NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Maths Chapter 10 Fun at the Fair (PDF) – 2027
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NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 10 Fun at the Fair – step-by-step answers to every exercise and in-text question of the chapter, as per the latest NCERT syllabus for 2027. Read them online or download the free question-answer PDF.
This chapter is about money. We add prices, find money left, and learn that 100 paise = ₹1.
NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 10 Fun at the Fair PDF
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NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 10 Fun at the Fair – Questions and Answers
All 34 questions of the chapter (textbook pages 113 – 122) are answered below, in the order of the book – in-text questions, activities and the end-of-chapter exercises. Each answer is written the way you would write it in the exam.
In-text Questions — Page 114How Much Rupal Spent?
Q1How Much Rupal Spent?The money Rupal paid for each ride.
Answer
Merry-go-round ₹10, train ₹20, giant wheel ₹15.
Train: one ₹20 note.
Giant wheel: a ₹10 coin and a ₹5 coin. 10 + 5 = 15.
The money Rupal paid for each ride.
Q2Total money spent on rides = ______The money Rupal paid for each ride.
Answer
Total money spent on rides = ₹45
Add the first two: 10 + 20 = 30.
Add the last one: 30 + 15 = 45.
Q3Money given by Rupal’s mother – Money spent = Money left with RupalThe money Rupal paid for each ride.
Answer
₹50 – ₹45 = ₹5
Count on from 45 to 50: 46, 47, 48, 49, 50.
That is 5 steps. So ₹5 is left.
Q4If you had ₹3 left when your father gave you ₹40 for the fair, how many rupees did you spend? Find out.
Answer
I spent ₹37.
Start at ₹3, like Rupal’s friend.
3 + 7 = 10. Then 10 + 30 = 40.
Put the added parts together: 7 + 30 = 37.
Let us Do — Page 115Tickets for the rides
Q1A. How much money will be needed to buy? Train ₹20 — 2 tickets — Money ₹ ____The price of one ticket is on each ride.
Answer
Money = ₹40
One ticket costs ₹20.
Two tickets: 20 + 20 = 40.
The price of one ticket is on each ride.
Q2A. How much money will be needed to buy? Merry-go-round ₹10 — ____ tickets — Money ₹30The price of one ticket is on each ride.
Answer
Number of tickets = 3
One ticket costs ₹10.
Count in tens: 10, 20, 30.
That is 3 tens. So 3 tickets.
Q3A. How much money will be needed to buy? Giant wheel ₹15 — 2 tickets — Money ₹ ____The price of one ticket is on each ride.
Answer
Money = ₹30
One ticket costs ₹15.
Two tickets: 15 + 15.
Ones: 5 + 5 = 10. Tens: 10 + 10 = 20. So 30.
In-text Questions — Page 116Our notes: ₹100, ₹200 and ₹500
Q1C. Count the number of times ₹500 is written on a ₹500 note. i. Five hundred rupees is written in words __________ times.A drawing of the words and numbers printed on the ₹500 note in the book. Faint ones are drawn light.
Answer
Written in words 5 times.
Front: पाँच सौ रुपये at the top.
Front, in the tiny lines: once in Hindi, once in English.
Back: FIVE HUNDRED RUPEES at the top, and पाँच सौ रुपये down the left side.
Q2C. Count the number of times ₹500 is written on a ₹500 note. ii. 500 is written in number __________ times.A drawing of the words and numbers printed on the ₹500 note in the book. Faint ones are drawn light.
Answer
Written in number 7 times.
Front: big ₹500, a faint ₹500 near the face, and ₹५०० on the left.
Back: ₹500 top left, ₹५०० top right, ₹500 bottom right, and a faint ₹500 on the right.
3 + 4 = 7.
Q3The picture of which monument is printed on the note of 500 rupees? Have you seen this monument?The ₹500 note and the building on it, described here; see the textbook for the photographs.
Answer
The Red Fort. It is in Delhi.
Look at the back of the note.
