9 Maps and Routes

Sheela along with her mother visited her How does

grandmother in the village.
Grandma's house
look like?

Sheela's mother drew the following pictures

and shown in Vani.

Sheela: This is how the house looks from outside. But how can I know how many
rooms are there? How many doors and windows!
Then her mother drew the following map.
Back

Tree

Kitchen Window

Bathroom
Door
Small room
Walls
Big room

Left Hand
Right Hand

Front

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The lower part of the map shows the front of the house. Trees, doors, windows,
walls and rooms are marked.

Do This

Look at the map and answer:

• How many windows are there in the big room?
• How many trees are on the right side of the house?
• How many doors are there in the small room?
• Write the correct name to the following sign.

_________ _________ _________ _________

• How many rooms are there in the house? ______________

Sheela's room

Sheela decided to draw the floor map of her room. Look.

Chair Table Chair These maps are

called 'Floor
Bed Maps'
Almirah

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 Try This

1. Look at Sheela's map and draw the symbols for the following:
Chair Bed Door

2. Now look around your classroom and draw its floor map. Remember to
draw the front of the room on the lower side of paper. Mark the following on
your floormap:
Black board, Place where teacher stands, Place where children sit, doors
and windows.

Do This

1. Can you match the floor map with the correct house?

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Route map to the school
A new boy Manoj had come to school. He did not know the way to school. So the
teacher drew a map to help him.

School

Manoj's house

Well

Do This

Fill in the blanks and tell Manoj the way from school to his home.

Come out from the school. Turn ____ on the road. Then walk straight and turn on

the first _________. Then again walk straight. You will see a well. Turn _____.

The third house is Manoj's house.

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 Do This

North

West East

South

1. Look at the map given above.

(a) If you walk from Cinema supreme to star Hotel, Chauhan's restaurant
is on which side?
(b) Sheela is at Silver gym. Tell her the way from Gym to Varsha Hospital,
Emergency Room.

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