How Many Times?: Class 1 Maths · Chapter 11

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Printable worksheet: How Many Times?

9 exercises (counting, missing numbers, sums, matching, circling, drawing) to print on A4 in black and white, with the answer key on the last page. Do them after the lesson.

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Lesson text (for parents and teachers)

Every scene's words in order, as Tara reads them after Start: for reading along, or for a child who cannot hear the narration.

Hello, Bhoomi!
This is Bhoomi. She lives in Mysuru with Ajji.
Today is Dasara. Let us count in groups!
Tara: Hello! I am Tara. Come and count groups with me!
Friends are here!
Bhoomi's 3 friends come to play.
Each friend leaves 2 slippers at the door.
Tara: Each pair of slippers is a group of 2.
How many slippers?
Let us add the pairs: 2 + 2 + 2.
Activity: How many slippers are there in all? Tap the number.
Leaves for the door
Ajji ties mango leaves over the door.
Each bunch has 3 leaves.
Tara: How many bunches? How many leaves in each?
Count the leaves
4 bunches, with 3 leaves in each bunch.
Activity: How many leaves are there in all? Tap each leaf to count.
4 times 3
4 bunches: 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12.
We say: 4 times 3 is 12.
Tara: 4 times 3 means: add 3, four times!
Rows make groups
Each row is a group.
Activity: Match each picture to its sum. Tap a sum to hear it.
Ajji's doll steps
Ajji's dolls stand on 5 steps.
Each step has 2 dolls.
Tara: Look! 2 dolls on every step.
Count in twos
Count the dolls from the top step down.
Activity: Count the dolls in twos: 2, 4, 6, 8. What comes next?
Sweets to take home
Ajji packs Mysore pak for the 3 friends.
She puts 5 pieces in each box.
Tara: Let us count in fives!
Count in fives
3 boxes, with 5 pieces in each box.
Activity: Count in fives: 5, 10… How many pieces are there in all?
Lamps in rows
Bhoomi lines up the lamps: 3 rows, with 4 in each row.
3 times 4 is 4 + 4 + 4 = 12.
Tara: Each row is a group of 4 lamps.
Say it with times
Look at the rows in each picture.
Activity: Match each picture to its times words. Tap the words to hear them.
Cycles at the gate
Time to go home! 3 cycles wait at the gate.
Each cycle has 2 wheels.
Tara: How many wheels in all?
How many wheels?
3 cycles, with 2 wheels on each.
Activity: How many wheels are there in all? Tap the number.
The elephant parade
Later, Bhoomi and Ajji watch the Dasara elephants.
Each elephant has 4 legs.
Tara: What big, strong legs!
How many legs?
2 elephants, with 4 legs on each.
Activity: How many legs do the 2 elephants have in all?
Bye-bye!
You counted equal groups all through Dasara.
And now you know what times means!
Tara: Super counting! Bye-bye, see you soon!

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Ch 11: How Many Times?

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Published 10 Oct 2026 · Updated 10 Oct 2026 · All chapters of Joyful Mathematics · Official NCERT chapter PDF ↗

Chapters in Joyful Mathematics

Chapter 1: Finding the Furry Cat!
Chapter 2: What is Long? What is Round?
Chapter 3: Mango Treat
Chapter 4: Making 10
Chapter 5: How Many?
Chapter 6: Vegetable Farm
Chapter 7: Lina’s Family
Chapter 8: Fun with Numbers
Chapter 9: Utsav
Chapter 10: How do I Spend my Day?
Chapter 11: How Many Times?
Chapter 12: How Much Can We Spend?
Chapter 13: So Many Toys

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