NCERT Solutions for Class 4th Maths Chapter 2 Hide and Seek
Updated on 2026-09-19
About this chapter
The same object looks different from different places. The top view, the front view and the side view are three such pictures. The top view is what you see looking straight down. The front view is what you see standing in front. The side view is what you see from one side. We see along a straight line. If a wall, a tree or a pot stands on that line, it blocks our view. A grid tells us a position by its row and its column, for example Row 1 and Column 1. On a grid we move only up, down, left or right. One move is called one step. A sight map is a top view of a place. It helps us find a route and compare which route is shorter.
- Where Are You Hiding?
- Where Are You Hiding? and the drawings of a brick
- Naming objects and their views
- Matching views with objects, and Boxy Buildings
- Cat Finds Jagat
- Bholu’s Grid
- Jagat and Mini play the treasure hunt
- Play the game with your partner, and Drone Around the School
- The sight map of Preet’s school
- Draw your own sight map
Quick revision
| Word | What it means | Example from the chapter | Remember |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top view | What you see looking straight down on a thing | Bholu’s brick drawing, with the 7777 marks | You see only the top face |
| Front view | What you see standing in front of a thing | Mini’s long, low brick drawing | The long face faces you |
| Side view | What you see standing at one side of a thing | Rani’s short brick drawing | You see the small end face |
| Row | A line of places going across | Row 1, Row 2, Row 3 in Bholu’s grid | Here Row 1 is at the bottom |
| Column | A line of places going up and down | Column 1, Column 2, Column 3 | Counted from the left |
| Position | The row said with the column | The ball is in Row 1, Column 1 | Say the row, then the column |
| Step | One move to the next box of the grid | Mini takes 4 steps to the right | Only up, down, left, right — never across a corner |
| Blocked view | Something comes in the way of your eyes | Rani cannot see Mini behind the hut | We see in straight lines |
| Sight map | A top view drawing of a place | The map of Preet’s school | Helps you find your way |
| Shortest route | The way that needs the fewest steps | The orange in 4 steps, the mango in 5 steps | Count both, then compare |
Exercises
- Where Are You Hiding? — Let Us Do Page 24
- Where Are You Hiding? and the drawings of a brick — In-text Questions Page 25
- Naming objects and their views — In-text Questions Page 26
- Matching views with objects, and Boxy Buildings — In-text Questions Page 27
- Cat Finds Jagat — Let Us Do Page 28
- Bholu’s Grid — Grid Game Page 29
- Jagat and Mini play the treasure hunt — Grid Game — Treasure Hunt Page 30
- Play the game with your partner, and Drone Around the School — In-text Questions Page 31
- The sight map of Preet’s school — In-text Questions Page 32
- Draw your own sight map — Let Us Do (Project Work) Page 33