NCERT Solutions Class 3 Mathematics Chapter 11 Jugs and Mugs

1. Help him fill the table. Have fun!
Drank how much                   Name of guest
Less than 1 glass
Between 1- 5 glass
Between 10-100 glass
More than 100 glasses
Ans.
Drank how much                     Name of guest
Less than 1 glass                       Rat, sparrow
Between 1- 5 glass                    Cat, Dog
Between 10-100 glass               Monkey, Deer
More than 100 glasses              Camel, Elephant

2. About how many glasses of water do you drink in a day?
Ans. Summer day: 8-10 glasses, Winter day: 6 glasses.

3. Can you guess how much water goes out of you?
Ans. Almost half of the water which I take goes out of me.

4. Match the right pairs:
Ans.

5. What are Naima and Jeetu doing?
Ans. They are pouring water in their jugs.

6. If Naima pours one glass of water in her jug, it looks like this: what do you think?

Ans. Naima thinks she will have to pour around 3 glasses of water to fill the jug. I agree with Naima.

7. If jeetu pours one glass of water in his jug, it looks like this: Whose jug holds more water?

Ans. Jeetu’s jug holds more water.

8. How many glasses of water do you think Jeetu should pour to fill his jug?
Ans. Four glasses of water.

9. Why did Naseem goes more time than Abdul?
Ans. Naseem go more time than Abdul as his bottle is of smaller size. Naseem’s bottle can hold half (twice/half/three times) as much water as Abdul’s bottle.

10. Pot B holds 11 glasses of water. Pot A holds twice as much water as pot B. How many glasses of water are needed to fill pot A?

Ans. 11 2 = 22 glasses of water.

11. There is a small town near Kohima. There are some pebbles in the road. Before the rains come, children want to fill the holes with pebbles.
They bring pebbles in mugs of the same size.
Hole A gets filled with 9 mugs of pebbles.
Hole B gets filled with 18 mugs of pebbles.
Hole C gets filled with 12 mugs of pebbles.
Mark A, B and C on the right hole in the picture.
Ans.

12. Which is the biggest pothole?
Ans. B.

13. If jugs are used, hole A gets filled with 5 jugs. How many jugs of pebbles are needed to fill hole B?
Ans. 5 2 = 10 jugs

Question. There is some water in a jug. All the water is poured into an empty pan from the jug?
What happens to the amount of water?

(a) It becomes less 
(b) It remains the same
(c) It becomes more 
(d) We can't say.

Answer : B

Question. Tara fills her bottle with water and then pours all the water into a jar like the one shown below.  
What is Tara trying to find?

(a) The height of her water bottle
(b) The weight of her water bottle
(c) The capacity of her water bottle
(d) The weight of the jar

Answer : C

Question. Which of the following would you use to find the capacity of a tea cup?

Answer : A