NCERT Solutions for Class 3 Mathematics Chapter 13 - Time Goes On

Question 1:

Make the calendar for the month of January 2024.

Now, observe the month of January and complete the following:

  1. The number of Fridays is _______.
  2. The total number of days in this month is _______.
  3. Write the dates in this month that are Mondays. _______
  4. Which date comes three days before 26 January? _______.
    The day on this date is _______.
  5. Amit went from Delhi to Mumbai on 5 January for 10 days. The date on which Amit returned to Delhi is _______.
Answer:
  1. 4
  2. 31
  3. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
  4. 23rd January 2024, Tuesday
  5. 14th January, 2024
Question 2:

Look at the calendar for the year 2024 and answer the following questions.

  1. Name the months that have 31 days.
  2. How many Saturdays are there in the month of February?
  3. Name the months when you have your summer holidays.
  4. What day is 15 August 2024?
  5. What date is Republic Day?
Answer:
  1. January, March, May, July, August, October and December.
  2. 4
  3. Try yourself
  4. Thursday
  5. 26th January
Question 3:

Fill in the blanks

  1. There are ______ months in a year.
  2. Republic Day falls in the month of ______.
  3. Independence Day falls in the month of ______.
  4. Children’s Day falls in the month of ______.
  5. The number of months having 30 days is ______.
  6. There are ______ days in a year.
  7. There are ______ weeks in a year.
Answer:
  1. 12
  2. January
  3. August
  4. November
  5. 4
  6. 365/366
  7. 52
Question 4:

Name the months in which you will celebrate the following.

  1. Teacher’s Day ________
  2. Children’s Day________
  3. Independence Day________
  4. Gandhi Jayanti________

Answer:
  1. September
  2. November
  3. August
  4. October
Question 5:
  1. Collect calendars for the last two years. Observe the following in them and tick (✓) the correct answers.
    (i) Names of the months
    (ii) Number of days in each month
    (iii) Days in a week
    (iv) Number of Thursdays
    (v) Number of weeks
    Changes/Remains same
    Changes/Remains same
    Changes/Remains same
    Changes/Remains same
    Changes/Remains same
  2. Now, complete the following table and circle the festivals that fall on the same date and month.

Answer:
  1. (i) Remains same (ii) Changes (iii) Remains same (iv) Changes (v) Remains same
  2. Try yourself
Question 6:

Complete the calendar of your birthday month shown here.

Paste some stickers of your choice in the given space to make it more colourful. Colour the date on which you celebrate your birthday.

Answer:

Try yourself

Question 7:

Solve.

  1. Ramesh is 2 years younger than his sister. If his sister is 11 years old, then find the age of Ramesh.
  2. Malti is 5 years older than her brother. If Malti is 24 years old, then how old is her brother?
  3. The sum of ages of Amit and Sumit is 35. If Sumit is 17 years old, then how old is Amit?
  4. Neena is twice as old as her sister. She is also 12 years older than her sister. Guess the ages of Neena and her sister.
Answer:
  1. Ramesh is 9 years old.
  2. Malti’s brother is 19 years old.
  3. Amit is 18 years old.
  4. Neena’s age is 24 years and her sister’s age is 12 years.
Question 8:

Ask each of your family members for their birthday. Locate those dates on a calendar and colour them yellow. Then write down each birthday including the date, day and month in the table given below.

Answer:

Try yourself

Question 9:

Ask your parents about your birth certificate. See it carefully and write these observations in the space below.

Name: ________
Sex: ________
Date of Birth: ________
Place of Birth: ________
Name of Father: ________
Name of Mother: ________
Date of making certificate: ________
Age on the date of making certificate: _______

Answer:

Try yourself

Question 10:

What time does each of the clock faces show? Write in words.

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Question 11:

Draw the hands of the clock to show the time given below it.

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Question 12:

Fill in the boxes with the time shown on the clocks.

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Question 13:

Tick (✓) the activity that will take a longer time to complete.

  1. Which of these buckets will take a longer time to fill up?

  2. Which book will take a longer time for you to read?’

  3. Vinay has to travel from Mumbai to New Delhi. Which of these modes of transport will take a longer time to reach New Delhi?

Answer:

Question 14:

Mark a tick (✓) on the correct answer.

  1. I play for about (1 minute/ 1 hour/ 1 day).
  2. It takes me about (15 minutes/ 15 hours/ 15 days) to finish my dinne
  3. I sleep for about (8 hours/ 8 minutes/ 8 days) at night.
  4. Our house was built in about (4 days/ 4 hours/ 4 months).
Answer:
  1. 1 hour
  2. 15 minutes
  3. 8 hours
  4. 4 months
Question 15:

Tick (✓) the activities that take more than 1 minute to complete.

  1. doing homework ( ---- )
  2. singing a song ( ---- )
  3. counting from 1 to 10 ( ---- )
  4. playing snakes and ladders ( ---- )
Answer:
  1. doing homework ( ✓ )
  2. singing a song ( ✓ )
  3. counting from 1 to 10 ( ---- )
  4. playing snakes and ladders ( ✓ )
Question 16:

Tick (✓) the activities that take more than 1 hour to complete.

  1. watching a movie ( ---- )
  2. cooking noodles ( ---- )
  3. taking a bath ( ---- )
  4. playing ( ---- )
Answer:
  1. watching a movie ( ✓ )
  2. cooking noodles ( ---- )
  3. taking a bath ( ---- )
  4. playing ( ✓ )
Question 17:

Complete the table by listing events or activities from your daily routine that fit into the specified durations of time.

Answer:

Try yourself

Question 18:

Determine the number of minutes that have passed by observing the movement of both the minute hand and hour hand.

Answer: