NCERT Solutions for Class 4th Maths Chapter 14 Two ways of showing the same data — Colourful Golas
Book page 206 – 207 Updated on2026-09-19
Q1.
Look at the information given above. Colour the line drawing of the golas appropriately.
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
Answer
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
First count each row, then colour each empty gola outline with the colour that answers that question.
Colour of gola
Golas eaten
By boys
By girls
Red
8
4
4
Blue
5
4
1
Orange
7
3
4
Yellow
10
6
4
Total
30
17
13
The gola beside question 1(a) → colour it yellow (10 golas, the most).
The gola beside question 1(b) → colour it blue (5 golas, the fewest).
The gola beside question 2 → colour it yellow.
The gola beside question 3 → colour it yellow.
The gola beside question 4 → girls ate red, orange and yellow the same number of times, so any one of those three may be coloured.
Why it happens: Rohan drew one child for every gola and Anjali drew one gola for every gola. So both rows of red have the same length, and counting either one gives the same number.
Check it yourself: 8 + 5 + 7 + 10 = 30. Rohan’s record and Anjali’s record both show 30 golas.
Q2.
Which colour ice gola do the children eat: a) the most b) the least. How do you know?
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
Answer
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
a) The children eat the yellow gola the most. b) They eat the blue gola the least.
How do you know? Because the rows are drawn one below the other with pictures of the same size. The longest row has the most golas and the shortest row has the fewest. I also counted: 10 is the biggest number and 5 is the smallest.
Why it happens: When every picture stands for one gola and the pictures are the same size, a longer row always means a bigger number.
Q3.
Which colour gola would Anjali and Rohan have bought?
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
Answer
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
They said they want the gola that is most eaten by others.
Colour of gola
Golas eaten
By boys
By girls
Red
8
4
4
Blue
5
4
1
Orange
7
3
4
Yellow
10
6
4
Total
30
17
13
10 > 8 > 7 > 5 Most eaten → yellow
So Anjali and Rohan would have bought a yellow gola.
Why it happens: The data says yellow was chosen by more children than any other colour, so it is the most liked flavour in the school.
Q4.
Which colour golas did boys eat the most?
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
Answer
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
Use Rohan’s record. In it a plain stick figure is a boy and a figure with a skirt is a girl. Count only the boys in each row.
Colour of gola
Golas eaten
By boys
By girls
Red
8
4
4
Blue
5
4
1
Orange
7
3
4
Yellow
10
6
4
Total
30
17
13
Red 4, Blue 4, Orange 3, Yellow 6 6 is the biggest
Boys ate the yellow golas the most — 6 boys.
Why it happens: Rohan’s way of recording keeps boys and girls apart, so we can count just one group.
Check it yourself: 4 + 4 + 3 + 6 = 17 boys, and 4 + 1 + 4 + 4 = 13 girls. 17 + 13 = 30, the total number of golas.
Q5.
Which colour golas did girls eat the most?
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
Answer
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
Now count only the figures with a skirt in each row of Rohan’s record.
Colour of gola
Golas eaten
By boys
By girls
Red
8
4
4
Blue
5
4
1
Orange
7
3
4
Yellow
10
6
4
Total
30
17
13
Red 4, Blue 1, Orange 4, Yellow 4
Three colours are equal at the top. Girls ate red, orange and yellow golas equally the most — 4 of each.
Why it happens: When two or more rows have the same largest count, there is no single winner. All of them share the top place.
Note about the book: The question expects one colour, but the picture on page 206 gives a three-way tie among girls (4 red, 4 orange, 4 yellow). Count the girl figures in your book and you will see the same. Write all three colours in your answer.
Q6.
Which of the ways of representing data did you use to answer these questions and why?
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
Answer
How Rohan and Anjali each recorded the golas the children ate. Rohan drew one child for each gola; Anjali drew one gola for each gola.
I used Rohan’s way for most of the questions.
For question 1 and question 2 (most and least) either record works, because both rows have the same length. Anjali’s is quicker to read, since each picture is a gola.
For question 3 and question 4 only Rohan’s record works. It draws a boy or a girl for each gola, so it holds one extra piece of information.
Why it happens: Anjali’s record only says how many. Rohan’s record says how many and who. A question about boys and girls can only be answered by the record that keeps boys and girls apart.
Tip: Before you start collecting data, think about what you will want to ask later. Then record enough to answer it.