NCERT Solutions for Class 3 Maths Chapter 8 Fair Share (PDF) – 2027

They will cut each thing into two equal parts.

1. Break the chocolate along its middle line.
2. Fold the paratha in half and cut on the fold.
3. Shabnam takes one part and Mukta takes the other.

Put one piece on top of the other piece.

1. Place piece 2 exactly over piece 1.
2. If they cover each other fully, the pieces are equal.
3. If one piece sticks out, they are not equal.

Give one object to each person, turn by turn.

1. One sweet to plate 1, one sweet to plate 2.
2. Keep going until no sweet is left.
3. Count both plates. Here each plate gets 3.

She folds it to find the middle of the paratha.

1. The two sides sit exactly on each other.
2. Cutting on the fold gives two equal parts.

Tick the third paratha.

1. Its cut line goes right through the middle.
2. Both parts are the same size.
3. In the first two, the line is not in the middle.

Two halves make one whole.

1. Take two halves of a chapati.
2. Join them along the cut side.
3. You get back one full chapati.

Circle the kite, the apple and the orange rectangle.

1. In these, the coloured part and the white part match.
2. Pizza: 2 of its 3 equal parts are coloured. That is more than half.
3. The bottle is not cut into two equal parts.

Draw one line through the middle of each object.

1. Tile — a line down the middle.
2. Sugarcane — a line across the middle.
3. Carrom board — join two opposite corners.
4. Paratha — a line through the centre.

Tick (c) half.

Colour 12 of the 24 small squares.

Colouring the 12 eaten squares instead is also right.

Draw one line through the centre of each hexagon.

1. Left corner to right corner.
2. Middle of the top side to middle of the bottom side.
3. Top-right corner to bottom-left corner.
4. Top-left corner to bottom-right corner.

Draw the same lines on the other side, like a mirror.

1. Count the dots and draw the same number on the other side.
2. Picture 1 becomes a triangle, picture 2 a diamond with a small triangle below, picture 3 a square.

A rectangular sheet folds in half in 2 ways.

1. Fold the left side onto the right side.
2. Fold the top side onto the bottom side.

A square sheet folds in half in 4 ways.

1. Left side onto right side.
2. Top side onto bottom side.
3. Along one corner-to-corner line.
4. Along the other corner-to-corner line.

No, it is not fair.

1. Amit gets all the mangoes.
2. Bala gets the lamp in the day, when no one needs it.
3. Bala gets the blanket in summer, when no one needs it.

A fair way: Share the mangoes equally. Use the lamp and the blanket by turns, night by night.

There are 6 mangoes. Give them out one by one.

1. Put 1 mango in each child’s bowl, again and again.
2. Stop when the first bowl is empty.

The blank is half.

The blank is double.

The blank is double.

The blank is half.

The blank is half.

The blank is double.

The answer is 1.

The answer is 2.

Tick (b) 5 Marbles.

Tick (b) 6 Marbles.

Each child got one quarter of the chikki.

1. The chikki was cut into 4 parts of the same size.
2. It was shared equally among 4 children.
3. So one share is one quarter.

4 quarters make one whole.

Tick the chikki and the chocolate bar.

1. Each of them is cut into 4 pieces of the same size.
2. The round roti has 4 pieces, but they are not the same size.
3. The orange is cut into only 2 pieces, so those are halves.

Draw two lines through the middle of each shape.

1. Square — one line down and one across.
2. Roti and flower — two lines through the centre, like a plus sign.
3. Rhombus — join the opposite corners.

Each picture is one quarter. Draw 3 more parts of the same size.

1. (a) Draw 3 more fan parts to make a full circle.
2. (b) Draw 3 more mats: 1 beside it and 2 below.

Each picture already has 3 equal squares, so draw 1 more.

1. Look for the empty corner.
2. Draw one square of the same size there.
3. The picture becomes a big square made of 4 quarters.

Tick half.

Tick a quarter.

Tick double.

Tick a quarter.

Tick half.

Tick half.

Tick four shapes.

1. The green bar — 3 of its 4 parts are green.
2. The triangle — 3 of its 4 small triangles are coloured.
3. The orange rectangle — 3 of its 4 parts are orange.
4. The red strip — 3 of its 4 parts are red.

Each shape already has 4 equal parts. Colour as many as the words say.

1. Square — 2 parts. Circle — 1 part. Kite — 3 parts.
2. Hexagon — all 4 parts. Strip — 3 parts. Star — 1 part.

First draw lines to make 4 equal parts, then colour.

1. Draw one line across the middle and one line down the middle (slanting in the slanting shape).
2. Colour 2, 1, 3, 4, 3 and 1 parts, as the words say.

The rectangle has 16 small squares.

So each colour covers one quarter of the rectangle, even though the shapes look different.

Colour 10 squares for half and 5 squares for a quarter, in a different pattern in each grid.

Take the cut-out pieces from the back of your book.

1. Join 2 halves — you get one whole.
2. Join 4 quarters — you also get one whole.
3. 1 half and 2 quarters also make one whole.

Put one piece on another to check that the pieces are the same size.