Weighing Differently

Q.

A medical box is having $2,50,000$ tablets of weight $25$ mg each. What will be the total weight of the medicines in all?

Q.

How much will a body of weight 50 kg , weigh in water if it displaces 3 litres of water ?

Q. Find the required weight to balance.

1. 770 g
2. 1.7 kg
3. 500 g
4. 700 g

Q. Given four weights that weigh 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg and 5 kg. If Vimal places 7 kg of flour on one pan of the balance, then the weights he has to place on the other pan so that the pans balance are _______.

1. 1 kg and 5 kg
2. 1 kg and 2 kg
3. 2 kg and 5 kg
4. 500 g and 2 kg

Q. Choose the options where the total weight equals that of an African elephant weighing 6000 kg.

1. 60 stones of 100 kg each
2. 15 trucks of 400 kg each
3. 30 cars of 300 kg each
4. 10 trunks of 60 kg each

Q. Both the pans of a weighing balance has weight of 100 g each. This is the case where pans are balanced.

1. True
2. False

Q. The weight of a watermelon is measured exactly using 80 bananas of 8 g each. How heavy is the watermelon?

1. 420 g
2. 1 kg
3. 640 g
4. 2 kg

Q. Raghu bought pulses equal to the weight of 20 guavas and 15 beetroots. If the weight of one guava is 150 g and the weight of one beetroot is 200 g, then how much kg of pulses did he buy?

1. 4 kg
2. 6 kg
3. 5 kg
4. 3 kg

Q. There are 3 kg bananas in the basket. Sham and Robin ate half and three quarters of a kg of the bananas respectively. How much banana is left out of the total?

1. 1250 g
2. 1500 g
3. 1750 g
4. 2 kg

Q. Considering the given situations, how many pineapples weigh equal to four apples?

Q. A jug contains 5 L and 125 mL of juice. Ten 250 mL juice glasses are filled with the juice from the jug. What is the amount of juice left in the jug?

Q. A man weighs 70 kg. If his weight equals that of 5 identical items, what is the weight of an item?

1. 10 kg
2. 12 kg
3. 14 kg
4. 18 kg

Q. Practice Time
• Which pan of the balance will go down? Show by drawing an arrow.


• Is the weight on any of the pans equal to 1 kilogram? Mark it.
• How many grams are there in 1 kg?

Q. A 250 g stone will displace 250 mL of water.

1. False
2. True

Q. $$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Item}& \text{Weight}\\ \text{Sugar}& \text{250 g}\\ \text{Tea}& \text{50 g}\\ \text{Wheat}& \text{650 g}\\ \text{Black Pepper}& \text{50 g}\end{array}$$If Ram wants to measure 900 g of rice with the weights of the above items, then what items should Ram use on one side of the balance?

1. Sugar and Tea
2. Sugar and Wheat
3. Wheat and Black pepper
4. Tea and Wheat

Q.

A vendor supplies 32 litres of milk to a hotel in the morning and 68 litres of milk in the evening. If the milk costs Rs 15 per litre, how much money is due to the vendor per day?

Q. Raghu bought pulses equal to the weight of 20 guavas and 15 beetroots. If the weight of one guava is 150 g and the weight of one beetroot is 200 g, then how much kg of pulses did he buy? (All guavas and beetrots are identical)

Q. Choose the options where the total weight equals that of an African elephant weighing 6000 kg.

1. 60 stones of 100 kg each
2. 15 trucks of 400 kg each
3. 30 cars of 300 kg each
4. 10 trunks of 60 kg each

Q. Which among the three blocks, red, green and indigo is the heaviest?

1. Red block
2. Green block
3. Indigo block
4. Cannot be said

Q. Shiva bought flour equal to the weight of 20 apples and 15 oranges. If the weight of one apple is 20 g and the weight of one orange is 30 g, then how many grams of flour did he buy?

1. 850 g
2. 800 g
3. 500 g
4. 1000 g

Q. Given four weights that weigh 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg and 5 kg. If Vimal places 7 kg of flour on one pan of the balance, then the weights he has to place on the other pan so that the pans balance are _______.

1. 1 kg and 5 kg
2. 1 kg and 2 kg
3. 2 kg and 5 kg
4. 500 g and 2 kg

Q. What is the heaviest?
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, the heaviest. Complete the table with at least five example.

Lightest	In-between weight	Heaviest
Paper	Eraser	Ball

• Can you find your own weight using this balance?

Q. If a pen displaces only half the quantity of water when submerged on comparison to a ball of volume $54{\text{cm}}^3,$ then what is the volume of the pen?

1. $25{\text{cm}}^3$
2. $26{\text{cm}}^3$
3. $54{\text{cm}}^3$
4. $27{\text{cm}}^3$

Q. The length of the string of Kite A is 688 m and that of Kite B is 705 m. Which kite is flying higher and by how much?​

Q. Post Office
Have you ever been to a post office? __________
What different things do people go there for?
How much does a postcard cost? __________
How much does an inland letter cost? __________

Q. The weight of a watermelon is measured exactly using 80 bananas of 8 g each. How heavy is the watermelon?

1. 420 g
2. 1 kg
3. 640 g
4. 2 kg

Q. Find That Marble
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.

Q. Which among the three blocks, red, green and indigo is the heaviest?

1. Red block
2. Green block
3. Indigo block
4. Cannot be said

Q. Which of the following statement is correct?

1. Both weigh equal.
2. The red block is heavier.
3. The green block is heavier.
4. The green block is bigger.

Q. The weight of the sports toy batch is 18 pounds and 15 ounces. Determine the weight of the batch in ounces.
(1 pound = 16 ounces)

1. 231 ounces
2. 431 ounces
3. 303 ounces
4. 131 ounces