1 A Day at the Beach

Look at the above picture. Count and write the number

of objects given below.
Coconuts Boats
Children Oranges
How did you count them? Did you count them one by one
or in bunches or groups?
Discuss with children if they have seen or visited a seashore or a river
side. Which animals and plants are usually seen there? Encourage
them to count in groups.

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 Let us Do
A. Look at the shops shown in the picture and fill in the
blanks.
i. There are ___________ necklaces of shells with 10
shells in each necklace.
ii. There are ___________ groups of balloons with
___________ balloons in each group and ___________
loose balloons.
iii. There are _______ bunches of bananas with ________
bananas in each bunch and ___________ loose
bananas.
B. Surbhi has collected some seashells. She wants to help
her mother in making bracelets and necklaces.

C. Surbhi has made ____________ groups of shells with

_______ number of shells in each group for her bracelets.

D. Her mother has made ____________ groups of shells with

____________ number of shells in each group for her
necklaces.
Try the tongue
twister.

“She sells seashells

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 Let us Think
List out the objects that come in packs of ten.
A. _____________   B. _____________   C. _____________
Tasty Chikoos!
Manoj is helping his father in selling chikoos that he has
arranged in the trays.

There are ______ chikoos in one tray.

How many chikoos are there in total? _______
Now help Manoj in placing all the chikoos in the trays
for selling.
A. 25 chikoos : ____ trays of ten chikoos and
____ chikoos.

B. 43 chikoos : ____ trays of ten

chikoos and ____ chikoos.

C. 35 chikoos : ____ trays of ten chikoos

and ____ chikoos.

D. 58 chikoos : ____ trays

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 Let us Match

A. 80 chikoos

B. 72 chikoos

C. 56 chikoos

D. 28 chikoos

Fun with Blocks and Strips

Look at my
block stick.

Can you tell how many blocks are there in this block stick?
1 block stick = ________ blocks

Look at my
ten strip.

Can you tell how many units are there in this ten strip?

4 1 ten strip = ________ units

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 Let us Do

3 block sticks
___ ___ block sticks ___ block sticks
4 blocks
and ___ and ___ blocks and ___ blocks
34 total blocks
___ ___ total blocks ___ total blocks

___ ten strips and ___ ten strips and ___ ten strips and
___ units ___ units ___ units
___ total units ___ total units ___ total units

Complete the below table.

Total blocks/ Ten strips Units
units
24 2 4
36
72
69
46

Use sticks or bundles of sticks or similar material which can be

grouped to develop number sense among children.

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 Let us Make 100!
These are
Look! I have made up of
joined 10 strips total 100
together. units.

70 yellow units and ___

___ 30 red ___ yellow units and ___ red units
units. 7 yellow ten strips and 3 ___ yellow ten strips and ___ red
red ten strips. Total 100
____ units ten strips. Total ___ units or ___
or 10
___ ten strips. ten strips.

___ yellow units and ___ red unit ___ yellow units and ___ red units
___ yellow ten strips and ___ red ___ yellow ten strips and ___ red
ten strips. Total ___ units or ___ ten strips. Total ___ units or ___
ten strips. ten strips.

Discuss some other combinations of ten strips that make a 100

units grid.

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 Let us Make 100!
Let us play this game in groups of 5 or 6. One member will
become the banker. Each team member will roll two dice
together and take that many units from the bank. Whenever
there are units that are equal to or more than 10, they will
exchange the ten units for a ten strip from the banker. Play
the same and collect 10 tens strips and put them to make
a 100 units grid. We can also use items like rajma, pebbles,
chana, etc., as units.
Counting through Cards
Let me tell you a
18, 19, 20, 21... new way of counting
Oh! I forgot the count these shells.
again. 1, 2, 3, 4...

I have placed card

for a group of ten shells
and card for one shell.

Encourage children to use different cards for tens

and ones.
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 Let us Think
Complete the following.

= 30 + 1 or T O
3 tens 1 one
3 1
So, there are total of 31 shells.
T O
= + or
___ tens ___ ones

T O
= + or
___ tens ___ ones

T O
= + or
___ tens ___ ones
Draw tens ( ) and ones ( ) cards and fill in the blanks.

