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प्रश्न
- How many different shapes can you make by joining two squares? Draw them on the squared sheet given below. How long is the boundary of each shape?

- Try this activity with three squares also.
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उत्तर
- The shapes made by joining two squares are shown here :
There are four types of shapes that can be made by joining two squares. - Following types of shapes can be made by joining three squares.

Seven types of shapes can be made by joining three squares.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
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Ganpat’s wife works in a tailor’s shop. She has to fix lace around a table cloth.
She bought a 100 metre roll of lace.
Look at the picture of the table cloth and tell how much lace is used for one table cloth.

How much lace will be left in the roll?
Take a 20 centimetre long thread. Make different shapes by joining the ends. Place on the squared sheet on the next page.

find Out :
- How many squares are there in each shape?
- Which is the biggest shape?
- Which is the smallest shape?
- How long is the boundary of each shape?
A square has a boundary of 12 cm.
- From the corner of this square, a small square of side 1 cm is cut off. Will the boundary of B be less or more? Find its length.
- If you cut a 1 cm square to get shape C, what will be the length of the boundary of C?
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Usha and Valsamma are running a race. Usha is running on the inner circle. Valsamma is running on the outer circle.
- Valsamma runs faster than Usha. But still she loses the race. Can you guess why?
- Have you seen any race where runners start from different places – like in this picture? Guess why?
- How many small squares of size 1 cm are there in this big green square?

- Can you think of a faster way to know the total number of small squares without counting each.
- Guess how many squares of one centimeter can fill this blue rectangle.

Write your guess here. - Check your guess by filling it with small squares.




