NCERT Solutions for Class 4th Maths Chapter 7 Daisy and Lou Go Shopping — In-text Questions

Book page 97 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.
2 kg of beans — ______
Answer
Fruit / vegetableCost for 1 kg
Custard apple₹ 45
Beans₹ 95
Radish₹ 23
Onion₹ 32
Potato₹ 37
Yam₹ 45
Sapota₹ 70
Papaya₹ 65
Banana₹ 55
Sapan Dada’s price list, as printed on page 96.

The cost is ₹190.

1 kg of beans = ₹95
2 kg = ₹95 + ₹95
Total = ₹190
Why it happens: 2 kg means the same price taken twice, so we double ₹95.
HTO119595+190
The working, written in columns.
Q2.
1 kg of custard apple and 1 kg of sapota — ______
Answer
Fruit / vegetableCost for 1 kg
Custard apple₹ 45
Beans₹ 95
Radish₹ 23
Onion₹ 32
Potato₹ 37
Yam₹ 45
Sapota₹ 70
Papaya₹ 65
Banana₹ 55
Sapan Dada’s price list, as printed on page 96.

The cost is ₹115.

Custard apple = ₹45
Sapota = ₹70
₹45 + ₹70
Total = ₹115
Why it happens: 5 ones and 0 ones make 5 ones; 4 tens and 7 tens make 11 tens, which is 1 hundred and 1 ten.
HTO14570+115
The working, written in columns.
Q3.
1 kg of onion and 1 kg of potato — ______
Answer
Fruit / vegetableCost for 1 kg
Custard apple₹ 45
Beans₹ 95
Radish₹ 23
Onion₹ 32
Potato₹ 37
Yam₹ 45
Sapota₹ 70
Papaya₹ 65
Banana₹ 55
Sapan Dada’s price list, as printed on page 96.

The cost is ₹69.

Onion = ₹32
Potato = ₹37
₹32 + ₹37
Total = ₹69
Why it happens: 2 ones and 7 ones make 9 ones, so no regrouping is needed here.
TO3237+69
The working, written in columns.
Q4.
1 kg of radish and 1 kg of yam — ______
Answer
Fruit / vegetableCost for 1 kg
Custard apple₹ 45
Beans₹ 95
Radish₹ 23
Onion₹ 32
Potato₹ 37
Yam₹ 45
Sapota₹ 70
Papaya₹ 65
Banana₹ 55
Sapan Dada’s price list, as printed on page 96.

The cost is ₹68.

Radish = ₹23
Yam = ₹45
₹23 + ₹45
Total = ₹68
TO2345+68
The working, written in columns.
Q5.
2 kg of radish and 2 kg of papaya — ______
Answer
Fruit / vegetableCost for 1 kg
Custard apple₹ 45
Beans₹ 95
Radish₹ 23
Onion₹ 32
Potato₹ 37
Yam₹ 45
Sapota₹ 70
Papaya₹ 65
Banana₹ 55
Sapan Dada’s price list, as printed on page 96.

The cost is ₹176.

2 kg radish = ₹23 + ₹23 = ₹46
2 kg papaya = ₹65 + ₹65 = ₹130
₹46 + ₹130
Total = ₹176
Why it happens: We find the cost of each vegetable for 2 kg first, then put the two costs together.
HTO46130+176
The working, written in columns.
Q6.
2 kg of onion and 2 kg of potato — ______
Answer
Fruit / vegetableCost for 1 kg
Custard apple₹ 45
Beans₹ 95
Radish₹ 23
Onion₹ 32
Potato₹ 37
Yam₹ 45
Sapota₹ 70
Papaya₹ 65
Banana₹ 55
Sapan Dada’s price list, as printed on page 96.

The cost is ₹138.

2 kg onion = ₹32 + ₹32 = ₹64
2 kg potato = ₹37 + ₹37 = ₹74
₹64 + ₹74
Total = ₹138
HTO16474+138
The working, written in columns.
Q7.
What do you notice about these two costs?
Answer
Fruit / vegetableCost for 1 kg
Custard apple₹ 45
Beans₹ 95
Radish₹ 23
Onion₹ 32
Potato₹ 37
Yam₹ 45
Sapota₹ 70
Papaya₹ 65
Banana₹ 55
Sapan Dada’s price list, as printed on page 96.

The two costs are ₹69 and ₹138. The second one is exactly double the first.

1 kg onion + 1 kg potato = ₹32 + ₹37 = ₹69
2 kg onion + 2 kg potato = ₹64 + ₹74 = ₹138
₹69 + ₹69 = ₹138
Why it happens: We bought twice as much of each thing, so we pay twice as much money.
Tip: Once you know the cost of 1 kg of each, you need not add again. Just double it.
Q8.
Their mother buys things for ₹163. What might she have bought? There is more than one possibility.
Answer
Fruit / vegetableCost for 1 kg
Custard apple₹ 45
Beans₹ 95
Radish₹ 23
Onion₹ 32
Potato₹ 37
Yam₹ 45
Sapota₹ 70
Papaya₹ 65
Banana₹ 55
Sapan Dada’s price list, as printed on page 96.

Here are three buys that come to exactly ₹163.

What she boughtAdding upTotal
1 kg beans + 1 kg radish + 1 kg yam95 + 23 + 45₹163
1 kg beans + 1 kg radish + 1 kg custard apple95 + 23 + 45₹163
1 kg radish + 2 kg sapota23 + 70 + 70₹163
95 + 23 = 118
118 + 45 = 163
HTO111845+163
The working, written in columns.
Why it happens: Yam and custard apple both cost ₹45, so those two buys give the same total.
Try This: Start with the biggest price that is still less than ₹163, then see what is left to fill up.
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