Understanding Shapes and Object Properties | 2nd Grade Maths Term 3 Unit 6

Shapes and nature of objects

2nd Maths : Term 3 Unit 6 : Information Processing

Travel Through

Ravi and Vani went to the milk shop and then to a book shop. Observe the objects they have in their hands to collect the items.

Keywords: Shapes, Container, Nature, Items

Ravi holding a wide bowl and Vani holding a tall can.

Who has the most suitable container to buy milk? Why do you say so?

Answer: Vani have suitable container to buy milk. Milk hard to escape from vani’s container.

Boy holding a net bag and a girl holding a cloth bag.

Which bag can be used to buy books? Why do you say so?

Answer: Girl’s Bag can be used to buy books. Girls’s bag is stonger, larger, easy to carry, closed type when compare with boy’s bag.

Learn

Different types of containers for solid, liquid, and gas materials.

Materials are stored in different containers based on their properties. Solid materials like rice can be stored in sacks, liquid materials can only be kept in containers and gases are stored in closed containers.

Observe the above picture and match the following.

Matching items to suitable containers: Rice matched to a sack, Oil to a can, and Gas to a cylinder.

Think Like A Mathematician

Gases are stored in closed containers. Why?

Ans : Yes, Gases can be stored in a closed container by compressing by applying required pressure.