The name is printed under the building.
Sample answer: Yes, I saw the Red Fort on TV on Independence Day.
In-text Questions — Page 117Old coins: paise and rupee
Q1Tejal’s grandmother showed her some old coins that she had not seen before. Her grandmother used to pay 2 coins of 50 paise for 1 Rupee. A. How many 25 paise will make ₹1? Draw the coins in the box below.Old coins. Two 50 paise coins make ₹1.
Answer
4 coins of 25 paise make ₹1.
Count on: 25, 50, 75, 100.
100 paise is ₹1. Stop at 4 coins.
4 coins of 25 paise make ₹1. The orange numbers count on.
Q2Tejal’s grandmother showed her some old coins that she had not seen before. Her grandmother used to pay 2 coins of 50 paise for 1 Rupee. B. How many 20 paise will make ₹1? ______Old coins. Two 50 paise coins make ₹1.
Answer
5 coins of 20 paise make ₹1.
Count on in twenties: 20, 40, 60, 80, 100.
Count the coins: 5.
5 coins of 20 paise make ₹1. The orange numbers count on.
Pop the Balloon — Page 118Prize money on the balloon board
Q1Matru comes across a ‘pop the balloon’ game. He will get 3 chances for ₹10. A. How much money will Matru get if he popped the following balloons? Row 1: ₹3The balloon board. One balloon is already popped.
Answer
Draw 1 pink and 1 red balloon.
Pink gives ₹1. Red gives ₹2.
1 + 2 = 3.
One pink and one red balloon.
Q2Matru comes across a ‘pop the balloon’ game. He will get 3 chances for ₹10. A. How much money will Matru get if he popped the following balloons? Rows 2, 3 and 4The balloon board. One balloon is already popped.
Answer
Draw up to 3 balloons (3 chances) and add. For example: ₹8, ₹14, ₹32.
Pink + red + blue: 1 + 2 + 5 = 8.
Red + red + yellow: 2 + 2 + 10 = 14.
Red + yellow + green: 2 + 10 + 20 = 32.
In-text Questions — Page 119Pop the Balloon (continued)
Q1B. Draw and colour the balloons, which he has to pop if he wants to get the following amount. ₹17The balloon board. One balloon is already popped.
Answer
Yellow, blue and red.
Yellow ₹10 and blue ₹5 make 15.
15 and red ₹2 make 17.
Q2B. Draw and colour the balloons, which he has to pop if he wants to get the following amount. ₹22The balloon board. One balloon is already popped.
Answer
Green and red.
Green gives ₹20.
20 and red ₹2 make 22.
Q3B. Draw and colour the balloons, which he has to pop if he wants to get the following amount. ₹31The balloon board. One balloon is already popped.
Answer
Green, yellow and pink.
Green ₹20 and yellow ₹10 make 30.
30 and pink ₹1 make 31.
Q4C. Which three differently coloured balloons would you target to make the highest amount of money? Draw and colour them. Total amount won = ______The balloon board. One balloon is already popped.
Answer
Green, yellow and blue. Total amount won = ₹35.
Pick the three biggest prizes: 20, 10, 5.
20 + 10 = 30. 30 + 5 = 35.
Q5D. If Matru had four chances, by popping which differently coloured balloons can he make the most money? Draw and colour them. Total amount won = ______The balloon board. One balloon is already popped.
Answer
Green, yellow, blue and red. Total amount won = ₹37.
Take the three biggest again: 35.
The next biggest is red, ₹2.
35 + 2 = 37.
Let us Do — Page 120Paying the same amount in different ways
Q1Let us look at how ₹66 can be paid in different ways. Make different combinations to make the given amount. ₹54 (three more ways)
Amount
₹1
₹2
₹5
₹10
₹20
₹50
₹54
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2
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3
1
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Answer
Three more ways to make ₹54:
Amount
₹1
₹2
₹5
₹10
₹20
₹50
₹54
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2
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3
1
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2
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1
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2
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1
2
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4
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5
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Check a row: 50 + 2 + 2 = 54.