= 90 + 3 or T O

___ tens ___ ones

= + or T O
7 5
___ tens ___ ones

= + or T O
2 9
___ tens ___ ones
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 Let us Play

Make Numbers
Children can make numbers using different number cards
either of tens or ones. The teacher calls out a number, say,
52. The children with numbers cards of 50 and 2 will come
together and form the number 52 as shown below. The game
continues for other numbers such as 27.

We have made We have made

the number fifty- the number
two. twenty-seven.

52 27
50 2 20 7
Trays of Oranges
I think
Suraj, please
I will need 3 trays
take out trays to
to arrange them.
arrange these 43
oranges.

Let children have lots of practice on T O

regrouping a number in tens and ones. 73 70 + 3
7 3
For example, 73 is made up of 70 and 3 or
7 tens and 3 ones. Let children make their
own worksheets for two digit numbers.

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 Oh! A lot of
oranges are left.

I think you
need more
trays.

Yes, I needed four

trays of 10 oranges each to
put 40 oranges, but 3 oranges
are still left.

Can you now tell,

which are more in
number? 43 oranges
or 34 oranges?

43 oranges
will be more in number as
there are 4 tens in it, while in
34 there are only 3 tens.

Which is less 27 oranges or 72 oranges? Why?

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 Fill in the blanks with more or less.
A. 67 chikoos are _______ than 76 chikoos.
B. 53 shells are _______ than 35 shells.
In both 43 and
What about 43 47, there are 4 tens
oranges and 47 but in 43 there are
oranges? Which is 3 ones, while in 47
more? there are 7 ones.

So, 47 oranges
are more than
43 oranges.

Let us Do

Fill in the blanks.

A. 29 is more than 20. B. ______ is less than 41.
C. ______ is less than 76. D. 49 is more than ______ .
E. 25 is less than ______ . F. ______ is less than 2.
G. 36 is more than ______ . H. _____ is more than ______.

Discuss with children the situations where they can compare two quantities.
Ask children to make two groups of concrete objects like pebbles,
marbles, bottle caps, seeds, etc., and to estimate which group as
more number of objects.
Let them then verify their estimate by counting the objects.

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 Let us Play

Flash Card Game

A. Make flash cards of numbers from 0 to 9. Make the
desired number according to the rules given below by
placing these cards appropriately at tens and ones place.
i. A number greater than 50.
ii. A number less than 30.
iii. A number between 47 and 59. Tens Ones
iv. Which is the smallest two-digit 5 7
number you can make?
v. Which is the largest two-digit
number you can make? Why do
you think that the number you
made is the largest?
B. Choose any two flash cards and make a two-digit
number. Now swap these flash cards to get another
number and find out whether it is bigger or smaller
than the previous number. How will you get the
largest number using same digits?
Tens Ones Tens Ones

3 5 5 3

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 Mark by Passing the Path
From the largest number, try to reach the smallest one in
decreasing order by passing through each and every number
atleast once.

65 73 34 53 51

91 76 58
92
14 11 63 43
53
19 75 86
20 32 23 29 34

Play with Numbers

Who am I?
A. I am the largest two-digit number.
B. I am the largest two-digit number where
no digit is repeated.
C. I am the smallest two-digit number.
D. I am the smallest two-digit number,
my digits are repeated.
E. I am the smallest two-digit number with
3 at the tens place.
F. I am the largest two-digit number with
2 at the ones place.
Make your own such questions.
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________

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 Vallam kali
In Kerala, Onam is celebrated through a famous snake boat
race called as vallam kali. The race has nearly come to an end.
Look at the picture and observe the position of each boat.

Line
Finish

A. Which colour boat came first in the race? __________

B. Which colour boat is likely to come third? __________
C. At which positions are blue and green boats?__________
D. Write the position of pink and orange boats on the basis
of the picture. ____________ ____________
Look at the month of August in the calendar given below.
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Independence Day

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31
Onam Raksha Bandhan

*Calendar based on 2023

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 Read the calendar and answer the following questions.
A. Onam will be celebrated on which day of the
month? 
B. When is the Independence day celebrated?
C. Raksha Bandhan is on Wednesday of this month.
Find out if any of your friends celebrated their birthday in
the month of August. Mark it on the calendar.

Jersey Number 17

He is Arya, my
The player wearing favourite player.
jersey number 17 is
playing very well.

Discuss with students about various other places where they can see
numbers as labels or names around them. For example, house
number, pillar number, roll number, bus or train number,
etc. Tell children that the beautiful way in which we all write
numbers today, using the digits 0 and 1­–9, originated in India.

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