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CLASS - 6TH
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Class : 6th
Subject : Maths
Chapter : 13
Chapter Name : Symmetry
Exercise 13.1
Q1 You have two set-squares in your ‘mathematical instruments box’. Are they symmetric?
Answer. Missing
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Q1 List any four symmetrical objects from your home or school.
Answer. Paper sheet, Glass, CD, Bucket
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Q2 For the given gure, which one is the mirror line, l 1 or l2?
Answer. Line l is the mirror line of this gure. This is because when the given gure is folded
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about the line l , the left part can exactly cover the right part and vice-versa.
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Q3 Identify the shapes given below. Check whether they are symmetric or not. Draw the line of
symmetry as well.
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Answer. (a) Yes
(b) Yes
(c) No
(d) Yes
(e) Yes
(f) Yes
Line of symmetry is shown in the following gures.
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Q4 Copy the following on a squared paper. A square paper is what you would have used in your
arithmetic notebook in earlier classes. Then complete them such that the dotted line is the line of
symmetry.
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Answer. To make the dotted lines as the line of symmetry, the given gures can be drawn as
follows.
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Q5 In the gure, l is the line of symmetry. Complete the diagram to make it symmetric.
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Answer. To make the diagram symmetric, it can be completed as follows.
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Q6 In the gure, l is the line of symmetry. Draw the image of the triangle and complete the
diagram so that it becomes symmetric.
Answer. The required triangle can be formed as follows.
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Q1 Form as many shapes as you can by combining two or more set squares. Draw them on squared
paper and note their lines of symmetry.
Answer. Missing
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Exercise 13.2
Q1 Find the number of lines of symmetry for each of the following shapes.
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Answer. (a) There are 4 lines of symmetry for the given gure.
(b) There are 4 lines of symmetry for the given gure.
(c) There are 4 lines of symmetry for the given gure.
(d) There is only 1 line of symmetry for the given gure.
(e) There are 6 lines of symmetry for the given gure.
(f) There are 6 lines of symmetry for the given gure.
(g) There is no line of symmetry for the given gure.
(h) There is no line of symmetry for the given gure.
(i) There are 3 lines of symmetry for the given gure.
The lines of symmetry in the above gures can be represented as follows.
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Q2 Copy the triangle in each of the following gures on squared paper. In each case, draw the
line(s) of symmetry, if any and identify the type of triangle. (Some of you may like to trace the
gures and try paper-folding rst!)
Answer. DIY
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Q3 Complete the following table
Answer. The given table can be completed as follows.
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In case of a circle, there are in nite lines. In the above table, only some lines of symmetry are
drawn. More symmetric lines can be similarly for it.
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Q4 Can you draw a triangle which has
(a) exactly one line of symmetry?
(b) exactly two lines of symmetry?
(c) exactly three lines of symmetry?
(d) no lines of symmetry?
Sketch a rough gure in each case.
Answer. (a) Yes, we can make an isosceles triangle which has 1 line of symmetry.
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(b) No, we cannot draw such a triangle.
(c) Yes, we can make an equilateral triangle which has 3 lines of symmetry.
(d) Yes, we can make a scalene triangle which has no line of symmetry.
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Q5 On a squared paper, sketch the following:
(a) A triangle with a horizontal line of symmetry but no vertical line of symmetry.
(b) A quadrilateral with both horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry.
(c) A quadrilateral with a horizontal line of symmetry but no vertical line of symmetry.
(d) A hexagon with exactly two lines of symmetry.
(e) A hexagon with six lines of symmetry.
(Hint : It will be helpful if you rst draw the lines of symmetry and then complete the gures.)
Answer.
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Q6 Trace each gure and draw the lines of symmetry, if any:
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Answer.
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Q7 Consider the letters of English alphabets, A to Z. List among them the letters which have
(a) vertical lines of symmetry (like A)
(b) horizontal lines of symmetry (like B)
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(c) no lines of symmetry (like Q)
Answer. (a) A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X, Y
(b) B, C, D, E, H, I, K, O, X
(c) F, G, J, L, N, P, Q, R, S, Z
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Q8 Given here are gures of a few folded sheets and designs drawn about the fold. In each case,
draw a rough diagram of the complete gure that would be seen when the design is cut off.
Answer. The complete gures will be as follows.
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Q1 If you are 100 cm in front of a mirror, where does your image appear to be? If you move towards
the mirror, how does your image move?
Answer. Missing
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Exercise 13.3
Q1 Find the number of lines of symmetry in each of the following shapes. How will you check your
answers?
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Answer.
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Q2 Copy the following drawing on squared paper. Complete each one of them such that the
resulting gure has two dotted lines as two lines of symmetry.
How did you go about completing the picture?
Answer. These gures can be completed by drawing similar parts as shown in these gures, rst
about the vertical line of symmetry and then about the horizontal line of symmetry, or rst about
the horizontal line of symmetry and then about the vertical line of symmetry.
The completed gures will be as follows.
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Q3 In each gure alongside, a letter of the alphabet is shown along with a vertical line. Take the
mirror image of the letter in the given line. Find which letters look the same after re ection (i.e.
which letters look the same in the image) and which do not. Can you guess why?
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Answer. The mirror images of these gures will be as follows.
The letters that have vertical line of symmetry will have same mirror images. These letters are O,
M, H, T, V, X, and hence, these letters will look the same.
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