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Chapter 9: Geometry

Integrate with Arts Education

 Draw beau ful designs using various geometrical shapes in a chart paper. Colour these designs.
 Observe your surroundings carefully and draw a few fi gures which are symmetrical. Draw lines
of symmetry in these fi gures.

 Take a box of an object and open it. Trace the net of the box. Then use the net so traced to create
the box. You can do the same by collec ng boxes of various shapes and sizes.
Integrate with Science

Defi ne solids, liquids and gases. Discuss whether you can fi nd the area and perimeter of solids, liquids
and gases. Give reason(s) in support of your answer.

Chapter 10: Perimeter and Area

Integrate with Arts Education

Take some rectangular and square-shaped objects from your surrounding and trace the outlines of
these objects. Find the lengths of the sides of these traced shapes. Then fi nd their perimeter and area.

Chapter 11: Metric System
Integrate with Science

Using the Internet, fi nd various devices that we use to measure length, weight and capacity of the
three states of ma er. Give suitable examples.
Chapter 12: Time and Money

Integrate with Social Studies

Using the Internet, fi nd the me diff erence between the following countries.

Countries Time Diff erence
Singapore is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead of India. So, for example,
India and Singapore
if it is 3:00 p.m. in India, it will be 5:30 p.m. in Singapore.
Australia and Germany

France and New Zealand

Sweden and Japan

Greece and Canada

Belgium and Iceland

Based on your observa ons, answer the following ques ons.

(a) What will be the me in Germany if it is 8:00 a.m. in Australia?
(b) What will be the me in France if it is 1:00 p.m. in New Zealand?

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