NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths Chapter 8 Weight and Capacity provide clear, step-by-step answers to every exercise and in-text question from the chapter Weight and Capacity of the NCERT textbook Math Mela. Prepared by subject experts as per the latest NCERT (CBSE) syllabus for 2026-27, these NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths help you understand each concept, write exam-ready answers, and check your own solutions. You can read them online below or download the free Class 5 Maths Chapter 8 question-answer PDF.
NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths Chapter 8 Weight and Capacity
- Class: Class 5
- Subject: Maths
- Chapter: Chapter 8 – Weight and Capacity
- Textbook: Math Mela (NCERT)
- Study material: NCERT Solutions – questions with answers, free PDF
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Questions Covered in This Chapter
These NCERT Solutions answer all 70 questions of this chapter. The questions solved are:
- Anu has recorded the weights of the items in her house. Check if she has recorded them correctly by putting a tick against them if they look correct. 1. Iron Almirah – 40 g 2. Bed – 60 kg 3. Rice Bag – 5 kg 4. Sofa – 30 g 5. Bucket – 1 kg 800 g 6. Water Bottle – 650 g 7. Refrigerator – 50 g
- Read the scale (a). Write the correct weight in the space given below. The dial is marked 0 at the top and then 1 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg going round. The answer space says “………… g”.
- Read the scale (b). Write the correct weight in the space given below. The dial is marked 0 at the top, 1 kg at the bottom and 2 kg back at the top. The answer space says “…… kg ……. g”.
- Read the scale (c). Write the correct weight in the space given below. The dial is marked 0 at the top and then 1 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg, 5 kg, 6 kg going round. The answer space says “…… kg ……. g”.
- Read the scale (d). Write the correct weight in the space given below. The dial is marked 0 at the top and then 1 kg, 2 kg, 3 kg, 4 kg going round. The answer space says “…… kg ……. g”.
- Read the scale (e). Write the correct weight in the space given below. The dial is marked 0 at the top and then 250 g, 500 g, 750 g and 1 kg going round. The answer space says “……………. g”.
- Read the scale (f). Write the correct weight in the space given below. The dial is marked 0 at the top and then 250 g, 500 g, 750 g and 1 kg going round. The answer space says “……………. g”.
- Bags are weighed on two different weighing balances. One weighing balance displays weight in kilograms and other displays weight in grams. Match the bags that have the same weights. Weighing Balance 1: 5 kg, 10 kg, 3 kg, 6 kg, 25 kg, 30 kg. Weighing Balance 2: 3,000 g, 6,000 g, 10,000 g, 30,000 g, 5,000 g, 25,000 g.
- You can use the double number line given below. Complete it. 1 kg3 kg8 kg____ kg20 kg____ kg30 kg1,000 g____ g____ g15,000 g____ g25,000 g____ g×3×1000×___The double number line printed on page 105. The top line is in kilograms and the bottom line is in grams. Fill in every blank, and the missing number in × ___ .
- Notice the relationship between kg and g.
- Shrenu is baking cakes for her shop. She needs 3 kg 500 g flour. Her kitchen scale measures only in grams. What should her kitchen scale show for 3 kg 500 g of flour?
- What would be 2 kg 250 g flour in grams?
- Shamim and Rehan observed someone buying sugar weighing 5 kg 50 g. They thought of the quantity in grams. How much is it? One says 5,050 g and the other says “No, it is 5,500 g”. Who do you think is right and why?
- Complete the conversions by filling in the blanks. You can use the double number line given below on which some numbers have been marked. 1 kg3 kg___ kg7 kg8 kg___ kg___ kg___ kg___ g___ kg___ g1,000 g____ g4,000 g____ g____ g10,000 g12,000 g____ g____ gThe double number line printed on page 106. Some numbers are already marked; fill in the rest.
- Complete the conversions by filling in the blanks. (a) 7 kg 67 g = ______ g (b) 3 kg 300 g = ______ g (c) 8 kg 69 g = ______ g
- Complete the conversions by filling in the blanks. (d) 10,760 g = _____ kg ____ g (e) 4,080 g = _____ kg ____ g (f) 12,042 g = _____ kg ____ g
- Harpreet’s family planned a picnic over the weekend. Her mother and father packed different food items to take along. The following is the list of fruits they carried — Watermelon – 3 kg, Pineapple – 1 kg 750 g, Apples – 1 kg 250 g, Mangoes – 2 kg. Among the fruits they carried, which one has the (a) highest weight? (b) least weight? (c) Arrange the items in descending order of their weight.
- Compare the weights using <, =, > signs. (a) 1 kg 600 g ____ 1,700 g (b) 1 kg 600 g ____ 1 kg 60 g (c) 10 kg 35 g ____ 10035 g (d) 1 kg 600 g ____ 2 kg 500 g (e) 5 kg 50 g ____ 4 kg 500 g (f) 900 g + 7,000 g ____ 7 kg + 900 g
- How much weight can an ant carry? How much does an ant weigh?
