Understanding Elementary Shapes, Exercise 5.9

NCERT Solutions for class 6, Maths chapter 5 has basic learning concepts of various shapes. This class 6 maths exercise 5.9 is about knowledge of different types of shapes like ice cream cone, cuboidal book, a brick and many more. Students can look around the things and get better knowledge of these shapes. The questions in this exercise named as Understanding Elementary Shapes, Exercise 5.9 given below.

Understanding Elementary Shapes, Exercise 5.9

Q.1. Match the following:

Give two new examples of each shape.

Ans:

Two new examples of each shape:

(a) Cone Shape : An ice cream cone, Oil funnel and birthday cap.

(b) Sphere: Cricket ball, tennis ball and lemon.

(c) Cylinder: unsharped  pencil, road roller and lawn roller.

(d) Cuboid : A book, a brick and class room.

(e) Pyramid : A diamond and Egypt pyramids.

Q.2. What shape is

(a) Your instrument box?

(b) A brick?

(c) A match box?

(d) A road-roller?

(e) A sweet laddu?

Ans: (a) The shape of an instrument box is cuboid.

(b) The shape of a brick is cuboid.

(c) The shape of a match box is cuboid.

(d) The shape of a road roller is cylinder.

(e) The shape of a sweet laddu is sphere.

Chapter 5 : Understanding Elementary Shapes