 kg |
| Almirah | 70 kg | 1 | 1 × 70 = 70 kg |
| A table | 10 kg | 3 | 3 × 10 = 30 kg |
| A chair | 5 kg | 4 | 4 × 5 = 20 kg |
| A mattress | 20 kg | 2 | 2 × 20 = 40 kg |
| Bamboo ladder | 10 kg | 1 | 1 × 10 = 10 kg |
| Pots and pans | 10 kg | 10 kg |
Total weight of all the things loaded = 500 + 105 + 50 + 70 + 30 + 20 + 40 + 10 + 10
= 835 kg
Therefore, the total weight they had loaded on the cart was 835 kg.
Question: 2
Which things should be removed so that the weight of the load is not more than 700 kg?
Answer: The weight that should be removed to make the weight equal to 700 kg
= 835 – 700
= 135 kg
From the table,
The weight of 3 sacks of rice = 105 kg
The weight of 3 tables = 30 kg
Total weight of both of these two things = 105 + 30
= 135 kg
Therefore, to make the weight equal to 700 kg, they should remove 3 sacks of rice and 3 tables.
Question: 3
Now, you also make your own balance. Write down how you made it. Also, draw a picture of your balance in the box below.
Answer: Do it yourself.
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Question: 4
Answer: We know that the geometry box is heavier than the pencil. Hence, the pan that has a geometry box will go down.
What is heavier?
Question: 5
Make pairs of different things and use the balance to decide which is heavier. First, guess which thing will take the pan down and then check your balance.
Answer: Following are the pairs of different things:
(a) Pen and book
A book is heavier than a pen. So, the pan that has the book will go down.
(b) Glass and spoon
Glass is heavier than a spoon. Hence, the pan that has the glass will go down.
(c) Toothbrush and toothpaste
Toothpaste is heavier than a toothbrush. Therefore, the pan that has the toothpaste will go down.
(d) Socks and trouser
A trouser is heavier than socks. Hence, the pan that has the trouser will go down.
What is the heaviest?
Question: 6
(a) Make groups of three things. For example – eraser, ball and paper. Use the balance to arrange them in order of weight – the lightest, the one with in-between weight, and the heaviest. Complete the table with at least five examples.
Answer:
(b) Can you find your own weight using this balance?
Answer: No, we cannot find our own weight.
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Making Weights
Question: 7
Get a new cake of soap. The packet will have the weight written on it. You can use this soap to make your own different weights.
The soap weighs _________ grams (g)
Answer: The soap weighs 100 grams.
Question: 8
Take a small plastic packet. Put it in one pan of the balance. Put the soap in the other pan. Slowly add sand to the packet till the pans are balanced.
Close the packet with a rubber band or string. Now stick a strip of paper; how many grams will both these weigh?
Answer: It is written 100 gm on the packet.
Question: 9
If you put the soap and the weight you just made together in a pan, how many grams will both these weigh?
Answer: Both weigh 100 + 100 = 200 gm
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Practice Time
Question: 10
(a) Which pan of the balance will go down? Show by drawing an arrow.
Answer: Do it yourself.
(b) Is the weight on any of the pans equal to 1 kilogram? Mark it.
Answer: The left pan of the fourth figure weighs 1000 gm. The pan includes weights measuring 55 g, 245 g and 700 g, i.e.,
55 + 245 + 700 = 1000 g
= 1 kg
Therefore, the left pan of the fourth figure is equal to 1 kilogram.
(c) How many grams are there in 1 kg?
Answer: We know
1 kg = 1000 g
Hence, there are 1000 grams in 1 kilogram.
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Question: 11
Name 5 things that we usually buy.
Answer:
| In grams | In kilograms |
| Turmeric powder | Tomatoes |
| Mustard seeds | Sugar |
| Chilli powder | Wheat |
| Cardamom | Bananas |
| Cloves | Rice |
Question: 12
Which is Heavier?
Answer: Both have equal weight.
