Chapter 7 — Raksha Bandhan

It uses the Raksha Bandhan festival story of Gopal and Dhara to teach multiplication as repeated addition and division as equal sharing, along with building times tables from 1 to 10.

Multiplication is shown as repeated addition. Making 5 rakhis with 2 threads each is written as 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2 = 5 x 2 = 10, so children see the connection between adding groups and multiplying.

Atya draws a number track from 0 to 20 on the ground, and Dhara jumps equal steps of 3, landing on 3, 6, 9, and so on. This shows how equal jumps on a number line are the same as counting in a times table.

Division is introduced as sharing equally. When Gopal and Dhara buy 18 laddoos for 9 family members, each person gets 2, so 18 divided by 9 = 2. Children then practise distributing kaju katlis and pedas in the same way.

Each rakhi needs 1 flower, 2 threads, and 4 beads, so for 5 rakhis Dhara needs 5 flowers, 10 threads, and 20 beads.

The chapter covers times tables from 1 to 10, all listed in a complete grid, and encourages children to spot patterns such as the 5 times table always ending in 0 or 5.

Mithu draws horizontal and vertical sticks on paper and counts the red dots where they cross. Each crossing point represents one product, making the times-5 table visible by drawing 1, 2, 3 or more sets of crossing sticks.

It uses festival sweets like laddoos and kaju katlis, rakhi-making materials, chickens on a farm, spider legs, auto-rickshaw wheels, and sea-shell necklaces so children practise multiplication and division in familiar settings.

Gopal and Dhara buy 2 boxes of laddoos, with 9 in each box, giving 2 x 9 = 18 laddoos total. They then share them equally among 9 family members, so each person gets 18 divided by 9 = 2 laddoos.

Every answer in the 5 times table ends in either 0 or 5. The chapter asks children to use this pattern to predict the last digit of larger multiplications like 18 x 5 or 23 x 5 without calculating the full answer.

Dhruv collects 112 sea-shells and wants to make necklaces of 28 shells each for his 3 friends. Children work out how many shells are left after each necklace and find that 112 divided by 28 gives 4 necklaces in all.

Yes, the chapter has a fun activity asking children to make a colourful rakhi at home and bring it to class to share, connecting the maths to a real craft activity.