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NCERT Class 3 Mathematics • New NEP 2020 / NCF 2023

Chapter 14: The Surajkund Fair

Pictographs, Bar Data, Money Transactions & Comprehensive Revision | CBSE Session 2026–27

Core Pedagogical Competencies & Concepts
  • Representing data using pictographs with a scale (e.g., 1 icon = 5 items).
  • Reading and interpreting frequency bar graphs from a community craft fair.
  • Calculating shopping totals and change with Indian currency notes and coins.
  • Multi-concept review: combining addition, multiplication, and data skills.
Surajkund Craft Fair — Stalls Visited Pictograph Scale: 🏺 = 5 Pots Clay Pots: 🏺 🏺 🏺 🏺 4 × 5 = 20 Pots Wooden Toys: 🏺 🏺 🏺 🏺 🏺 🏺 6 × 5 = 30 Toys Handloom Bags: 🏺 🏺 🏺 3 × 5 = 15 Bags Total items sold = 20 + 30 + 15 = 65 Craft Items

All Textbook Exercises & In-Text Tasks (18 Questions)

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Q1 Pictograph Interpretation • Scaled Data
Look at the pictograph above where 1 symbol represents 5 craft items. (a) How many wooden toys were sold? (b) How many more wooden toys were sold than handloom bags? (c) What was the total number of items sold across all three stalls?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Analysis using Scale (1 symbol = 5 items):
• (a) Wooden toys: 6 symbols × 5 = 30 wooden toys.
• (b) Handloom bags: 3 symbols × 5 = 15 bags.
Difference = 30 - 15 = 15 more wooden toys.
• (c) Total craft items: (4 + 6 + 3) symbols = 13 symbols × 5 = 65 items.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct wooden toy count (30) 1.0 M
Correct difference calculation (15) 1.0 M
Correct total items calculation (65) 1.0 M
Q2 Shopping Bill & Money Exchange
At the fair, Priya bought 2 wooden whistles at ₹25 each, 1 embroidered purse for ₹120, and 3 handmade bookmarks at ₹15 each. (a) What was her total bill? (b) If she paid with a ₹500 note, how much change did she receive?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Step-by-step Solution:
(a) Bill Calculation:
• 2 whistles = 2 × ₹25 = ₹50
• 1 purse = ₹120
• 3 bookmarks = 3 × ₹15 = ₹45
• Total bill = ₹50 + ₹120 + ₹45 = ₹215.

(b) Change:
• Amount given = ₹500
• Change received = ₹500 - ₹215 = ₹285.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct itemised multiplication and sum (₹215) 1.5 M
Correct subtraction from ₹500 note (₹285) 1.5 M
Q3 Bar Graph Reading • Ticket Sales
On Saturday, 350 tickets were sold for the puppet show and 425 tickets for the magic show. On Sunday, 480 tickets were sold for the puppet show and 390 for the magic show. Which show had higher total weekend sales and by how many tickets?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Calculations:
1. Puppet Show Total: 350 (Sat) + 480 (Sun) = 830 tickets.
2. Magic Show Total: 425 (Sat) + 390 (Sun) = 815 tickets.
3. Comparison: 830 > 815. The Puppet Show had higher sales.
4. Difference: 830 - 815 = 15 tickets.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct weekend totals for puppet (830) and magic (815) 1.5 M
Correct comparison and difference (15 tickets) 1.5 M
Q4 Craft Stall Purchases • Multiplication & Addition
At the Surajkund Fair, Maya visited the wooden toy stall. She bought:
• 4 wooden birds at ₹30 each
• 2 wooden tops at ₹20 each
• 1 wooden flute for ₹45
(a) Calculate the cost of each item and the total bill.
(b) If Maya pays with a ₹500 note, how much change will she get?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Step-by-Step Solution:
(a) Bill Calculation:
• 4 wooden birds = 4 × ₹30 = ₹120.
• 2 wooden tops = 2 × ₹20 = ₹40.
• 1 wooden flute = ₹45.
• Total Bill = ₹120 + ₹40 + ₹45 = ₹205.

(b) Change Received:
• Amount paid = ₹500.
• Change = ₹500 - ₹205 = ₹295.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct itemised totals and total bill (₹205) 2.0 M
Correct subtraction for change (₹295) 1.0 M
Q5 Fair Rides • Family Ticket Pricing
Ticket prices for rides at the Surajkund Fair:
• Giant Wheel: ₹40 per person
• Toy Train: ₹25 per person
• Bumper Cars: ₹50 per person
A family of 2 parents and 2 children want to go on the Giant Wheel and Toy Train.
(a) What is the total cost for the family on the Giant Wheel?
(b) What is the total cost for the family on the Toy Train?
(c) What is the grand total for all rides?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Step-by-Step Solution:
• Total family members = 2 adults + 2 children = 4 persons.
(a) Giant Wheel Cost:
• 4 persons × ₹40 = ₹160.