NCERT book Page No: 139
Dinesan Went Shopping
Dinesan went to a shop and bought some things.
His younger brother cut the end of the bill where the weights were written.
Question: 13
Guess and write the weight of each thing he bought – in g or kg.
Answer: The weights of the given items are as follows:
| Items | Weight |
| Rice | 5 kg |
| Sugar | 1 kg |
| Mustard seeds | 10 g |
| Wheat | 3 kg |
| Dal | 500 g |
| Tea | 250 g |
| Pepper | 25 g |
Question: 14
(a)
Answer: This can be done by keeping the tractor and car in each of the pan of the balance separately. By this, we come to know that the toy which goes down is the heavier toy among these two.
(b) Guess which is the heaviest a real car, a bus or a tractor?
Answer: A bus is the heaviest.
(c) Which is the heaviest thing you have seen?
Answer: The heaviest thing I have seen is a rail engine.
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Elephant’s Weight
Question: 15
Now imagine what happened next and complete the story. Discuss with your friends how Vaidika’s daughter found the weight of the elephant.
Answer: First, Vaidika’s daughter marked how much the boat sank in the river. She then asked them to bring the elephant into the boat. Now, the boat sank deeper, and she marked the new water level on the boat. She requested the king to put the gold on the boat till the water level touches the new raised water level mark when the elephant was on the boat. Now, the king was left with no alternative and had to give the gold equal to the weight of the elephant to Vaidika.
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How Much the Chair Weighs
Question: 16
Anamika wants to weigh this chair using the weighing machine.
Can you suggest a way to do this?
Answer: First, Anamika should put a flat wooden slab on the weighing machine, on which the chair can be kept easily and record its weight. Then she should place the chair on the slab kept on the weighing machine. The difference in the weight of the chair with the wooden slab and the weight of the wooden slab will give the weight of the chair.
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Question: 17
Now you show how Abdu will use these stone pieces to weigh.
(a) 4 kg of firewood
Answer: By keeping a broken stone of 6 kg on the left pan and a broken stone of 2 kg on the right pan with firewood, he can weigh 4 kg of wood. Their difference, i.e.,
6 – 2 = 4 kg will give the weight of firewood.
(b) 3 kg of firewood
Answer: He can weigh 3 kg of firewood by keeping the broken stone of 5 kg on the left pan and the broken stone of 2 kg on the right pan with firewood. The difference in weight, i.e., 5 – 2 = 3 kg, will balance the two pans of balance by firewood.
(c) 7 kg of firewood
Answer: He can weigh 7 kg of firewood by keeping the broken stone of 5 kg and 2 kg on the left pan and firewood on the right pan.
NCERT book Page No: 145
Post Office
Question: 18
Have you ever been to a post office?
Answer: Yes.
Question: 19
What different things do people go there for?
Answer: People go to the post office for the following reasons:
(i) To post the letters
(ii) To send money orders
(iii) For banking
(iv) To purchase postcards, inland envelop, stamps, etc.
Question: 20
How much does a postcard cost?
Answer: The cost of the postcard is Rs 0.50.
Question: 21
How much does an inland letter cost?
Answer: The cost of the inland letter is Rs 2.50.
Look at the postal rates given in the chart.
Question: 22
How much will you have to pay for stamps on a letter weighing 50 grams?
Answer: The stamps are required upto 20 grams = Rs 5.00
For next 20 grams = Rs 2.00
For next 10 grams = Rs 2.00
Total cost of stamps = Rs 5.00 + Rs 2.00 + Rs 2.00
= Rs 9.00
Therefore, I have to pay Rs 9.00 for stamps on a letter weighing 50 grams.
Question: 23
Akash wants to send a parcel of the Math Magic textbook to his friend Rani in Chennai. The book weighs 200 g. See the chart to find the cost of posting the book.
