Word Problems: Angles as Turns | Mathematics (Maths Mela) Class 5 - New NCERT PDF Download

Q1: A robot is facing North. It makes one quarter turn clockwise. Which direction is it facing now?
Solution:

• Starting direction = North

• Quarter turn clockwise = 90°

• Clockwise from North → East
  Answer: East

Q2: A robot is facing East. It makes a half turn anti-clockwise. Which direction is it facing now?
Solution:

• Starting direction = East

• Half turn anti-clockwise = 180°

• Anti-clockwise from East → West
  Answer: West

Q3: A child is facing South. He makes two quarter turns clockwise. Which direction is he facing now?
Solution:

• Starting direction = South

• Two quarter turns clockwise = 2 × 90° = 180°

• 180° clockwise from South → North
  Answer: North

Q4: A car is facing West. It makes a full turn clockwise. Which direction is it facing now?
Solution:

• Starting direction = West

• Full turn = 360°

• After a full turn, the direction remains unchanged
  Answer: West

Q5: A robot starts facing North. It makes three quarter turns clockwise. Which direction is it facing now?
Solution:

• Starting direction = North

• Three quarter turns clockwise = 3 × 90° = 270°

• North → East → South → West
  Answer: West

Q6: A girl is facing East. She turns half turn clockwise and then one quarter turn anti-clockwise. Which direction is she facing now?
Solution:

• Starting direction = East

• Half turn clockwise = 180° → East → West

• Quarter turn anti-clockwise = 90° → West → South
  Answer: South

Q7: A wind vane points North. It rotates one quarter turn anti-clockwise, then two quarter turns clockwise. Which direction does it point now?
Solution:

• Starting direction = North

• Quarter turn anti-clockwise = North → West

• Two quarter turns clockwise = 2 × 90° = 180° → West → East
  Answer: East

Q8: A robot makes half of a full turn clockwise and then one quarter of a full turn anti-clockwise. How many degrees has it turned in total, and in which direction?
Solution:

• Half turn clockwise = 180° clockwise

• Quarter turn anti-clockwise = 90° anti-clockwise

• Net turn = 180° – 90° = 90° clockwise
  Answer: 90° clockwise

Q9: A boy is facing South. He makes two half turns clockwise. Which direction is he facing now?
Solution:

• Two half turns = 2 × 180° = 360°

• A full 360° turn brings him back to the same direction
  Answer: South

Q10: A robot is facing East. It turns one quarter of a full turn clockwise, then half of a full turn clockwise. Which direction is it facing now?
Solution:

• Quarter turn clockwise = 90° → East → South

• Half turn clockwise = 180° → South → North
  Answer: North