Find the biggest rectangle in the figures given below.

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Chapter 5 Shapes and Designs
Have Fun with Shapes | Q 3 | Page 62

How many triangles are there in the following figures?

Looking at the picture given above, can you tell who is out?

Where is Guddu standing?

Can this game be played around a round table? Why?

Do the things with straight edges have corners?

Take a rectangular sheet of paper.
Count its corners.
Now fold one of its corners.
a) How many corners does it have now?
b) How many corners will you get by folding
i) 2 corners
ii) 3 corners
iii) 4 corners
c) Can you fold this paper in such a way that it has only three corners? You are allowed only two folds.
What shape will you get?
Repeat the activity with a square sheet of paper.
Can you fold all the corners of the square sheet in such a way that the number of corners remains unchanged?

Is any shape repeating in a particular pattern? Which ones?

Among the following, can you match the tiles with the designs that they will make on the floor? Draw lines to match.

Khushboo and Hariz live in Agra. One day they went to see the Taj Mahal. The floor had the pattern shown below:

What do you think? Discuss with your friends.

Use different colour combinations to make your own patterns.