CLASS III – MATHS MELA
Chapter 9 – HOUSE OF HUNDREDS – II
KNOWLEDGE (10 MARKS)
Very Short Answer (1×4=4)
Q1. In the number 457, what is the place value of 5?
Answer
Solution
5 tens means 5 × 10 = 50.
So its place value is 50.
Q2. Write 364 in expanded form.
Answer
Solution
6 is in tens place = 60
4 is in ones place = 4
So expanded form is 300 + 60 + 4.
Q3. What is the successor of 599?
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Solution
599 + 1 = 600.
Q4. What is the predecessor of 400?
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Solution
400 − 1 = 399.
Short Answer (2×2=4)
Q5. Arrange in ascending order: 782, 728, 872
Answer
Solution
Compare hundreds: 7, 7, 8.
8 is biggest, so 872 comes last.
Between 782 and 728, 728 is smaller.
So order is 728, 782, 872.
Q6. Make the greatest number using digits 5, 3 and 8.
Answer
Solution
8 is biggest, then 5, then 3.
So the greatest number is 853.
Long Answer (1×2=2)
Q7. A library has 478 books. 100 more books are added. How many books are there now?
Answer
Solution
Added books = 100
478 + 100 = 578.
Now there are 578 books.
Q8. Compare 425 and 254. Which is greater?
Answer
Solution
4 hundreds is more than 2 hundreds.
So 425 is greater.
UNDERSTANDING (10 MARKS)
Very Short Answer (1×4=4)
Q9. Write the number name of 306.
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Solution
So it is written as Three hundred six.
Q10. What comes between 498 and 500?
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Solution
So 499 comes between them.
Q11. Round 478 to nearest hundred.
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Solution
we round up to next hundred.
So 478 becomes 500.
Q12. Write the smallest 3-digit number.
Answer
Solution
So the smallest 3-digit number is 100.
Short Answer (2×2=4)
Q13. Find the difference between 600 and 245.
Answer
Solution
So difference is 355.
Q14. Write expanded form of 725.
Answer
Solution
2 tens = 20
5 ones = 5.
Long Answer (1×2=2)
Q15. There are 356 boys and 244 girls in a school. How many students in total?
Answer
Solution
Total students = 600.
Q16. Write a number that has 5 hundreds, 4 tens and 3 ones.
Answer
Solution
4 tens = 40
3 ones = 3
So number is 543.
ABILITY TO COMPUTE (10 MARKS)
Q17. 478 + 122 = ?
Answer
Solution
478 + 122 = 600.
Q18. 800 − 356 = ?
Answer
Solution
800 − 356 = 444.
Q19. Double of 345 = ?
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Solution
Q20. Half of 900 = ?
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Solution
PROBLEM SOLVING (10 MARKS)
Q21. A factory made 425 toys in January and 375 in February. How many toys were made in total?
Answer
Solution
So 800 toys were made.
Q22. A town has 900 houses. 275 houses are painted. How many are not painted?
Answer
Solution
So 625 houses are not painted.