NCERT Solutions for Class 4th Maths Chapter 4 Plates used in the Gurudwara — Comparing Numbers
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Q1.
Jaspreet and Gulnaz help to keep a record of the number of plates used in the Gurudwara every month. Use the signs < and > to find the month when a larger number of plates were used. — February and March.
Answer
February: the tokens printed in the book.March: the tokens printed in the book.
1213 and 2121 are already filled in by the book.
February = 1213 March = 2121
Month
Th
H
T
O
Plates
February
1
2
1
3
1213
March
2
1
2
1
2121
1213 < 2121 More plates were used in March.
Why it happens: both numbers have four digits, so we start at the left. The Thousands place settles it.
Q2.
Jaspreet and Gulnaz help to keep a record of the number of plates used in the Gurudwara every month. Use the signs < and > to find the month when a larger number of plates were used. — September and October.
Answer
September: the tokens printed in the book.October: the tokens printed in the book.
Count the tokens of each month and write the number on the line.
September = 5607 October = 6570
Month
Th
H
T
O
Plates
September
5
6
0
7
5607
October
6
5
7
0
6570
5607 < 6570 More plates were used in October.
Why it happens: both numbers have four digits, so we start at the left. The Thousands place settles it.
Q3.
Jaspreet and Gulnaz help to keep a record of the number of plates used in the Gurudwara every month. Use the signs < and > to find the month when a larger number of plates were used. — November and December.
Answer
November: the tokens printed in the book.December: the tokens printed in the book.
Count the tokens of each month and write the number on the line.
November = 3909 December = 4000
Month
Th
H
T
O
Plates
November
3
9
0
9
3909
December
4
0
0
0
4000
3909 < 4000 More plates were used in December.
Why it happens: both numbers have four digits, so we start at the left. The Thousands place settles it.
Q4.
Compare the numbers using the signs < and >. 3012 ○ 3102
Answer
Number
Th
H
T
O
3012
3
0
1
2
3102
3
1
0
2
Start at the left and move right until the digits are different.
Th: 3 and 3 — same H: 0 and 1 — different 0 is less than 1 So 3012 < 3102
Why it happens (why 3102 is bigger than 3012): 3102 has 1 hundred while 3012 has none. One whole hundred is worth more than all the tens and ones in 3012.
Q5.
Describe how you decided which number is the bigger one. Which position (Th, H, T, O) helped you to decide this?
Answer
Here is the rule, step by step.
Count the digits. The number with more digits is bigger.
If both have the same number of digits, compare the Thousands digits.
If they are the same, compare the Hundreds, then the Tens, then the Ones.
Stop at the first place where the digits differ. That place decides.
For 3012 and 3102 the Hundreds place decided. 0 < 1, so 3012 < 3102.
Why it happens: a place on the left is worth ten times a place on its right, so once a left place wins, nothing on the right can change the answer.