NCERT solutions for Math - Magic [English] Class 3 chapter 1 - Where to Look From [Latest edition]

Have you looked at things from different sides? Do they look the same or different?

Look at the pictures drawn here. How does the table look from the side? Which picture is from the top?

Some pictures are drawn below. Imagine how these things will look if seen from the top.

Will they look like this?

A cat is peeping into a classroom. Can you help her find out where the teacher is?

Here are some pictures. Find out from where you have to look to see the things this way.

Staircase	Staircase	Table
Chair	Pencil	Bus

Draw top views of a few things and ask your friends to guess what they are.

Have you ever made a rangoli?

You can also try and use the dots given below to make patterns. Two patterns have been drawn here.

Copy these shapes on the dot grid. Note that some lines in the shapes are straight and some are not.

Use the dot grid given below to draw your own designs and shapes.

Complete these figures to make squares and rectangles.

On the dot grid given below, draw the following:

1. a kite
2. a leaf
3. a flower
4. a boat
5. a star
6. a pot

The painter had made many such pictures in which he drew only one-half of the things. Draw the other half of these pictures and find out what these things are. Try doing it with a mirror.

Can we repeat the painter's trick, while drawing pictures of the following?

If you ask the painter to draw things which cannot be divided into two similar mirror halves, then he cannot play the trick. Draw three more such things which do not have similar mirror halves.

Look at the pictures given below. Does the dotted line divide each picture into two similar mirror halves?

Give some more examples.

Using a dotted line, can you divide the following pictures into two similar halves?

Can you guess these letters from their halves?

Guess the words by looking at their halves.