14. Maps and Locations
Solutions to all map, direction and grid questions. CBSE / NCERT Class 5 Maths Mela.
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Finding Directions
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 behind him.
Bird Watching!
The tent on the left side of the road (west of the road) — colour it blue.
The tent just above (north of) the lake is closest to the lake — colour it green.
The tent above the green tent (to its north) — colour it purple.
The tent below (south of) the lake — colour it yellow.
Draw a new tent on the right side (east) of the lake.
Map of a Room
Window — North (behind her)
Bed — East
Cupboard — West
Bedside table — South-East
Activity. Example — East: window; West: door; North: cupboard; South: bed. Draw an arrow showing North on your map.
Zoo Trip — Bus Route
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 driving in the South direction.
(a) Prem’s house and Raju’s house are to the east of Jaideep’s house.
(b) From Ravi’s house, go north on the road beside it up to Hospital Road. Turn right and go east along Hospital Road to Park Road. The children’s park is at the north-east corner.
(c) Stop 1 is closer to Lali’s house.
(d) Golu’s house is just south of Hospital Road. He should come out onto Hospital Road and walk a little west to Stop 1, near the hospital.
(e) Prem has to move west to reach Park Road and then south along Park Road to reach Stop 2.
Delhi Metro Train Stations
Each coloured line shows a different metro route, like the Red Line, Yellow Line, Blue Line and Magenta Line. Small circles show stations, and the marked big circles show interchange stations where we can change lines.
(a) Some routes from Qutb Minar to Supreme Court:
Route 1: Yellow Line to Rajiv Chowk, then Blue Line to Supreme Court.
Route 2: Yellow Line to Central Secretariat, then Violet Line to Mandi House, then Blue Line to Supreme Court.
Route 3: Yellow Line to Hauz Khas, then Magenta Line to Botanical Garden, then Blue Line to Supreme Court.
(b) After taking the Magenta Line at Hauz Khas, they must change again at Botanical Garden to the Blue Line and travel towards Supreme Court.
(c) Route 1 (Yellow Line to Rajiv Chowk and then Blue Line) has the least number of stations.
(d) Route 1 is the best way. It has fewer stations and only one change of line.
Activity. Draw the classrooms, playground, office and gate. Use symbols and write a key. Mark hidden objects with red dots or flags.
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Anthill in the Zoo
(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 3 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.
The route shown is 5 + 3 + 2 = 10 cm long.
Other routes: 3 cm south and then 3 cm east = 6 cm; or 3 cm east and then 3 cm south = 6 cm.
The shortest route is 6 cm (3 cm south and 3 cm east).
Locating the Animals in the Zoo
To reach the tortoise, move 4 steps towards east and reach the 4th column.
Then move 1 step north and reach the first row.
At (1,4), there is a snake.
(a) (11,11) — Toucan (bird)
(b) (2,6) — Tiger
(c) (6,4) — Elephant
(d) (3,10) — Flamingo
(e) (11,3) — Monkey (on the tree)
(f) (10,9) — Zebra
(a) Lion — (3,3)
(b) Elephant — (6,4)
(c) Tortoise — (4,1)
(d) Deer — (10,6)
(e) Panda — (1,1)
(f) Crocodile — (10,1)
Activity. For each pair, first move east along the bottom line to the column number, then move north to the row number. Put the dot there: (8,3) red, (2,9) green, (7,3) blue, (3,8) orange, (8,6) black and (6,6) pink.