- What is a milligram?
- If a sugar sachet weighs 5 g, how much will it be in milligrams?
- Complete the double number line below appropriately. 1000 mg_____ mg12,000 mg20,000 mg_____ mg31,000 mg1 g5 g12 g_____ g25 g_____ gThe double number line printed on page 108. The top line is in milligrams, the bottom line in grams.
- An ornament weighs 4 g 100 mg. What will be the weight in milligrams?
- A goldsmith has made an ornament weighing 10 g 500 mg. What will its weight be in milligrams?
- Compare the weights using <, =, > signs. (a) 20 g ____ 200 mg (b) 16 g 50 mg ____ 50 g 16 mg (c) 2,010 mg ____ 2 g 100 mg (d) 9,000 mg ____ 90 g (e) 5,000 g ____ 7,500 g (f) 800 mg + 88 mg ____ 880 mg + 8 mg
- Observe the pictures given below and fill in the blank. × 405,000 kg………… kgAn elephant and a blue whale, drawn as in the book. The elephant weighs 5,000 kg and the whale weighs 40 times as much.
- Answer the following questions. (a) 5,000 kg = ______ quintals = _____ tonne (b) 9,000 kg = _____ quintals (c) ______ kg = 8 tonnes
- In a kingdom, the king donates wheat grains equal to 10 times his weight on his birthday. If he donates 800 kg of wheat grain this birthday, what is his current weight? _______ kg.
- If he had donated 780 kg of wheat grain on his last birthday, what was his weight last year? _______ kg.
- How much weight did he gain in a year until this birthday? _______ kg.
- Rathna went to the local grocery store and bought several items. She bought 2 kg 500 g rice for daily use and 1 kg 750 g additional rice for the upcoming Pongal festival. How much total rice did she buy?
- How much extra rice did she buy for household use than for the Pongal festival?
- A restaurant owner uses 5 kg 200 g, 8 kg 900 g, and 12 kg 600 g of onions over 3 days. What is the total weight of onions used by the restaurant owner in 3 days?
- Aarav is helping his grandfather at the fruit stall. He lifts two baskets of apples weighing 2 kg 100 g and 3 kg 950 g. What is the total weight of apples he lifted?
- 4 kg 500 g of sand is used from a sack weighing 10 kg. How much sand is left in the sack?
- A rice sack weighs 9 kg 750 g. After some rice is used, it weighs 3 kg 700 g. How much rice was used?
- A delivery truck delivered 17 kg 900 g of supplies in the morning and 12 kg 700 g in the afternoon. How much total supplies did it deliver?
- A box of books weighs 14 kg 750 g. After removing some books, the weight of the box is 10 kg 500 g. What is the weight of the books removed?
- In a community kitchen of a Gurdwara, 65 kg of flour was purchased on one day. Out of this, 42 kg 275 g flour was used for preparing langar. The next day, an additional 52 kg 500 g of flour was bought. What is the total quantity of flour now available in the kitchen store?
- A farmer weighs a sack of potatoes and finds it to be 10 kg 500 g. If the farmer has 4 such potato sacks, what is the total weight of all the sacks?
- A box of nuts weighing 4 kg 800 g is equally distributed into 4 smaller boxes. What is the weight of each small box in grams?
- The cost of some grocery items is given in the following table. Find the total cost of each item. ItemWeightCost of 1 kgTotal costRice12 kg 500 g₹ 60 Flour7 kg 250 g₹ 40 Sugar5 kg₹ 45 Chana dal3 kg 600 g₹ 70 Besan4 kg₹ 60 Jaggery1 kg 400 g₹ 50 The grocery table printed on page 112. The last column is empty — that is what you have to find.
- 4 people need 500 g rice for a meal. How much rice will be needed for 8 people if they eat similar quantity of rice? Complete the double number line below. 4 people8 people500 g………g×2×….The double number line printed on page 112. Fill in the missing weight and the missing multiplier.
- 5 kg of tomatoes cost ₹73. How much will 10 kg of tomatoes cost? Complete the double number line below. 5 kg10 kg₹ 73₹ ………×2×….The double number line printed on page 113. Fill in the missing cost and the missing multiplier.
- Nitesh is a scrap dealer. How much would he have paid for (a) 16 kg of old newspaper, if he paid ₹8 for every 1 kg of newspaper? (b) 20 kg iron, if he paid ₹200 for every 10 kg of iron? (c) 10 kg plastic, if he paid ₹30 for 5 kg of plastic? Make double number lines for answering (b) and (c).
