NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths Chapter 9: Coconut Farm – Free PDF Download

Chapter 9 of Class 5 Maths Mela, Coconut Farm, uses a coconut-farming context to explore multiplication and division as inverse operations, and division with remainders.

Last Updated: September 3, 2026

NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths Chapter 9: Coconut Farm

What this chapter teaches.
Multiplication and division as inverse (opposite) operations — if 6 x 4 = 24, then 24 ÷ 6 = 4 and 24 ÷ 4 = 6; division with remainders (some quantities don’t divide evenly); place-value patterns that show up in long division; and real farm word problems, such as a farmer with 1,117 coconuts who sells 582 and shares the rest equally among 6 customers.

Activity 1 — Coconut Sharing.
Using the 1,117-coconuts scenario, children first subtract the coconuts sold (582), then divide the remainder among 6 customers, finding both the equal share and the leftover remainder.

Activity 2 — Fact Families.
Children write multiplication and division fact families (like 6×4=24, 4×6=24, 24÷6=4, 24÷4=6) to see the inverse relationship clearly.

Activity 3 — Remainder Patterns.
Children explore what happens when a number doesn’t divide evenly, and how to express and interpret the remainder in context (e.g. “2 coconuts left over”).

Why This Chapter Matters

Seeing multiplication and division as inverses builds a much deeper number sense than memorising each operation separately, and real sharing problems make remainders meaningful.

How to Use These Solutions

Practise writing full fact families for a few multiplication facts to reinforce the inverse relationship. Download the full chapter from our Class 5 Maths NCERT book page, or browse the Class 5 hub.

More on This Chapter

See also the Extra Questions and Revision Notes for this chapter.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does it mean for multiplication and division to be inverse operations?
One operation undoes the other — if 6 x 4 = 24, then 24 ÷ 4 = 6.

What is a remainder?
The amount left over when a number doesn’t divide evenly.

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