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CBSE · Class 4 · Mathematics

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Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
On a 6 × 6 grid, a counter starts at column 5, row 6. It moves 3 down, then 1 down. Where is it now?
  1. column 2, row 5
  2. column 5, row 3
  3. column 6, row 2
  4. column 5, row 2
2.
On a 6 × 6 grid, a counter starts at column 1, row 3. It moves 2 right, then 3 right. Where is it now?
  1. column 6, row 3
  2. column 3, row 6
  3. column 5, row 3
  4. column 6, row 4
3.
What shape do you see when you look at a ball from the top?
  1. Circle
  2. Rectangle
  3. Square
  4. Triangle
4.
On a grid you can move only up, down, left or right. What is the fewest number of steps from column 3, row 4 to column 6, row 5?
  1. 6
  2. 5
  3. 3
  4. 4
5.
Looking down at a glass from the top, you see a:
  1. rectangle
  2. circle
  3. square
  4. triangle
6.
Asha sits at the 3rd desk in the 5th row. Each row has 6 desks. How many desks are to the right of Asha in that row?
  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 4
7.
Walking along a museum hall, you turn right, then left, then right at the next corners. Which way are you facing now, compared with the start?
  1. To your right
  2. Back the way you came
  3. The same way you started
  4. To your left
8.
Which square is 3 down of column 4, row 5?
  1. column 2, row 4
  2. column 4, row 3
  3. column 5, row 2
  4. column 4, row 2
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
A counter starts at column 1, row 6. It moves 3 right, then 2 down. Write its column and row now.
10.
A counter starts at column 3, row 5. It moves 2 down, then 1 down. Write its column and row now.
11.
Name the shape you see when you look at a square pyramid from the top.
12.
How many steps (up, down, left or right) is the shortest path from column 3, row 1 to column 1, row 2?
13.
In a hall, Aman sits in the 6th row from the front. How many rows are in front of Aman?
14.
A treasure is at column 3, row 2. You are at column 5, row 4. Write the moves to reach it.
15.
There are 6 desks in a row. Riya’s desk is 6th from the left. Which is it from the right?
16.
A tin standing up looks like a rectangle from the front. What does it look like from the top?
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
Kabir plays a grid game on a 6 × 6 board. The counter starts at column 4, row 5 and moves 2 down, then 2 right, then 2 up. (a) Where does it end? (b) How many steps did it move in all? (c) What is the shortest number of steps back to the start?
18.
Draw or name what you see from the top and from the front of a matchbox lying flat and of a tin standing up.
19.
A class has 6 rows with 8 desks in each row. Kabir sits in the 3rd row, at the 7th desk from the left. (a) How many desks are in the class? (b) How many rows are in front of Kabir? (c) Which desk is Kabir’s from the right?
20.
On a map of the zoo, Lata walks from the gate, turns right, then left, then left at the next three corners. Which way is this child facing at the end, compared with the start?
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QAnswerWorking
1(d) column 5, row 2right and left change the column; up and down change the row
2(a) column 6, row 3right and left change the column; up and down change the row
3(a) Circle—
4(d) 43 across + 1 up or down
5(b) circle—
6(b) 36 − 3
7(a) To your righttwo turns the same way reverse you; a left and a right cancel
8(d) column 4, row 2right and left change the column; up and down change the row
9column 4, row 4—
10column 3, row 2—
11Square—
1232 + 1
135—
142 left, 2 downany order of the same moves is fine
151st6 − 6 + 1
16Circle—
17(a) column 6, row 5; (b) 6; (c) 2—
18a matchbox lying flat: top rectangle, front rectangle; a tin standing up: top circle, front rectangle—
19(a) 48; (b) 2; (c) 2nd—
20To your left1 right turns and 2 left turns