NCERT Solutions for Class 5 Maths Mela Chapter 14 Maps and Locations

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Finding Directions

Manu is facing the rising Sun. That direction is ___________.
His left hand is pointing in the ______ direction.
His right hand is pointing in the ____________ direction.
Which way is west?

Answer:
Manu is facing the rising Sun. That direction is East.
His left hand is pointing in the North direction.
His right hand is pointing in the South direction.
West is the opposite direction of East.

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Bird Watching!

Children are at a bird-watching camp. Read the clues and colour the tents in the camp accordingly.

Answer:

Map of a Room

Write the directions of the following in relation to the girl.

Answer:
Window North
Bed East
Cupboard North
Bedside table South

Make a drawing of your room and locate the direction in which different things have been placed in relation to you standing at the centre of the room. Make the direction arrow for your room.
Write the names of the things that are placed in the following directions.
East _____
West _____
North _____
South _____
Answer:

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Bus Route

The bus will start from the parking area. It will go north and then it will take a right turn onto ___________ road driving in the ___________ direction to reach Stop 1(S1). To reach Stop 2(S2), it will turn _______ (right/left) onto ___________ road driving in the ___________ direction.
(a) Whose houses are situated to the east of Jaideep’s house?____________
(b) Mark the route from Ravi’s house to the children’s park.
(c) Which stop is closer to Lali’s house? __________________
(d) Golu is running late. Trace the route to help him reach the nearest bus stop.
(e) In which direction would Prem have to move to reach Stop 2?

Answer:
The bus will start from the parking area. It will go north and then it will take a right turn onto Hospital Road driving in the East direction to reach Stop 1 (S1). To reach Stop 2 (S2), it will turn right onto Park Road Road driving in the south direction.
(a) Prem’s House and Raju’s House are situated to the east of Jaideep’s House.
(b) Starting from Ravi’s House, go to the main road.
Turn left heading north, then take a right onto Hospital Road and continue east to reach the Children’s Park.
(c) Stop 1(S1) is closer to Lali’s house. Stop 1(S1) is situated on the east of Lali’s house.
(d) Golu’s House is near to Stop 1(S1).
From Golu’s House, he should first take a right towards Tinku’s House.
Then take another right, and then one more right towards Hospital Road to follow the bus route.
He will continue along Hospital Road to reach Stop 1.
(e) To reach Stop 2, Prem needs to take Park Road and then take a left turn towards the south.
From the Shopping Centre Prem will turn right onto the main road heading towards Stop 2.

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Delhi Metro Train Stations

Children will get off the bus at the Qutb Minar metro station. To reach the zoo, they need to get off the metro at the Supreme Court metro station.
Here is the metro map for your reference.
Read the key to the symbols and identify them on the map.
What do the different coloured lines represent?
Mark the Qutb Minar station on the Yellow Line and the supreme court station on the Blue Line.

Answer:
Key symbols
Red Line: Appears as the red-colored line running from Dilshad Garden to Rithala.
Green Line: Appears as the green-colored line running from Kirti Nagar to Brigade Road.
Yellow Line: Appears as the yellow-colored line running from Huda City Centre to Samaypur Badli.
Violet Line: Appears as the violet-colored line running from Kashmere Gate to Badarpur.
Blue Line: Appears as the blue-colored line running from Dwarka Sector 21 to Noida City Centre.
Airport Express Line: Appears as the light blue-colored line running from Dwarka Sector 21 to New Delhi.
Magenta Line: Appears as the magenta-colored line running from Botanical Garden to Janakpuri West.
Metro Station: A circle symbol represents a metro station.
Interchange Station: A capsule shape represents an interchange station, where two or more lines meet.

Study the map carefully and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Look at the metro map and trace different routes from the Qutb Minar metro station to the Supreme Court metro station.
Answer:
From Qutb Minar metro to Supreme Court metro routes:
(i) We can take yellow line from Qutb Minar to Rajiv Chowk.
From Rajiv Chowk we can change metro and take blue line towards Supreme Court.
(ii) Qutub Minar to Hauz Khas change to Magenta Line, Kalkaji Mandir change to Violet Line, Central Secretariat change to Yellow Line, Rajiv Chowk change to Blue Line, Supreme Court.