(b) Toy Train Cost:
• 4 persons × ₹25 = ₹100.

(c) Grand Total:
• Total rides cost = ₹160 + ₹100 = ₹260.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct Giant Wheel total (₹160) 1.0 M
Correct Toy Train total (₹100) 1.0 M
Correct grand total (₹260) 1.0 M
Q6 Pictograph Reading • Visitor Attendance
The fair authorities recorded visitor counts using a pictograph where 🎟️ = 100 visitors:
• Friday: 🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️ (4 tickets)
• Saturday: 🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️ (6 tickets)
• Sunday: 🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️🎟️ (8 tickets)
(a) How many visitors attended on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday respectively?
(b) What was the total number of visitors over the weekend (Saturday + Sunday)?
(c) How many more visitors attended on Sunday than on Friday?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Step-by-Step Pictograph Analysis:
• Scale: 1 🎟️ = 100 visitors.
(a) Daily Visitors:
• Friday: 4 × 100 = 400 visitors.
• Saturday: 6 × 100 = 600 visitors.
• Sunday: 8 × 100 = 800 visitors.

(b) Weekend Total:
• Saturday + Sunday = 600 + 800 = 1400 visitors.

(c) Difference (Sunday vs Friday):
• 800 - 400 = 400 more visitors on Sunday.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct conversion for all three days (400, 600, 800) 1.5 M
Correct weekend total (1400) and difference (400) 1.5 M
Q7 Food Court Bill • Addition and Discount
At the fair's food street, Kabir's group ordered:
• 3 plates of Pav Bhaji at ₹60 per plate
• 4 glasses of Lassi at ₹30 per glass
• 2 plates of Jalebi at ₹40 per plate
(a) What was the total food bill?
(b) If the stall owner offered a festival discount of ₹40, how much did Kabir actually pay?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Step-by-Step Solution:
(a) Total Bill:
• Pav Bhaji: 3 × ₹60 = ₹180.
• Lassi: 4 × ₹30 = ₹120.
• Jalebi: 2 × ₹40 = ₹80.
• Total bill = ₹180 + ₹120 + ₹80 = ₹380.

