GOVERNMENT OF TAMILNADU

Standard Six
TERM I
Volume 2

MATHEMATICS
SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
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A Publication Under
Free Textbook Programme of
Government of Tamilnadu

Department of School Education

 Government of Tamilnadu
First Edition
- 2012
Revised Edition - 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
(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

III

UNIT

TOPIC
SOCIAL SCIENCE

PAGE No.

(152 - 200)

History
1.

Prehistoric Period

153

2.

Indus Valley Civilization

160

3.

Ancient Tamilnadu

168

Geography
4.

The Earth and the Solar System

176

Civics
5.

Family and Society

187

6.

Society and School

190

Economics
7.

Economics - An Introduction

IV

195

2 NUMBER SYSTEM

Natural Numbers and Whole Numbers

MATHEMATICS

Chapter - 1

4 NUMBER SYSTEM

Natural Numbers and Whole Numbers

MATHEMATICS

Chapter - 1

6 NUMBER SYSTEM

Natural Numbers and Whole Numbers

MATHEMATICS

Chapter - 1

8 NUMBER SYSTEM

Natural Numbers and Whole Numbers

MATHEMATICS

Chapter - 1

10 NUMBER SYSTEM

MATHEMATICS

11

Chapter - 2

which is correct ?

12 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

MATHEMATICS 13

Chapter - 2

6
1 6
6

3
2 6
6

2
3 6
6

1
4 6
4

1
5 6
5

1
6 6
6

14 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

MATHEMATICS 15

Chapter - 2

16 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

MATHEMATICS 17

Chapter - 2

18 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

MATHEMATICS 19

Chapter - 2

20 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

MATHEMATICS

21

Chapter - 2

22 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

MATHEMATICS 23

Chapter - 2

24 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

MATHEMATICS 25

Chapter - 2

26 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

Three medical representatives meet a doctor on a particular day. The first

representative, the second representative and the third representative meet the
doctor regularly on every 10th day, 15th day and 20th day respectively. On which
day all the representatives meet the doctor?
To find out the day on which all the three of them meet the doctor together
is the LCM of these numbers.

MATHEMATICS 27

Chapter - 2

Multiples of 10 :10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100,110,120
Multiples of 15 :15,30,45,60,75,90,105,120
Multiples of 20 :20,40,60,80,100,120
Common Multiples of 10,15,20 = 60,120
L.C.M of 10,15 and 20 = 60
~ Three of them meet the doctor on the 60th day.

(a)

(a)

(a)

(a)

3.
4.

28 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

MATHEMATICS 29

Chapter - 2

30 NUMBER SYSTEM

Divisors and Factors

MATHEMATICS

31