(b) Lali says, “We can take the Yellow Line and change the metro at Hauz Khas to take the Magenta Line.” If the children follow Lali’s suggestion, at which station(s) do they need to change the metro line again to reach the Supreme Court metro station?
Answer:
At Hauz Khas change it to Magenta Line towards Kalkaji Mandir
At Kalkaji Mandir change it to Violet Line towards central secretariat
At Central Secretariat change it to Yellow Line towards Rajiv Chowk
At Rajiv Chowk change it to blue line towards supreme court

(c) Which route has the least number of stations between Qutb Minar and Supreme Court?
Answer:
From Qutb Minar yellow line towards Rajiv Chowk.
From Rajiv Chowk change it to blue line towards supreme court.
This route has the least number of stations between Qutb Minar and Supreme Court.

(d) Which metro route(s), do you think, is/are the best way to reach the zoo from Qutb Minar? ______
Answer:
The best route to reach the Zoo from Qutub Minar is:
From Qutub Minar (Yellow Line) towards Rajiv Chowk.
From Rajiv Chowk we will change it to Blue Line towards Supreme Court (nearest to Zoo).

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Let Us Do

Make a map showing the different places in your school. Make a key for the symbols used in the map. Hide some objects in these places. Mark the positions where things are hidden with red dots or flags. Now, challenge your friends to find the hidden things by reading the map.
A sample map and its key are given below.

Answer:

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Anthill in the Zoo

To collect food, the ant can only crawl along the dotted lines on the grid. The arrows show the direction in which the ant can move.

Fill in the blanks below with the distances and the directions in which the ant must move from its starting position.
(a) To get to the laddoos, the ant has to crawl 2 cm towards the east.
(b) To get to the sugar, the ant has to crawl ____cm in the _______direction.
(c) To get to the bread, the ant has to crawl ____cm in the _______ direction;
then ____cm in the _______direction.
(d) To get to the apple, the ant needs to crawl ______cm towards _________, and then ____cm towards _________, and finally ___cm towards______.
Identify other routes to reach the point where apple is located. Which one is the shortest?
Answer:
(a) To get to the laddoos, the ant has to crawl 2 cm towards the east.
(b) To get to the sugar, the ant has to crawl 2 cm in the North direction.
(c) To get to the bread, the ant has to crawl 3 cm in the West direction; then 2 cm in the South direction.
(d) To get to the apple, the ant needs to crawl 5 cm towards South, and then 3 cm towards East and finally 2 cm towards North.
Shortest route to get to the apple, the ant needs to crawl 3 cm towards South and then 3 cm towards East.

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Locating the Animals in the Zoological Park (Zoo)

We write the meeting point of the first row and the first column as (1,1). To reach the tortoise, move _____ steps towards east and reach the _____ column.
Then move _______ step(s) _______ and reach the first _______. The location of the tortoise is (4,1). What is at (1,4)?

Answer:
We write the meeting point of the first row and the first column as (1,1). To reach the tortoise, move 4 steps towards east and reach the 4th column.
Then move 1 step north and reach the first row.
The location of the tortoise is (4,1).
At (1,4), there is a Snake.

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Answer the following questions now –
1. Locate the animal at the following positions on the map.
(a) (11,11) _____
(b) (2,6) _____
(c) (6,4) _____
(d) (3,10) _____
(e) (11,3) _____
(f) (10,9) _____
Answer:
(a) (11,11) – Toucan
(b) (2,6) – Tiger
(c) (6,4) – Elephant
(d) (3,10) – Flamingo
(e) (11,3) – Monkey
(f) (10,9) – Zebra

2. Write the position of the following animals on the map.
(a) Lion _____
(b) Elephant _____
(c) Tortoise _____
(d) Deer _____
(e) Panda _____
(f) Crocodile _____
Answer:
(a) Lion – (3, 3)
(b) Elephant- (6, 4)
(c) Tortoise – (4, 1)
(d) Deer – (10, 6)
(e) Panda – (1, 1)
(f) Crocodile – (10, 1)

3. Place dots of different colours on the following positions.
(a) (8, 3) (Red)
(b) (2, 9) (Green)
(c) (7, 3) (Blue)
(d) (3, 8) (Orange)
(e) (8, 6) (Black)
(f) (6, 6) (Pink)
Answer: