NCERT Solutions for Class 4th Maths Chapter 2 Matching views with objects, and Boxy Buildings — In-text Questions
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Q1.
Jagat and Rani have made different drawings of the same objects. Match the views with the objects.The three pairs of drawings, and below them the three objects, marked (A), (B) and (C) for the answer.
Answer
The three pairs of drawings, and below them the three objects, marked (A), (B) and (C) for the answer.
Match each pair of drawings with the object it came from.
Pair of drawings
Object
Side view and Front view, both square
The cube (B)
Top view a triangle, Front view a rectangle
The triangular prism (C)
Front view a triangle, Top view a triangle with lines to the middle
The triangular pyramid (A)
A cube has six square faces. From the front you see a square, from the side you see a square.
The prism stands up on its triangle. Look down → triangle. Look from the front → rectangle.
The pyramid has a pointed top. Look from the front → triangle. Look down → the point comes in the middle, with lines going to the three corners.
Why it happens: Each view is a picture of just one face, or of the face nearest your eye. So the shape of the view tells you the shape of that face.
Q2.
Look around you! Try to make drawings of objects, such as chairs, tables, pencils, erasers, birthday cap, and bottle from different views.
Answer
This is a drawing activity. Do it like this.
Put the object on your desk and sit straight in front of it. Draw what you see. That is the front view.
Now stand up and look straight down on it. Draw that. That is the top view.
Move to one side without touching the object. Draw again. That is the side view.
Sample answer:
Object
Front view
Top view
Side view
Bottle
Tall shape with a narrow neck
A small circle (the cap)
Same as the front view
Chair
Back, seat and two legs
A square seat with the back as a line
Like the letter h
Pencil
Long thin shape with a point
A six-sided shape with a dot
Same as the front view
Eraser
A rectangle
A rectangle
A smaller rectangle
Birthday cap
A triangle
A circle with a dot in the middle
A triangle
Why it happens: A round thing such as a bottle or a cap looks the same from the front and from the side, because every side of it is the same. A chair does not, because its front and its side are made differently.
Q3.
Boxy Buildings: Now, you also collect empty matchboxes or any other empty boxes to create different buildings and draw their top, side, and front views. You can challenge your friends by asking them to match your drawing with the right building.
Answer
A building made from empty matchboxes and the three views the children drew of it.
This is a making activity. Do it like this.
Collect 5 or 6 empty matchboxes.
Stand three of them in a row and put one more on top of the middle box. Your building is ready.
Sit in front of it and draw what you see — that is the front view.
Go behind it and draw again — that is the back view.
Stand up and look straight down and draw — that is the top view.
Show only the drawings to a friend and ask her to build the same building.
What you should find:
The front view and the back view have the same shape, but the pictures printed on the boxes look different.
The top view does not show how tall the building is. It only shows how much floor it covers.
The box sitting on top makes a step in the top view.
Why it happens: Each view shows only the faces turned towards your eyes, so no single view can tell you everything about the building.
Note: The heading of this section is printed in the book as “Boxy Buldings”. The correct spelling is Boxy Buildings.