(b) Discounted Payment:
• Discount = ₹40.
• Amount paid = ₹380 - ₹40 = ₹340.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct sub-totals and bill before discount (₹380) 2.0 M
Correct subtraction of discount (₹340) 1.0 M
Q8 Textbook Exercise • Practical Problem Solving
In Chapter 14 ('The Surajkund Fair'), a student solves an exercise problem: If 1 packet contains 12 items, how many items are in 4 such packets? Explain using repeated addition and multiplication.
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Step-by-Step Solution:
1. Repeated addition: 12 + 12 + 12 + 12 = 48 items.
2. Multiplication fact: 4 × 12 = 48 items.
3. Both methods yield the exact same answer. Multiplication is efficient repeated addition.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Repeated addition 12+12+12+12 = 48 1 M
Multiplication 4 × 12 = 48 1 M
Q9 In-Text Activity • Concept Exploration
In 'The Surajkund Fair', how do you verify your mathematical calculations? Give an example using two numbers that add up to 100.
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Verification Method:
• Take two numbers: 65 and 35. Sum = 65 + 35 = 100.
• Verification by inverse operation (subtraction): 100 - 35 = 65, and 100 - 65 = 35.
• Since subtraction brings back the original numbers, the addition is confirmed correct.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Addition 65 + 35 = 100 1 M
Inverse check 100 - 35 = 65 1 M
Q10 Practice Time • Mental Math Drills
Solve mentally:
(a) 25 + 75 = ?
(b) 150 - 60 = ?
(c) Double of 45 = ?
(d) Half of 80 = ?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Mental Calculations:
• (a) 25 + 75 = 100.
• (b) 150 - 60 = 90.
• (c) 45 × 2 = 90.
• (d) 80 ÷ 2 = 40.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
All 4 mental math facts correct 2 M
Q11 Word Problem • Real Life Application
A school library received 3 boxes of mathematics activity books. Each box contained 25 books. During the week, 38 books were distributed to Grade 3 children. How many books remain in the library?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Step-by-Step Solution:
1. Total books received = 3 × 25 = 75 books.
2. Books distributed = 38 books.
3. Books remaining = 75 - 38 = 37 books.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Total 3 × 25 = 75 1.5 M
Remainder 75 - 38 = 37 1.5 M
Q12 Critical Thinking • Finding the Pattern
Observe the sequence related to 'The Surajkund Fair': 12, 24, 36, 48, ___, ___. Find the next two terms and state the mathematical rule.
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Pattern Analysis:
• 12 + 12 = 24
• 24 + 12 = 36
• 36 + 12 = 48
• Rule: Successive addition of 12 (Multiples of 12).
• Next terms: 48 + 12 = 60, 60 + 12 = 72.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Next terms 60, 72 1 M
Rule: multiples of 12 / +12 step 1 M
Q13 Estimation & Measurement • Practical Judgment
Estimate whether each measurement is greater than or less than 1 metre:
(a) Length of your classroom pencil.
(b) Height of your classroom teacher.
(c) Width of your mathematics textbook.
(d) Length of the school blackboard.
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Estimation:
• (a) Pencil: Less than 1 metre (approx. 15 cm).
• (b) Teacher height: Greater than 1 metre (approx. 1.6 to 1.7 m).
• (c) Textbook width: Less than 1 metre (approx. 20 cm).
• (d) Blackboard length: Greater than 1 metre (approx. 2 to 3 m).
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct estimation for all 4 items 2 M
Q14 Data Interpretation • Reading Simple Tables
A table shows student preferences for fruit: Apple (15), Banana (22), Mango (35), Orange (18).
(a) Which fruit is preferred by the maximum number of students?
(b) How many more students prefer Mango over Banana?
(c) What is the total number of students surveyed?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Table Interpretation:
• (a) Maximum preference: Mango with 35 students.
• (b) Difference: 35 - 22 = 13 more students prefer Mango.
• (c) Total students: 15 + 22 + 35 + 18 = 90 students.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Mango identified 1 M
Difference = 13 1 M
Total = 90 1 M
Q15 Let us Do • Shapes and Symmetry
Draw a line of symmetry through each shape:
(a) A rectangle
(b) An equilateral triangle
(c) A circle.
How many lines of symmetry does a circle have?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Symmetry Properties:
• (a) A rectangle has 2 lines of symmetry (horizontal and vertical through centers of opposite sides).
• (b) An equilateral triangle has 3 lines of symmetry (from each vertex to opposite midpoint).
• (c) A circle has infinite lines of symmetry (any diameter passing through the center).
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Rectangle = 2 lines 1 M
Triangle = 3 lines 1 M
Circle = infinite lines 1 M
Q16 Puzzle Time • Missing Number Grid
In a 3x3 magic square, the sum of each row, column, and diagonal is 15. The center number is 5. What numbers go in the opposite corners if one corner is 2?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Magic Square Logic:
• In a 3x3 magic square with sum 15 and center 5, opposite corners must sum to 10 (since 2 + 5 + x = 15 → x = 8).
• If one corner is 2, the diagonally opposite corner must be 8.
• Other corner pairs: 4 and 6.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Opposite corner = 8 with reasoning 2 M
Q17 Money & Shopping • Cash Memo Bill
Rani visits a stationery shop and buys: 2 Pencils at ₹5 each, 1 Eraser for ₹3, and 1 Notebook for ₹25. Prepare a simple cash memo showing total bill and change returned from a ₹50 note.
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Cash Memo Preparation:
• 2 Pencils @ ₹5 = ₹10
• 1 Eraser @ ₹3 = ₹3
• 1 Notebook @ ₹25 = ₹25
• Total Bill Amount = ₹10 + ₹3 + ₹25 = ₹38.
• Amount paid = ₹50.
• Change returned = ₹50 - ₹38 = ₹12.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct item breakdown and total ₹38 2 M
Change = ₹12 1 M
Q18 Chapter Review • Comprehensive Concept Check
True or False:
(a) 1 kilometre is equal to 1000 metres.
(b) 500 millilitres is equal to half a litre.
(c) A square has 4 equal straight edges and 4 right-angled corners.
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Review Answers:
• (a) True: 1 km = 1000 m.
• (b) True: 1 Litre = 1000 mL, so half a litre = 500 mL.
• (c) True: A square has 4 equal sides and 4 right angles.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
All 3 statements correctly evaluated as True 3 M
🌟 NEP 2020 Competency-Based Case Study

Handicrafts Stall Revenue Summary

A pottery artisan brought 80 clay diyas to the fair. He sold 55 diyas on Day 1 for ₹10 each. On Day 2, he reduced the price to ₹8 each and sold all remaining diyas.

Analytical Task: How many diyas were sold on Day 2? What was the total revenue earned by the artisan from selling all 80 diyas?
Evaluation & Model Answer:
1. Diyas sold on Day 2 = Total - Day 1 = 80 - 55 = 25 diyas.
2. Day 1 revenue = 55 × ₹10 = ₹550.
3. Day 2 revenue = 25 × ₹8 = ₹200.
4. Total revenue = ₹550 + ₹200 = ₹750.
Rubric: 1M Day 2 count + 1M Day 1 & Day 2 revenues + 1M total revenue sum.
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