NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Maths Chapter 13 Symmetry
Exercise 13.1
1. List any four symmetrical objects from your home or school.
Answer
Notebook, Blackboard, Glass, Inkpot.
2. For the given figure, which one is the mirror line, l1 or l2?
Answer
l2 is the mirror line as both sides of the lines are symmetric.
3. Identify the shapes given below. Check whether they are symmetric or not. Draw the line of symmetry as well.
Answer
(a) Symmetric
(b) Symmetric
(c) Not Symmetric
(d) Symmetric
(e) Symmetric
(f) Symmetric
4. 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.
5. In the figure, l is the line of symmetry.
Complete the diagram to make it symmetric.
Answer
Answer
Exercise 13.2
1. Find the number of lines of symmetry for each of the following shapes:
(a) 4
(b) 4
(c) 4
(d) 1
(e) 6
(f) 4
(g) 0
(h) 0
(i) 3
2. Copy the triangle in each of the following figures 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 figures and try paper-folding first!)
(a) l1 is the line of symmetry.
(b) l1 is the line of symmetry.
(c) l1 is the line of symmetry.
(d) No line of symmetry.
3. Complete the following table.
Answer
(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 figure in each case.
Answer
(a) Yes, Isosceles triangle
(b) No such triangle cannot be formed.
(c) Yes, Equilateral triangle.
(d) Yes, Scalene triangle
5. 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 first draw the lines of symmetry and then complete the figures.)
Answer
6. Trace each figure and draw the lines of symmetry, if any:
Answer
(a) vertical lines of symmetry (like A)
(b) horizontal lines of symmetry (like B)
(c) no lines of symmetry (like Q)
Answer
(a) vertical lines: A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X, Y
(b) gorizontal lines: B, C, D, E, H, I, K, O, X
(c) no line of symmetry: F, G, J, N, P, Q, R, S, Z
8. Given here are figures of a few folded sheets and designs drawn about the fold. In each case, draw a rough diagram of the complete figure that would be seen when the design is cut off.
Answer
Exercise 13.3
1. Find the number of lines of symmetry in each of the following shapes. How will you check your answers?
Answer
(a) four
(b) one
(c) two
(d) two
(e) one
(f) two
2. Copy the following drawing on squared paper. Complete each one of them such that the resulting figure has two dotted lines as two lines of symmetry. How did you go about completing the picture?
3. In each figure below, a letter of 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 reflection (i.e., which letters look the same in the image) and which do not. Can you guess why?
Try for O E M N P H L T S V X
