Raksha Bandhan introduces multiplication and division through Gopal and Dhara making rakhis with flowers, threads and beads and buying laddoo boxes at Jagannath Sweet Shop. Students connect equal groups and repeated addition to multiplication (×), build multiplication tables using patterns and skip jumping, and explore equal sharing and grouping as division.
What Class 3 Mathematics Chapter 7 Covers
Equal Groups and Repeated Addition: Counting flowers, beads and sweet boxes in groups of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10
Understanding Multiplication: Writing ‘groups of’ as multiplication sentences and array arrangements in gardens and farms
Constructing Multiplication Tables: Building tables of 2 to 10 and splitting larger tables (e.g., 7 as 5 + 2)
Equal Sharing and Grouping: Dividing sea-shells, laddoos and rakhis equally among friends and boxes
Exercises in Chapter 7
- Try it Out & Let us Do (Pages 82–92): Find total beads and sweets using repeated addition and write multiplication equations for arrays.
- Let us Play & Let us Explore (Pages 93–106): Complete multiplication tables, use skip-jumping on the number line and solve equal-sharing division problems.
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FAQ
How can you find 6 × 7 if you only know the tables of 5 and 2?
Split 7 into 5 + 2: find 6 × 5 = 30 and 6 × 2 = 12, then add 30 + 12 = 42.
How are multiplication and equal sharing related?
If 4 boxes of 5 laddoos make 20 laddoos (4 × 5 = 20), then sharing 20 laddoos into boxes of 5 gives 4 boxes.