- You must have seen tea being prepared at your home. How much water and milk do we need to make 2 cups of tea? Do we need 1 l of water to make 2 cups of tea? Is 500 ml of water enough for 2 cups of tea?
- A bucket can hold a maximum of 20 ml of water. Is this statement correct? Which unit should be used in such a situation?
- Ramiz brings a 500 ml water bottle to school. He drinks two bottles at school. How much water does he drink at school? Ramiz drinks ______ ml + ______ ml = ______ ml. Ramiz drinks ____ l of water in a day.
- Muskaan drinks 3 l of water in a day. How many times would she need to refill a 500 ml water bottle? ________. Muskaan drinks _________ ml of water in a day.
- Write the total capacity of the following containers in each blank. First set: a 1 l jar, a 500 ml jar and a 100 ml jar. Second set: a 1 l jar and a 500 ml jar. Third set: a 100 ml jar, a 100 ml jar and a 500 ml jar. Fourth set: a 1 l jar, a 1 l jar and a 100 ml jar. Each blank reads ____ l ________ ml.
- Bhalerao’s family orders 2 l of milk everyday. This family has a vessel marked in ml only. What mark will you see in the vessel corresponding to 2 l?
- Complete the double number line. 1 l2 l6 l8 l____ l14 l____ l____ l1000 ml2000 ml____ ml____ ml12,000 ml____ ml20,000 ml25,000 mlThe double number line printed on page 114. The top line is in litres, the bottom line in millilitres.
- Khayal chacha delivers the following amounts of milk each week to different families. Complete the table. FamilyMilk Delivered in a Week in lQuantity in mlArora’s8 Nair’s14 Shrivastava’s 12,000Das’s 20,000Rao’s 25,000The milk delivery table printed on page 114. Fill in every empty cell.
- Mary and Daisy filled their bottle with 1 l 400 ml of water. They wondered about the capacity of the bottle in ml. How much is it? One says 1,400 ml and the other says “No, it is 1,040 ml.” Who do you think is correct and why?
- Convert and fill in the blanks appropriately. You can use the double number line given earlier. (a) 3 l 8 ml = _____ ml (b) 9 l 90 ml = _____ ml (c) 14,075 ml = ____ l ____ ml (d) 8 l 86 ml = ____ ml (e) 12,200 ml = ____ l _____ ml (f) 18,350 ml = ____ l ____ ml 1 l2 l6 l8 l____ l14 l____ l____ l1000 ml2000 ml____ ml____ ml12,000 ml____ ml20,000 ml25,000 mlThe double number line printed on page 114. The top line is in litres, the bottom line in millilitres.
- Kiran owns a petrol pump. She records the details of the sales of petrol in a day. Complete the “Total Quantity of Fuel (in litres)” column. Truck — 3 vehicles, 500 l each. Bus — 6 vehicles, 300 l each. Car — 10 vehicles, 50 l each. Auto Rickshaw — 12 vehicles, 8 l each. Two-wheeler — 25 vehicles, 5 l each.
- How much more fuel is bought for buses than for trucks?
- What is the total quantity of fuel filled from the petrol pump on that day?
- Compare the following quantities using the signs <, =, >. (a) 5 l 600 ml ____ 5,400 ml (b) 10 l 100 ml ____ 1 l 600 ml (c) 190 ml + 800 ml ____ 800 ml + 109 ml (d) 3 l 600 ml ____ 3,600 ml (e) 4 l 50 ml ____ 4 l 500 ml
- Sam and Tina fill petrol in their bikes. Tina bought 2 l 500 ml of petrol. Sam bought 2 l 800 ml more petrol than Tina. How much petrol did Sam buy?
- After refueling, Sam found his fuel gauge reading 9 l. How much fuel did his bike have before refueling?
- Riya is filling water bottles for a picnic. She fills one 2 l bottle and four 500 ml bottles. Her friend, Aarav fills three 750 ml bottles. Who filled more water, Riya or Aarav? How much more?
- A bottle of milk is poured equally into 8 glasses, leaving 120 ml of milk in the bottle. If each glass has a capacity of 360 ml, what is the total capacity of 8 glasses?
- How much milk was there in the bottle initially?
- If 1 l of milk costs ₹40, how much will 3 l milk cost?
- A juice vendor has a 5 l container of orange juice. Each glass has a capacity 250 ml. How many full glasses can he serve before the container becomes empty?
- If he has already served 10 glasses, how much juice is left?
- If 250 ml of juice is sold at ₹25, how much will he earn by selling 5 l juice?
- In a factory, 8 l 400 ml of oil needs to be equally poured into 7 containers for storage. How much oil will each container hold?
- If one container can hold 1 l 75 ml of buttermilk, how much buttermilk will be there in 8 such containers?
