Maharashtra Board Class 5 English Balbharti Unit Six Chapter 5 All about Money PDF Download

All About Money

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We all need money to buy things and to pay people who work for us.

But what is 'money'?

Who invented 'money'?

Today, we see money in the form of coins and notes.

Currency: Cash Money

Currency is divided into two parts: coins and notes.

Coins include:

A fifty-paise coin

A one-rupee coin

A five-rupee coin

A ten-rupee coin

Notes include:

A five-rupee note

A ten-rupee note

Twenty rupees

Fifty rupees

A hundred-rupee note

Five hundred rupees

A thousand-rupee note

These are the coins and notes we use in India. But different countries use different coins and notes. Their money is known by different names.

Teacher's Note

In India, we use rupees as money. When you go to the market with your mother, you give rupees to buy things like milk or vegetables.

Exam Trick

Remember all Indian coins and notes in order. Write them down five times. This helps you remember them for the exam.

Points to Remember

We use money to buy things and pay people.
Money today comes in coins and notes.
Different countries use different money with different names.
In India, we use rupees.

In the United States, they use dollars.

In England, they use pounds.

But long, long ago, people did not use coins and notes. They exchanged one thing for another. This was known as 'barter'.

It may seem unbelievable, but long ago people even used special stones as money! Imagine how difficult it must have been to carry this money!

People also used bricks of salt, shells and cowries as money in the past.

They gave grain, farm produce, cattle, goats, chickens, etc. in return for things like clothes, tools and implements or as wages.

Then they began to use bits of precious metals like gold, silver and copper as money. It was easier to carry this money around.

Paper money was first used in China about 1000 years ago.

Paper money or notes have no value of their own, but a note is 'promise' to give that much money.

These notes are printed by the government. No one else is allowed to print notes.

You must use your money carefully. You should not write on the notes or tear or crumple the notes, or damage them in any way.

You should also be careful when you spend money. People have to work hard to earn money!

Teacher's Note

Long ago in India, people used to trade items like rice and salt instead of money. If you have extra pencils, you can trade them with your friend for erasers.

Exam Trick

Remember: BARTER = no money, just exchange. Like when you give your extra notebook to a friend for their comic book.

Points to Remember

Long ago, people used barter to exchange things.
People used stones, shells, salt and animals as money.
Precious metals like gold and silver were used later.
Paper money started in China 1000 years ago.
Only the government can print money notes.

Write A Short Note On 'Money' In Your Mother Tongue

This is an activity for you to complete.

Look At The Diagram On Page 80. It Is Called A Tree Diagram

Look at the diagram. It is called a tree diagram because it has 'branches'. Now read the following and draw a tree diagram to show this information.

Things in our surroundings form two groups – living things and non-living things. Living things are of two kinds, plants and animals. There are two types of plants – flowering plants and non-flowering plants. If we consider animals, we see that some animals lay eggs. They are oviparous animals. Some animals give birth to their young ones. They are viviparous animals.

Teacher's Note

A tree diagram helps us organize information like branches on a tree. You can make a tree diagram to show your family members – grandparents at the top, then parents, then you and your brothers and sisters.

Exam Trick

Tree diagram = information with branches. Just like a real tree has branches, this diagram also has branches showing different types of things.

Points to Remember

Tree diagrams help organize information with branches.
Living things include plants and animals.
Plants can be flowering or non-flowering.
Animals lay eggs or give birth to babies.
Oviparous animals lay eggs, viviparous animals give birth.

Find more topics from your Environmental Studies or Mathematics textbooks for drawing tree diagrams. Draw the diagrams and add the words in English.

Make Meaningful Sentences From The Following Table

Here is a table with two columns. The left column has situations. The right column has results. You need to make sentences using 'but' to connect them.

Teacher's Note

The word 'but' shows a change or opposite idea. For example: "I am poor but I am happy." Poor and happy are opposite feelings.

Exam Trick

Remember: BUT = opposite or surprising. When you see 'but', the second part surprises you. She was tired BUT she worked – this is surprising!

Points to Remember

The word 'but' connects two opposite ideas.
Use 'but' when one thing happens, but something different happens too.
The idea after 'but' is usually surprising.
Always use a comma before 'but' in the middle of a sentence.
'But' shows contrast between two situations.

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