NCERT Solutions for Ganita Prakash (Part 1) Chapter 3 A Peek Beyond the Point
Updated on 2026-09-05
About this chapter
A unit can be split into 10 equal parts (one-tenths), each tenth into 10 equal parts (one-hundredths), each hundredth into 10 one-thousandths, and so on. 10 one-tenths = 1 unit, 10 one-hundredths = 1 tenth, 100 one-hundredths = 1 unit, 1000 one-thousandths = 1 unit. The decimal point ‘.’ separates the whole-number part from the fractional part: 70.5 means 7 × 10 + 5 × 1/10, while 7.05 means 7 × 1 + 5 × 1/100. Putting zeros on the right of the last decimal digit does not change the value: 0.2 = 0.20 = 0.200. But 0.2, 0.02 and 0.002 are all different. To compare decimals, compare digits from the highest place value downwards; the first place where they differ decides. Decimals are added and subtracted exactly like whole numbers — line up the decimal points, then regroup 10 hundredths as 1 te
- –47Section 3.1 The Need for Smaller Units
- A Tenth Part
- A Hundredth Part
- –55Section 3.3 A Hundredth Part
- –56Section 3.3 A Hundredth Part
- Decimal Place Value
- Units of Measurement
- –68Section 3.5 Units of Measurement
- Locating and Comparing Decimals / There is Zero Dilemma!
- Locating and Comparing Decimals
Exercises
- –47Section 3.1 The Need for Smaller Units — In-text Questions Page 46
- In-text Questions — A Tenth Part Page 49
- In-text Questions — A Tenth Part Page 50
- In-text Questions — A Tenth Part Page 51
- In-text Questions — A Tenth Part Page 52
- In-text Questions — A Hundredth Part Page 53
- –55Section 3.3 A Hundredth Part — In-text Questions Page 54
- –56Section 3.3 A Hundredth Part — In-text Questions Page 55
- In-text Questions — A Hundredth Part Page 56
- In-text Questions — A Hundredth Part Page 57
- In-text Questions — A Hundredth Part Page 58
- Figure it Out — A Hundredth Part Page 58
- In-text Questions — Decimal Place Value Page 59
- In-text Questions — Decimal Place Value Page 60
- In-text Questions — Decimal Place Value Page 61
- In-text Questions — Decimal Place Value Page 63
- In-text Questions — Units of Measurement Page 64
- In-text Questions — Units of Measurement Page 65
- In-text Questions — Units of Measurement Page 66
- –68Section 3.5 Units of Measurement — In-text Questions Page 67
- In-text Questions — Units of Measurement Page 69
- In-text Questions — Locating and Comparing Decimals / There is Zero Dilemma! Page 70
- In-text Questions — Locating and Comparing Decimals Page 71
- In-text Questions — Locating and Comparing Decimals Page 72
- In-text Questions — Locating and Comparing Decimals Page 73
- In-text Questions — Addition and Subtraction of Decimals Page 74
- In-text Questions — Addition and Subtraction of Decimals Page 75
- Figure it Out — Addition and Subtraction of Decimals Page 75
- –76Section 3.7 Decimal Sequences / Estimating Sums and Differences — In-text Questions Page 75
- In-text Questions — More on the Decimal System Page 78
- –80Chapter-end exercise — Figure it Out Page 78