Class 6 Maths NCERT Solutions for Chapter 5 Understanding Elementary Shapes Ex – 5.9

Understanding Elementary Shapes

Question 1.
Match the following:

NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Maths Chapter 5 Understanding Elementary Shapes 38
NCERT Solutions for Class 6 Maths Chapter 5 Understanding Elementary Shapes 39
Give two new examples of each shape.

Solution:
Matching is as under:
(a) → (ii)
(b) → (iv)
(c) → (v)
(d) → (iii)
(e) → (i)

Two new examples of

(a) Cone: Conical tent.
(b) Sphere: Tennis ball, a ball of wool.
(c) Cylinder: Measuring jars, gas cylinder.
(d) Cuboid: Brick, Match box.
(e) Pyramid: Pyramids of Egypt.

Question 2.
What shape is

(a) Your instruments box?
(b) A brick?
(c) A match box?
(d) A road-roller?
(e) A sweet laddu?

Solution:
(a) Cuboid
(b) Cuboid
(c) Cuboid
(d) Cylinder
(e) Sphere