Answer: Akash has to parcel the book to send it to Rani. Following are the costs he has to pay for the parcel:
The weight of the book = 200 grams
The cost of a parcel upto 50 grams = Rs 5.00
The cost of additional 150 grams = Rs 3.00 × 3
= Rs 9.00
Total cost = Rs 5.00 + Rs 9.00
= Rs 14
Question: 24
Read the weight shown in the picture. Find out the cost of sending a parcel of that weight.
Answer: The weight of the parcel on the weighing machine = 225 gram
Postal charges for 50 grams = Rs 5.00
For additional 50 grams = Rs 3.00
For next 50 grams = Rs 3.00
For next 50 grams = Rs 3.00
For next 50 grams = Rs 3.00
Total postal charges = Rs 5.00 + Rs 3.00 + Rs 3.00 + Rs 3.00 + Rs 3.00 = Rs 17.00
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How Many Stamps?
Question: 25
Rahul needs stamps of Rupees 25 for his parcel. He went to the post office. Only stamps of Rs 1, Rs 2, Rs 5 and Rs 10 were there at that time. Using those stamps, in how many different ways can he make Rs 25?
Answer: By using available stamps, he can make Rs 25 in the following ways:
(a) Rs 1 × Rs 25 = Rs 25
(b) Rs 2 × Rs 12 + Rs 1 = Rs 24 + Rs 1
= Rs 25
(c) Rs 5 × Rs 5 = Rs 25
(d) Rs 10 × Rs 2 + Rs 5 = Rs 20 + Rs 5
= Rs 25
(e) Rs 10 + Rs 5 × Rs 3 = Rs 10 + Rs 15
= Rs 25
Question: 26
What happened after that? So what was the answer the crow wanted to give?
Answer: As the crow opened its mouth to answer the frog’s question, the frog escaped from his mouth. Crow gave the answer as follows: We weigh 795 gm together.
NCERT book Page No: 147
Am I Fit or Fat?
The chart shows the height and weight of children between 6 and 10 years old.
Question: 27
Now, you also fill the table by finding out the age, height and weight of any five friends.
Answer: Some of my friends’ name, age, height and weight are as follows:
| Name | Age | Height | Weight |
| Kavita | 7 | 4 feet 4 inches | 24 kg |
| Shreya | 6 | 4 feet 2 inches | 20 kg |
| Anjali | 10 | 5 feet 2 inches | 30 kg |
| Nikita | 9 | 5 feet 1 inch | 25 kg |
| Rashmi | 8 | 4 feet 9 inches | 22 kg |
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How Many Oranges?
Question: 28
All oranges have equal weight. The two papayas have the same weight. The weights in the first and second balances are equal.
How many oranges balance the weight in the third?
Answer: In the first balance,
1 Mango + 1 Orange = 3 Oranges
1 Mango = 3 Oranges – 1 Orange
1 Mango = 2 Oranges
Hence, 1 Mango = 2 Oranges
In the second balance,
2 Papaya = 2 Oranges + 1 Mango
2 Papaya = 2 Oranges + 2 Oranges [1 Mango = 2 Oranges]
2 Papaya = 4 Oranges
Hence, 1 Papaya = 2 Oranges
In the third balance,
1 Papaya + 1 Mango = 2 Oranges + 2 Oranges [1 Papaya = 2 Oranges and 1 Mango = 2 Oranges]
1 Papaya + 1 Mango = 4 Oranges
Therefore, in the third balance, 4 Oranges will balance 1 Papaya and 1 Mango together.
Find That Marble
Question: 29
There are 3 marbles of the same size, but one marble is slightly heavier or lighter than the other two. Can you find which is that marble and if it is heavier or lighter? You can use a balance only two times.
Answer: Let us take the three marbles as M1, M2 and M3 in which one of them is heavier or lighter than the other two.
Put marbles M1 and M2 in different pans.
First case: If both are equal, then M3 is heavier or lighter than these marbles.
Second case: Put M1 and M3 in different pans
(a) If they are equal, then M2 is heavier or lighter.
(b) M1 < M3 then M2 = M3 and M1 will be lighter than M1 and M3.
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