GOVERNMENT OF TAMILNADU

Standard Six
TERM I
Volume 2

MATHEMATICS
SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
NOT FOR SALE
Untouchability is Inhuman and a Crime

A Publication Under
Free Textbook Programme of
Government of Tamilnadu

Department of School Education

 Government of Tamilnadu
First Edition
- 2012
Revised Edition - 2013
Revised Edition - 2014
(Published under Uniform System of School Education Scheme in Trimester Pattern)

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CONTENTS
UNIT

TOPIC

PAGE No.

MATHEMATICS

(1 - 82)

Number System
1.

Natural Numbers & Whole Numbers

2.

Divisors and Factors

11

3.

Fractions and Decimal Numbers

32

Measurements
4.

Metric Measures

61

Geometry
5.

Point, Line, Line Segment and Plane

66

6.

Practical Geometry

74

Answers
SCIENCE

78

(83 - 151)

Biology
1.

The World of Plants

2.

Food Habits

86
100

Chemistry
3.

Changes around us

113

Physics
4.

Measurement and Motion

124

5.

Magnetism

142

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UNIT

TOPIC
SOCIAL SCIENCE

PAGE No.

(152 - 200)

Civics
1.

Family and Society

153

2.

Society and School

156

Geography
3.

The Earth and the Solar System

161

Economics
4.

Economics - An Introduction

172

History
5.

Prehistoric Period

176

6.

Indus Valley Civilization

183

7.

Ancient Tamilnadu

191

IV

which is correct ?

6
1 6
6

3
2 6
6

2
3 6
6

1
4 6
4

1
5 6
5

1
6 6
6

Add the numerators and write the

same denominator as in step 1

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5.6.1 COLLINEAR POINTS

PRACTICAL GEOMETRY