VIDYA DEVI JINDAL SCHOOL
DELHI ROAD,HISAR
HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2016-2017)
CLASS - VI
ENGLISH
Make a folder using A4 size coloured sheets and present it beautifully.
1. Read any one book of the following authors:
i) J. K Rowling. ii) Charles Dickens
iii) Ruskin Bond
a. Write a short summary of any one story (75 words) and name the main characters.
2. Make a book cover for the above book. A book cover includes: the name of the book, author, and two
illustrations, a brief theme of the book.
2.Read the poem ‘Foreign Lands’ given in your book. The poem ends with a picture of a fairyland. Imagine this
fairyland. Write about its inhabitants, its castles and palaces, its meadows, rivers and mountains, or any fantastical
thing not seen in this real world of ours. Give your fairyland an interesting name and attempt a colourful
illustration of it.
3.COMIC STRIP: Have you ever found money, or anything valuable or interesting while playing in a garden or
on a road? What was your reaction on finding it? Illustrate the scene. Make a comic strip using speech and
thought bubbles to show what you and the people around you think or say.
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MATHEMATICS
General Instructions:
Submit your work in a file/folder with a cover page.
Present your work neatly and as creatively as possible.
Work out the rough calculation on the right side of each sheet (ruled/perforated) as per requirement.
1) Determine the sum by suitable arrangement:
5001+3767+2999+1233.
2) What must be added to 87695432 to get the sum as greatest number of seven digits?
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What is the difference between the largest number of five digits and the smallest number of six digits?
Subtract the product of 34567 and 35 from the greatest number formed by the digits 0, 1, 4, 3, 6,7.
Find the greatest 6-digit number which is exactly divisible by 567.
What must be multiplied with 567 to get 12367?
7) Find the greatest 5-digit number which is exactly divisible by the greatest 3-digit number.
8) The number 5678 when divided by 56, find the quotient and remainder.
9) Write all prime numbers between 10 and 25.
10) Test the divisibility of the given: (i) 901351is divisible by 11 (ii) 56784 is divisible by 6.
11) Write the common factors of (i) 42, 63, 105 (ii) 12,18,24
12) Find the H.C.F. of 486, 729, 1296 using division method.
13) The length, breadth and height of a room are 825cm, 675cm and 450cm respectively. Find the longest tape which
can measure the three dimensions of the room exactly.
14) What is the greatest number which divides 615 and 963 leaving remainder 6 in each case?
15) What is the greatest number that can divide 781 and 458 leaving remainders of 1 and 3 respectively?
16) Find the L.C.M. of the given numbers by prime factorization method:
(i) 42, 56, 132 (ii) 11, 121, 1331
17) What is the smallest number that is divisible by 585 and 624?
18) Four bells ring simultaneously in the beginning and afterwards at intervals of 9, 12, 15 and 18 seconds respectively.
At what interval will they all ring together?
19) The HCF and LCM of two numbers are 8 and 576 respectively. If one number is 64, find the other number.
20) The product of two numbers is 864. If their LCM is 72, what is their HCF?
21) Can two numbers have 16 as their HCF and 294 as their LCM? Give reason in support of your answer.
22) How many numbers in all do we have with (i) 4 digits?
(ii) 6 digits?
23) How many times does the digit 1 occur in ten’s place in the numbers from 100 to 1000?
24) How many billion’s make a trillion?
25) Estimate the quotient by rounding off each number to its greatest place.(i) 5598 ÷689 (ii) 4379÷385
26) What is the smallest 3-digit number with unique digits?
27) Write the following numbers in International system of numeration:
(i) 70,234,005,456
(ii) 1,345,678,004.
28) Write the numerals for each of the following numbers. (i) Seven million, eight hundred thirteen thousand, three
hundred. (ii) Two billion, eighteen million, nine hundred one thousand, seventeen.
29) Find the number of pages in a book which has an average 207 words on a page, and contains 201411 words
altogether.
30) Write all possible numbers (without repeating the digits), by using the digits:
(i) 5, 6 ,1 (ii) 1,0,9
ACTIVITY:
Make a beautiful PPT on the following topics:
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Factors and multiples
Whole number
Fractions
Decimals
Triangles
Roll No 1 – 5
Roll No 6 – 10
Roll No. 11 – 15
Roll No. 16 – 20
Roll No. 21 – 23
PROJECT:
My Math Dictionary
Guidance for making a Maths Dictionary:
1) Decide which vocabulary (related to math) to include in the dictionary.
2) Words which have more than one meaning e.g. square (the shape) and square (multiply a number by
itself) should be taken.
3) The dictionary can include vocabulary related to fraction, measure, symmetry, perimeter, angles, number
system, etc.
4) Size of the dictionary should be 15cm by 10 cm.
Science
It Is Not the Strongest of the Species that Survives But the Most Adaptable
Charles Darwin
Select an animal living in particular habitat of your choice. Make a Board and Dice game having a start point
and finish point. Try to show Habitat, Food habits, Interaction between living and nonliving world,
Adaptation or special features in its habitat, Place and importance in ecosystem, Struggle to survive in their
habitat. Include bonus points and hurdles like water body or predators to move towards finish point. Represent
the game in attractive way with all the instructions and rules of the game in detail.
OR
You are a Zoologist who has just discovered a new animal species. As every good scientist does you will
document your exciting find. Design a factsheet highlighting the discovery of this new animal . Be sure to
include the following key pieces of information.
 Your animal name
 A coloured illustration of your animal in its Habitat
 Food habits
 Interaction between living and nonliving world
 Adaptations or special features in its habitat
 Place and importance in ecosystem
 Struggle to survive
SOCIAL STUDIES
Monuments are important to a country and it is significant to preserve them as our National Heritage. Do you
agree with this statement? Take any one stand and do the project accordingly.
Using A-4 size sheet,design a magazine presenting any ten famous monuments of India. The magazine must
include:
Specific information about the history of the monument. Also paste the pictures of the chosen monuments
with their ancient or original name of the place/ location on the map of India.
Material used to construct it and resources behind the choice of material along with pictures.
“How and why are monuments important to a country? Write an article on this topic.
Assignment Rubrics :
Total Marks -10
Presentation -2 marks
Research – 2 marks
Creativity – 2 marks
Following the guidelines – 2 marks
Viva – 2 marks
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