CBSE Notes For Class 3 Maths Mela Chapter 1 What’s In A Name?
A long long time ago, there was a cowherd family in Tarakeshwar. Every day Deba and Deep took the cows out for grazing. They used to return in the late evening together with all the cows.
One day, Deba asked: How do we know that we have not lost any cows? They did not know how to count.
What could Deba and Deep do?
Their friend gave them an idea: When you go out, make a mark on the wall for each cow that leaves the gate. Then when you come back, strike out one mark from the wall each time a cow re-enters the gate.
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The next day they followed their friend’s idea, and all the marks were struck out when they came back home.
Did all the cows come back home?
After a few years, they had many more cows. One day, their wall had this many marks when they left home.
So, they had….cows.
The next day they returned with the cows. They struck out one mark as each cow re-entered the gate. Two marks were still left on the wall but they didn’t see any cows outside. They were worried.
Why were Deba and Deep worried?
How many cows had reached home?
Deba and Deep quickly went to search for the missing cows and found them in a nearby field. They all happily returned home together!
Their friend Hemant had 36 cows and 23 sheep.
Help Hemant keep track of his cows and sheep by making marks like Deba and Deep.
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Question 1. Some animals and birds got together to play a game. They wanted to make 2 teams. They decided that the captain of the first team would be the one with the longest name, i.e., the one with the most letters. The captain of the second team will be the one with the shortest name, i.e., the one with the fewest letters.
Find out the captains of the 2 teams.
Question 2. Who has a longer name? Discuss.
Question 3. Write down the names of some of your friends in the spaces given below and then answer the questions from a to f.
- Tick
the longest name(s) and cross 
the shortest name(s). - Write the starting letter of your name. ___________
- Count all the name(s) that have the same starting letter as yours. ___________
- Which starting letter is the most used? Count the names that begin with it. __________
- Count the names with the same ending letter. ________
- Write the letters that are not the starting letters of any name. __________.
Question 4. Teji and Jojo are making numbers using these cards.
- Write your roll number using number cards as shown above. Number cards are given at the end of the book.
- My roll number is
- Its number name has letters.
- Write some numbers and their number names in your notebook. How many letters does each have?
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Question 1. Write the number(s) between 1 and 99 that have the longest name.
Question 2. Make similar puzzles of your own in your notebook and ask your classmates.
Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta is the place in India with the longest name. It is located in Andhra Pradesh, close to the border of Tamil Nadu.
Ib in Odisha and Od in Gujarat are the places in India with the shortest names.
Teji and Jojo have some picture cards. Teji has put these into two groups like this:
She has grouped the cards into “those that eat food” and “those that don’t eat food’. Jojo Gas arranged the same cards differently.
What is common in each of the groups Jojo has made?
Given below are pictures of some household objects.
Write the names of the above objects in the groups given below.
Group the objects given above differently. Write them down in the space below.
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Hair Styles
Mala is going to school. 
Her mother has combed her hair, 
Mala has two ponytails. 
Look at the children in your class. 
All children comb their hair in different ways. 
Look and write down.
