NCERT Solutions Class 6 Maths
Chapter – 5 (Understanding Elementary Shapes)
The NCERT Solutions in English Language for Class 6 Mathematics Chapter – 5 Understanding Elementary Shapes Exercise 5.7 has been provided here to help the students in solving the questions from this exercise.
Chapter 5: Understanding Elementary Shapes
- NCERT Solution Class 6 Maths Exercise – 5.1
- NCERT Solution Class 6 Maths Exercise – 5.2
- NCERT Solution Class 6 Maths Exercise – 5.3
- NCERT Solution Class 6 Maths Exercise – 5.4
- NCERT Solution Class 6 Maths Exercise – 5.5
- NCERT Solution Class 6 Maths Exercise – 5.6
- NCERT Solution Class 6 Maths Exercise – 5.8
- NCERT Solution Class 6 Maths Exercise – 5.9
Exercise – 5.7
1. Say True or False:
(a) Each angle of a rectangle is a right angle.
(b) The opposite sides of a rectangle are equal in length.
(c) The diagonals of a square are perpendicular to one another.
(d) All the sides of a rhombus are of equal length.
(e) All the sides of a parallelogram are of equal length.
(f) The opposite sides of a trapezium are parallel.
Solutions:
(a) True, each angle of a rectangle is a right angle.
(b) True, the opposite sides of a rectangle are equal in length.
(c) True, the diagonals of a square are perpendicular to one another.
(d) True, all the sides of a rhombus are of equal length.
(e) False, all the sides of a parallelogram are not equal.
(f) False, the opposite sides of a trapezium are not parallel
2. Give reasons for the following:
(a) A square can be thought of as a special rectangle.
(b) A rectangle can be thought of as a special parallelogram.
(c) A square can be thought of as a special rhombus.
(d) Squares, rectangles, parallelograms are all quadrilaterals.
(e) Square is also a parallelogram.
Solutions:
(a) All the properties of a rectangle are there in a square.
(b) All the properties of a parallelogram are there in a rectangle.
(c) All the properties of a rhombus are there in a square.
(d) All the four sided closed plane figure are known as quadrilateral.
(e) All the properties of a parallelogram are there in a square.
3. A figure is said to be regular if its sides are equal in length and angles are equal in measure. Can you identify the regular quadrilateral?
Solutions:
A regular quadrilateral is a square, regular pentagon, regular hexagon, regular octagon etc.
