Std 6 th Mathematics- 7. Symmetry

Question 1:

Draw the axes of symmetry of each of the figures below. Which of them has more than one axis of symmetry?

      

Answer 1:

The axis of symmetry of a figure divides the figure into two equal parts.



Figures (1), (2) and (4) have more than one axis of symmetry.

Question 2:

Write the capital letters of the English alphabet in your notebook. Try to draw their axes of symmetry. Which ones have an axis of symmetry? Which ones have more than one axis of symmetry?

Answer 2:

Letters which have an axis of symmetry:

A, B, C, D, E, H, I, K, M, O, T, U, V, W, X, Y

Letters which more than one axis of symmetry:

H, I, O, X

Question 3:

Use colour, a thread and a folded paper to draw symmetrical shapes.

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Question 4:

Observe various commonly seen objects such as tree leaves, birds in flight, pictures of historical buildings, etc. Find symmetrical shapes among them and make a collection of them.

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Question 1:

 Along each figure shown below, a line l has been drawn. Complete the symmetrical figures by drawing a figure on the other side such that the line l becomes the line of symmetry.

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