NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Maths
Chapter 3– Number Play
Exercise 3.7
1. Try and find out all possible times on a 12-hour clock of each of these types.
This is asking you to explore the possible arrangements of digits on a 12-hour clock where
the digits repeat in a specific order (such as 2, 0, 1, and 2 in the given example). You can
experiment with different combinations to match this arrangement.
2. Manish has his birthday on 20/12/2012 where the digits '2', '0', '1', and '2' repeat in
that order.
Answer: Manish’s birthday forms a unique pattern where the digits repeat in the specific
order of '2', '0', '1', and '2'. This repetition of digits can be used to find more such dates by
identifying other years with similar repeating digits.
3. Find some other dates of this form from the past.
Answer: You can find other dates where the digits repeat in a specific pattern such as:
o 10/02/2001
o 21/02/2012
o 01/02/2010 Experimenting with other years could give more such examples.
4. His sister Meghana has her birthday on 11/02/2011 where the digits read the same
from left to right and right to left.
Answer: This is a palindromic date where the digits form the same pattern when read
forward and backward (11/02/2011). Other examples of such palindromic dates could
include:
o 10/01/2001
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o 21/02/2012
o 12/11/2112
5. Find all possible dates of this form from the past.
Answer: Possible palindromic dates could be:
o 01/02/2010
o 21/02/2012
o 02/02/2020
o 11/11/2011
6. Jeevan was looking at this year's calendar. He started wondering, "Why should we
change the calendar every year? Can we not reuse a calendar?"
Answer: Calendars repeat after a specific number of years. A calendar can be reused when
the days of the week align again with the dates. This typically happens in cycles of 6, 11, or
28 years, depending on whether leap years are involved.
7. Will any year's calendar repeat again after some years?
Answer: Yes, calendars do repeat after a certain number of years. For example, a common
year will repeat every 6 or 11 years, while a leap year might repeat after 28 years.
8. Will all dates and days in a year match exactly with that of another year?
Answer: Not always immediately, but after a certain number of years (like 28 years for leap
years), the calendar will exactly match the dates and days of a previous year.
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Figure It Out
1. Pratibha uses the digits ‘4’, ‘7’, ‘3’, and ‘2’ and makes the smallest and largest 4-
digit numbers with them: 2347 and 7432. The difference between these two numbers is
7432 - 2347 = 5085. The sum of these two numbers is 9779. Choose 4-digits to make:
a. The difference between the largest and smallest numbers greater than 5085.
Answer: The largest number that can be formed using the digits would be 7432, and the
smallest would be 2347. The difference is 5085.
b. The difference between the largest and smallest numbers less than 5085.
Answer: If you consider numbers smaller than 5085, the difference would be between 3472
and 2347, resulting in 1125.
c. The sum of the largest and smallest numbers greater than 9779.
Answer: In this case, there are no numbers greater than 9779 using the same set of digits.
d. The sum of the largest and smallest numbers less than 9779.
Answer: The sum of the largest (7432) and smallest (2347) is 9779.
2. What is the sum of the smallest and largest 5-digit palindrome? What is their
difference?
Answer: The smallest 5-digit palindrome is 10001, and the largest is 99999. The sum of
these two numbers is 110000. The difference is 89998.
3. The time now is 10:01. How many minutes until the clock shows the next palindromic
time? What about the one after that?
Answer: The next palindromic time after 10:01 is 11:11. The number of minutes between
10:01 and 11:11 is 70 minutes. The palindromic time after 11:11 would be 12:21, which is
70 minutes after 11:11.
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4. How many rounds does the number 5683 take to reach the Kaprekar constant?
Answer: To reach the Kaprekar constant (6174), you would perform the subtraction process
by rearranging the digits of 5683 from highest to lowest and lowest to highest. This process
typically takes a few rounds, but since the exact steps aren't given here, you would follow the
Kaprekar process iteratively until reaching 6174.
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