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Question 14 Marks
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.
Answer
Some of the symmetrical objects seen in daily life are shown below:

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Question 24 Marks
Use color, a thread and a folded paper to draw symmetrical shapes.
Answer
Take any color, a thread and a folded square paper.
Step 1:
Take a folded square paper which is folded along one of its axis of symmetry.
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Step 2:
Open the paper. Draw a square in one comer. Place the thread in the square drawn and apply colour on it as shown in the figure.

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Step 3:
Remove the thread. You will see a white patch where the thread was.

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Step 4:
Fold the paper and press it along the axis of symmetry. When you unfold the paper, you will see an imprint on the other side of the fold which is identical to the color patch you had made earlier.

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Question 34 Marks
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
Alphabets having axis of symmetry:

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Alphabets having more than one axis of symmetry:
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Question 44 Marks
Draw the axes of symmetry of each of the figures below. Which of them has more than one axis of symmetry?

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Figures (i), (ii) and (iv) have more than one axis of symmetry.
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