Joyful Mathematics Class 2 Solutions Chapter 3 Fun with Numbers
Class 2 Maths Chapter 3 Fun with Numbers Solutions
Fun with Numbers Class 2 Question Answer
NCERT Textbook Page 23
Answer:
Look at the Ginladi.
A. How many beads are there in ginladi?
Answer:
100
B. There are some blank cards on the ginladi. Write the numbers on them by counting the number of beads.
C. Make number cards for the following numbers and place them on your ginladi.
38, 44, 58, 65, 98
Look at the number strip and fill in the blanks.
A. The butterfly moves _________ steps forward to reach the pink flower.
Answer:
The butterfly moves 6 steps forward to reach the pink flower.
B. The honey bee moves _________ steps forward to reach the red flower and _________ steps forward to reach the yellow flower.
Answer:
The honey bee moves 5 steps forward to reach the red flower and 10 steps forward to reach the yellow flower.
C. The squirrel jumps 2 steps backward, five steps forward and again 3 steps backward. It will reach at _________
Answer:
The squirrel jumps 2 steps backward, five steps forward and again 3 steps backward. It will reach at 95.
D. The frog jumps 2 steps forward, seven steps backward and again 3 steps backward to reach _________
Answer:
The frog jumps 2 steps forward, seven steps backward and again 3 steps backward to reach 60.
Let us Play (NCERT Textbook Page 24)
Guess my Place
Three ants are sitting on a number line. Write the numbers for these ants.
Black ant is sitting on the number 
Red ant is sitting on the number
Brown ant is sitting on the number
Answer:
Black ant is sitting on the number 30
Red ant is sitting on the number 50
Brown ant is sitting on the number 60
Draw an ant on number 65 on the number line shown above.
Answer:
Draw a sugar cube 
on number 79 on the number line shown above.
Answer:
Complete the following patterns. (NCERT Textbook Page 25)
A. 1, 4, 7, _______, _________, ________, _______
Answer:
1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19
B. 40, 45, 50, _______, _________, ________, _______, _______
Answer:
40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75
C. 50, 60, _______, _________, ________
Answer:
50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Let us Do (NCERT Textbook Page 26)
A. On the number chart, use skip counting in two and draw 
on the numbers. Now use skip counting in five and draw 
on the numbers in the number chart.
Answer:
B. Write down the numbers that are common to the skips in twos and fives.
______________________________________
Answer:
10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100
C. Write down the numbers that are common to the skips in twos, threes and fives.
______________________________________
Answer:
30, 60, 90
D. Write down the numbers common to the skips of fives and sevens?
______________________________________
Answer:
35, 70
Jump and find the answers. Write ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. (NCERT Textbook Page 26)
Make a number, line on the ground and jump on it.
A. If you start from 10 and jump counting in tens, will you land on number 100 at any time?
Answer:
Yes
B. Jump and find out if you start at 5 and count in fives, will you jump on number 40 at any time?
Answer:
Yes
C. If you start from 0 and count in fives, will you jump on number 55 at any time?
Answer:
Yes
D. If you start from 4 and count in twos, will you jump on number 17 at any time?
Answer:
No
E. If you start from 13 and count in threes, will you jump on number 24 at any time?
Answer:
No
Let us jump backward. (NCERT Textbook Page 27)
Complete the following patterns.
Answer:
What comes just before 10?
Answer:
9
What comes just before 9?
Answer:
8
Answer:
Let us Talk (NCERT Textbook Page 28)
A. Rizwan is counting numbers from 20 onwards. Will he say the number 19 in his count? Explain why?
Answer:
No, Because 19 comes just before 20.
B. Chavi is counting numbers in twos from 10 onwards. Will she say 43? Explain why?
Answer:
No, because the pattern followed is 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 44.
C. Mala is counting backwards from 20. How many steps will it take to reach 0? Explain why?
Answer:
20 steps, because she will move backward one number in each step.
D. Viraaj is counting backwards in twos from 20. How many steps will it take to reach 0? Discuss.
Answer:
10 steps, because he will skip one number in each step.
Let us Do (NCERT Textbook Pages 29 – 30)
Look at the number chart and write down the answers.
comes just before 10
comes just before 20
comes just before 30
comes just before 40
Answer:
Do you see any pattern? Shade the numbers on the number chart. Does the pattern continue for other numbers? If yes, write the pattern.
____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
Answer:
Yes
9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 99
Now, look at the numbers coloured green in the number chart. Write them.
1, 12, 23, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____
Answer:
1, 12, 23, 34, 45, 56, 67, 78, 89, 100
What pattern do you notice? Discuss.
Answer:
There is a gap of 11 numbers between each number.
Lakshanya made a number window and placed it on the number chart as shown below.
A. If the centre of the window is placed on 28, which number will be on the top of it? 
Answer:
18
B. Which number will be below it?
Answer:
38
C. Which number will be on its right?
Answer:
29
D. Which number will be on its left?
Answer:
27
E. Let us do it for other numbers.
Answer:
F. Based on the same number grid fill the missing numbers.
Answer:
Exploring Patterns (NCERT Textbook Page 31)
Observe how the number of blocks are increasing in the following shapes and extend the pattern.
Answer:
Fun with Numbers Class 2 Questions and Answers
