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?

Open in App

Solution

Lightest In-between weight Heaviest

Paper
Eraser
Ball

Handkerchief
Scarf
Shawl

Grape
Date
Potato

Orange
Coconut
Pumpkin

Groundnut

Lemon
Papaya

We cannot find our weight using this balance.

Disclaimer: The answer may vary from student to student based on his/her experience. The answer provided here is for reference only.

Suggest Corrections

Similar questions

Q. Given table shows the weight of 5 students. The difference between the weights of the heaviest and the lightest student is _______.

\begin{matrix} N a m e o f s t u d e n t & W e i g h t A r j u n & 50 k g S h a l i n i & 49 k g R o h a n & 62 k g S h y a m & 58 k g M o h i t h & 37 k g \end{matrix}

Q. Father gave them some idea of the weight of each thing.

Thing loaded	Weight
A sack of wheat	100 kg
A sack of rice	35 kg
Water tank	50 kg
Almirah	70 kg
A table	10 kg
A chair	5 kg
A mattress	20 kg
Bamboo ladder	10 kg
Pots and pans	10 kg

• Find out the total weight they had loaded on the cart.
Now they decided to remove a few things from the cart.
• Which things should be removed so that the weight of the load is not more than 700 kgs?

Q. Fill in the grid with words given below. You can use one word more than once.

stick bat/ball eleven table racket
ball football
stadium two or four ground

Name of the game	What you play with	Where you play it	Number of players
cricket
hockey
table tennis
football

The poem has many words that describe movement/convey lightness of weight. Why has the poet used such words? Work with you partner and complete the chart below:

Words that convey lightness of weight	Words that convey a sense of movement
E.g. Wind	E.g. Sways
-	-
-	-
-	-
-	-

Q. The group indices of prices of commodities for second week of Sept. 2017 and the group weights are given below. Compute the index number by family budget method.

Group	Weights	Index
Food Article	31	473.6
Manufactures	30	390.2
Industrial Raw Material	18	510.2
Semi-Manufactures	17	403.3
Miscellaneous	4	624.4

Join BYJU'S Learning Program

Lightest	In-between weight	Heaviest
Paper	Eraser	Ball
Handkerchief	Scarf	Shawl
Grape	Date	Potato
Orange	Coconut	Pumpkin
Groundnut	Lemon	Papaya