Chapter at a Glance
- Weight tells how heavy a thing is. A milligram (mg) is the smallest unit here — an ant weighs only 1 mg to 5 mg. A gram (g) is bigger: a sugar sachet is 5 g. A kilogram (kg) is bigger still: a rice bag is 5 kg. A quintal is 100 kg and a tonne is 1,000 kg — those are for trucks, elephants and grain stores. Always ask, is this thing light or heavy?, and then pick the unit.
- The magic number is 1,000. 1,000 mg = 1 g. 1,000 g = 1 kg. 1,000 kg = 1 tonne. Going from a big unit to a small unit, multiply by 1,000. Going from a small unit to a big unit, divide by 1,000. So 3 kg = 3 × 1,000 = 3,000 g, and 5,000 g = 5,000 ÷ 1,000 = 5 kg.
- Mixed amounts split into two pieces. 3 kg 500 g means 3 kg and 500 g. Change only the kg part and then add the grams: 3 kg = 3,000 g, so 3 kg 500 g = 3,000 + 500 = 3,500 g. Going back, cut off the last three digits: 10,760 g = 10 kg 760 g, because 10,760 = 10,000 + 760.
- The double number line is a picture of the same weight twice. The top line is marked in kg and the bottom line in g, one under the other. 1 kg sits above 1,000 g, 3 kg above 3,000 g, 8 kg above 8,000 g. Whatever you do to the top number, do the same to the bottom number. It is a ladder you can climb to any conversion.
- To compare, first make the units the same. You cannot compare 1 kg 600 g with 1,700 g by looking. Change both to grams: 1,600 g and 1,700 g. Now it is easy — 1,600 < 1,700, so 1 kg 600 g < 1,700 g. Use < for less than, > for more than, = for equal.
- Adding and subtracting weight is like adding and subtracting money. Put kg under kg and g under g. When the grams cross 1,000, carry 1 kg over — just as 100 paise make a rupee, 1,000 g make a kilogram. 2 kg 500 g + 1 kg 750 g = 4 kg 250 g. You may also change everything to grams first: 2,500 + 1,750 = 4,250 g = 4 kg 250 g. Both ways give the same answer.
- Multiplying and dividing work the same way. 4 × 10 kg 500 g = (4 × 10 kg) + (4 × 500 g) = 40 kg + 2,000 g = 42 kg. And 4 kg 800 g ÷ 4 = (4 kg ÷ 4) + (800 g ÷ 4) = 1 kg 200 g. If the split is awkward, change to grams, work it out, then change back.
- Capacity is how much a container holds. A spoon of medicine is in millilitres (ml), a water bottle is 500 ml or 1 litre (l), a bucket is about 15 l to 20 l. The magic number is 1,000 again: 1 l = 1,000 ml. So 1 l 400 ml = 1,400 ml, and 14,075 ml = 14 l 75 ml.
- Everything you learnt for weight works for capacity. Compare after making units the same. Add and subtract with l under l and ml under ml, carrying 1 l when the ml cross 1,000. Multiply and divide part by part. 8 l 400 ml ÷ 7 = 8,400 ml ÷ 7 = 1,200 ml = 1 l 200 ml. And never leave the unit out of your answer — 1,200 means nothing; 1,200 ml means something.
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NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths – All Chapters
There are more chapters to study besides Weight and Capacity in Maths. Here are the NCERT Solutions for all chapters of Class 5 Maths.
- Chapter 1 We the Travellers I
- Chapter 2 Fractions
- Chapter 3 Angles As Turns
- Chapter 4 We the Travellers Ii
- Chapter 5 Far and Near
- Chapter 6 the Dairy Farm
- Chapter 7 Shapes and Patterns
- Chapter 8 Weight and Capacity
- Chapter 9 Coconut Farm
- Chapter 10 Symmetrical Designs
- Chapter 11 Grandmother s Quilt
- Chapter 12 Racing Seconds
- Chapter 13 Animal Jumps
- Chapter 14 Maps and Locations
- Chapter 15 Data Through Pictures
NCERT Solutions for Class 5 – All Subjects
Just like Chapter 8 of Maths, you can get the exercise questions with answers for every other subject of Class 5. Here are the NCERT Solutions for all subjects of Class 5.
NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths Chapter 8 – An Overview
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| Aspects | Details |
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| Class | Class 5 |
| Subject | Maths |
| Chapter Number | Chapter 8 |
| Chapter Name | Weight and Capacity |
| Book Name | Math Mela |
| Book By | NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) |
| Educational Resource Here | NCERT Solutions of Class 5 Maths Chapter 8 for all exercises |
| More Questions Answers of This Subject | NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths |
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Yes. The NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths Chapter 8 are based on the latest NCERT textbook Math Mela and the current 2026-27 CBSE syllabus, so the questions and answers match what you study in class.
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