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Exercise 9.1

1. Take a piece of paper and fold it in half. Open it and spill a few drops of ink or water colour on one-half
side. Now press the two halves together and open it again. What do you observe?
(i) Is there any symmetry in the pattern formed?

(ii) Draw the line/axis of symmetry.
(iii) Is there any other line of symmetry in the figure?

2. List any five symmetrical objects from your surroundings.

3. Identify the axis/axes of symmetry in the given figures.

(i) (ii)

4. Draw the lines of symmetry for the following figures.
H

(i) (ii) (iii)

5. Draw the other half of the figure along the line of symmetry.

(i) (ii)

6. Fill in the blanks.

(i) A square has _____________ lines of symmetry.
(ii) A _____________ has unlimited number of lines of symmetry.
(iii) A _____________ triangle has no line of symmetry.

(iv) The letter ‘X’ has _____________ lines of symmetry.

7. Draw a triangle PQR with PQ = PR. Draw its line of symmetry.
8. Find all the lines of symmetry of the following figures.

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)