Q2Let us look at how ₹66 can be paid in different ways. Make different combinations to make the given amount. ₹85 (five ways)
Amount
₹1
₹2
₹5
₹10
₹20
₹50
₹85
Answer
Five ways to make ₹85:
Amount
₹1
₹2
₹5
₹10
₹20
₹50
₹85
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1
1
1
1
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1
3
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1
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1
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4
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1
8
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1
2
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1
1
1
Check a row: 50 + 20 + 10 + 5 = 85.
Let us Buy — Page 121Money needed, money you have, money left
Q1Let us Buy — row 1
Items
Money needed to buy these items
Money you have
Money left/More money needed
₹ ______
₹ ______
Answer
Need ₹43. Have ₹30. ₹13 more needed.
15 + 28 = 15 + 20 + 8 = 35 + 8 = 43.
₹10 coin + ₹20 note = 30.
43 – 30 = 13.
Items
Money needed to buy these items
Money you have
Money left/More money needed
₹43
₹13 more needed
Q2Let us Buy — row 2
Items
Money needed to buy these items
Money you have
Money left/More money needed
₹ ______
₹ ______
Answer
Need ₹40. Have ₹55. ₹15 left.
30 + 10 = 40.
₹50 note + ₹5 coin = 55.
55 – 40: 5 tens – 4 tens = 1 ten. So 15.
Items
Money needed to buy these items
Money you have
Money left/More money needed
₹40
₹15 left
Q3Let us Buy — row 3
Items
Money needed to buy these items
Money you have
Money left/More money needed
₹ ______
₹ ______
Answer
Need ₹95. Have ₹40. ₹55 more needed.
20 + 20 + 55 = 95.
₹20 note + two ₹10 coins = 40.
95 – 40: 9 tens – 4 tens = 5 tens. So 55.
Items
Money needed to buy these items
Money you have
Money left/More money needed
₹95
₹55 more needed
Let us Do — Page 122Add money · Add or take away?
Q1Let us Do
Answer
₹18 + ₹32 = ₹50
Break 32 into 30 and 2.
18 + 30 = 48.
48 + 2 = 50.
Q2Let us Do
Answer
₹15 + ₹27 = ₹42
Break 27 into 20 and 7.
15 + 20 = 35.
35 + 7 = 42.
Q3Let us Do
Answer
₹47 + ₹50 = ₹97
Add the ones: 7 + 0 = 7.
Add the tens: 4 + 5 = 9.
Q4Let us Do
Answer
₹22 + ₹35 = ₹57
Add the ones: 2 + 5 = 7.
Add the tens: 2 + 3 = 5.
Q5Have you seen that sometimes we pay using mobile phones?
Answer
Yes. At the shop, my mother scans a code with her phone. The money goes from her phone.
Q6A. Jayant spent ₹25 on pens and ₹40 on notebooks. How much money did he spend in total? ______
Answer
He spent ₹65 in total.
25 + 40.
Ones: 5 + 0 = 5. Tens: 2 + 4 = 6.
Q7B. Meera has ₹43 with her. Kanika has ₹14 more than Meera. How much money does Kanika have? ______
Answer
Kanika has ₹57.
43 + 14.
Ones: 3 + 4 = 7. Tens: 4 + 1 = 5.
Q8C. A packet of bread costs ₹30 and a chocolate costs ₹60. How much money does Vivek need to buy these items? ______
Answer
Vivek needs ₹90.
30 + 60.
3 tens and 6 tens make 9 tens.
Q9D. Ajay has ₹58 with him. He spent ₹48 in the market. How much money is left with him now? ______
Answer
₹10 is left with him.
58 – 48.
Ones: 8 – 8 = 0. Tens: 5 – 4 = 1.
Project Work — Page 122Shopping list with prices
Q1Whenever you go to the market or shop with your parents, make a list of the things that you buy and the total money you spend.