Download Grandmother’s Quilt – NCERT Class 5 Maths Chapter 11 PDF from the new NCERT Class 5 Maths book Maths Mela (2026-27). Read the chapter online or download the free PDF. Perimeter is the ribbon; area is the cloth. Perimeter is the length of the border, all the way round a shape. Area is how much surface the shape covers. Grandmother needs lace for the border of her quilt — that is perimeter. She needs cloth patches…
Grandmother’s Quilt PDF – Chapter 11 of Maths Mela
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| Chapter 11 PDF | Grandmother’s Quilt | View PDF |
| Full book | NCERT Class 5 Maths – Maths Mela | View Book |
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What Is in Grandmother’s Quilt? (Class 5 Maths Chapter 11)
- Perimeter is the ribbon; area is the cloth. Perimeter is the length of the border, all the way round a shape. Area is how much surface the shape covers. Grandmother needs lace for the border of her quilt — that is perimeter. She needs cloth patches to fill the quilt — that is area. If you ever mix the two up, ask yourself: am I going round the outside, or filling up the inside?
- Perimeter is found by adding all the sides. A five-sided shape with every side 4 cm has a perimeter of 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 20 cm. When the sides are all equal you can multiply instead: number of sides × length of one side.
- Area is found by covering with tiles and counting them. Triangles, squares and rectangles cover a table top with no gaps and no overlaps — we say they tile. Circles do not: little empty corners are always left. Table 1 in the book takes 20 triangles, Table 3 takes 8 squares and Table 4 takes 12 rectangles — the same table top, but a smaller tile always means a bigger number.
- The square is the tile we agree to use. All four of its sides are equal, so it is easy to draw and easy to count. A square of side 1 unit has an area of 1 unit square. When the grid squares are 1 cm across, one of them is 1 square cm.
- Area of a rectangle = Length × Breadth. Grandmother’s patchwork has 6 patches in a row and 4 rows, so 6 × 4 = 24 patches, and its area is 6 cm × 4 cm = 24 square cm. Multiplying is not a new rule — it is just a fast way to count equal rows.
- Perimeter of a rectangle = 2 × Length + 2 × Breadth. Opposite sides of a rectangle are equal, so you walk the length twice and the breadth twice. A 6 cm × 4 cm rectangle has a perimeter of 2 × 6 + 2 × 4 = 20 cm.
- A square is a rectangle with all sides equal, so both rules get shorter. Area of a square = Length × Length, and Perimeter of a square = 4 × Length. For a square of side 5 cm: area = 5 × 5 = 25 square cm, perimeter = 4 × 5 = 20 cm.
- Same area does not mean same perimeter. A 3 × 4 rectangle and a 12 × 1 strip both cover 12 square cm, but the first needs 14 cm of lace and the second needs 26 cm. The fatter the shape, the less lace it needs; the shape closest to a square needs the least of all.
Quick revision – Grandmother’s Quilt
| Word | What it means | Where it appears | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perimeter | The length of the border, all the way round a shape | Page 142, the lace on the quilt | A 6 cm by 4 cm rectangle has a perimeter of 20 cm |
| Area | How much surface a shape covers | Page 143, the four table tops | A 6 cm by 4 cm rectangle has an area of 24 square cm |
| Tile (to tile) | To cover a region with shapes, leaving no gaps and no overlaps | Page 143 | Squares tile a floor; circles do not |
| Unit square | One small square of the grid, used for measuring area | Page 145 | A square of side 1 cm has an area of 1 square cm |
| Square grid | A sheet ruled into equal squares, used to measure area | Page 145 | Garden A covers 10 squares, so its area is 10 square cm |
| Length | The longer side of a rectangle | Page 150, the patchwork | Length of the patchwork = 6 cm |
| Breadth | The shorter side of a rectangle (the book calls it the non-equal side) | Page 150 | Breadth of the patchwork = 4 cm |
| Area of a rectangle | Length × Breadth | Page 150 | 6 cm × 4 cm = 24 square cm |
| Perimeter of a rectangle | 2 × Length + 2 × Breadth | Page 151 | 2 × 6 + 2 × 4 = 20 cm |
| Area of a square | Length × Length | Page 151 | 5 × 5 = 25 square cm |
| Perimeter of a square | 4 × Length | Page 151 | 4 × 5 = 20 cm |
| Square cm | The unit of area when lengths are in cm | Pages 145 onwards | The area of shape (d) on page 152 is 9 square cm |
| Square m | The unit of area when lengths are in metres | Page 151, the classroom floor | A field 42 m by 34 m has an area of 1428 square m |
Old NCERT vs New – Class 5 Maths
This chapter is from Maths Mela, the new NCERT Class 5 Maths book (NCF-SE 2023, used from 2025-26). It replaced the old book “Math-Magic”, so chapter numbers and names differ from older PDFs.
Solutions and All Chapters
Answers to the exercises and the full chapter list of Maths Mela:
Grandmother’s Quilt – Overview
| Class | Class 5 |
| Subject | Maths |
| Book | Maths Mela – new NCERT book |
| Chapter | 11 of 15 – Grandmother’s Quilt |
| Book pages | 142 – 154 |
| Edition | NCERT Reprint 2026-27 |
| Session | 2026-27 |
| Free – read online or download |
Class 5 Maths Chapter 11 – FAQs
Where can I download Grandmother’s Quilt Class 5 PDF?
From the download table on this page – the chapter PDF is free, and the full book is linked too.
What is Class 5 Maths Chapter 11 about?
Perimeter is the ribbon; area is the cloth. Perimeter is the length of the border, all the way round a shape. Area is how much surface the shape covers. Grandmother needs lace for the border of her quilt — that is perimeter. She needs cloth patches to fill the quilt — that is area. If you ever mix the two up, ask yourself: am I going round the outside, or filling up the inside?
Is Grandmother’s Quilt from the new NCERT Class 5 Maths book?
Yes. It is chapter 11 of maths mela, the new NCERT Class 5 Maths book for 2026-27.
Is this the latest NCERT edition for 2026-27?
Yes – the PDF is NCERT’s latest edition for the 2026-27 session.
Where are the NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths Chapter 11?
Open the NCERT Solutions link above for answers to the exercise questions.