Raman recorded his daily routine in the table below, using one square for one hour ( = 1 hour). Read his table and write the number of hours he spent on each activity. Activities No. of Hours (□ = 1 hour) Time spent sleeping Time in school Time spent studying Time spent eating and playing Othe

Count the blue squares in each row. One square is one hour. Activity Squares counted No. of hours Time spent sleeping 9 squares 9 hours Time in school 6 squares 6 hours Time spent studying 2 squares 2 hours Time spent eating and playing 6 squares 6 hours Other activities 1 square 1 hour Total 24 squares 24 hours 9 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 1 = 15 + 2 + 6 + 1 = 17 + 6 + 1 = 23 + 1 = 24 hours ✓ Why the check matters: A day has exactly 24 hours. If your squares add up to more or less than 24, you have counted a row wrongly. Go back and count again. Tip: When you count a long row, touch each square with your pencil tip as you say the number. That way you never skip one.

NCERT Solutions for Class 5th Maths Chapter 15 Raman's table and Sheela's bar graph — Recording a Day

Book page 182–183 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.

Raman recorded his daily routine in the table below, using one square for one hour ( = 1 hour). Read his table and write the number of hours he spent on each activity.

Activities	No. of Hours (□ = 1 hour)
Time spent sleeping
Time in school
Time spent studying
Time spent eating and playing
Other activities

Page 182 — Raman’s table. Each blue square stands for one hour.

Answer

Count the blue squares in each row. One square is one hour.

Activity	Squares counted	No. of hours
Time spent sleeping	9 squares	9 hours
Time in school	6 squares	6 hours
Time spent studying	2 squares	2 hours
Time spent eating and playing	6 squares	6 hours
Other activities	1 square	1 hour
Total	24 squares	24 hours

9 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 1
= 15 + 2 + 6 + 1
= 17 + 6 + 1
= 23 + 1
= 24 hours ✓

Why the check matters: A day has exactly 24 hours. If your squares add up to more or less than 24, you have counted a row wrongly. Go back and count again.

Tip: When you count a long row, touch each square with your pencil tip as you say the number. That way you never skip one.

Q2.

How is Sheela’s recording different from Raman’s recording? Discuss in class.

Answer

Raman drew squares, one for each hour. Sheela drew one tall bar for each activity. Both show the same kind of information, but in different ways.

The same kind of information, drawn two ways. Raman counts squares; Sheela reads bar heights.

Raman's way	Sheela's way
A pictograph — small squares in a row	A bar graph — upright bars
You must count the squares one by one	You just read how high the bar reaches
Rows go across the page	Bars stand up from a base line
Only whole hours can be shown, one square each	A bar can also stop half-way, so half hours can be shown
Long rows take a lot of space	A tall bar takes very little space

Sample answer for the class discussion: "Raman made a pictograph. He drew one blue square for every hour, so we have to count the squares to find the number of hours. Sheela made a bar graph. She drew one bar for each activity and the height of the bar tells us the hours, so we can just read the number off the side line. Sheela's way is faster to read and it is easier to see which activity took the most time. Raman's way is easier to draw and it shows each single hour clearly. Both of them recorded the same 24 hours."

New word: Sheela's way of recording the data is called a bar graph.

Q3.

Whose daily routine shows more time spent on sleeping? _____________________

Answer

Raman. He sleeps for 9 hours; Sheela sleeps for 8 hours.

Count Raman's sleeping squares. There are 9, so 9 hours.
Read Sheela's sleeping bar. It reaches the line marked 8, so 8 hours.
Compare. 9 is more than 8.

Raman sleeps 9 hours
Sheela sleeps 8 hours
9 > 8, so Raman sleeps more
He sleeps 9 − 8 = 1 hour more

Did you know? Children of your age need about 9 to 11 hours of sleep every night. Both Raman and Sheela are close to that.

Q4.

Who spends more hours in the school? _____________________

Answer

Sheela. She spends 7 hours in school; Raman spends 6 hours.

Raman's school row has 6 squares → 6 hours.
Sheela's school bar reaches 7 → 7 hours.
Compare. 7 is more than 6.

Sheela = 7 hours
Raman = 6 hours
7 − 6 = 1 hour more for Sheela

Why it happens: Different schools have different timings. Sheela's school day is one hour longer than Raman's, or she stays back for an extra activity.

Q5.

How many more hours does Sheela spend studying compared to Raman? ______________________

Answer

2 hours more.

Sheela's studying bar reaches 4, so 4 hours.
Raman's studying row has 2 squares, so 2 hours.
Subtract to find how many more.

Sheela = 4 hours
Raman = 2 hours
4 − 2 = 2 hours more

Another way to say it: Sheela studies twice as long as Raman, because 2 × 2 = 4.

Q6.

Is there any activity on which they spend the same amount of time? If yes, name the activity _________________________

Answer

No. There is no activity on which they spend the same amount of time.

Put the two routines side by side and check every row.

Activity	Raman	Sheela	Same?
Sleeping	9 h	8 h	No
Time in school	6 h	7 h	No
Studying	2 h	4 h	No
Eating and playing	6 h	3 h	No
Other activities	1 h	2 h	No
Total	24 h	24 h	Yes — the whole day

9 ≠ 8 · 6 ≠ 7 · 2 ≠ 4 · 6 ≠ 3 · 1 ≠ 2
Not one pair matches → answer is No

Why it happens: Two people can both have a 24-hour day and still spend it completely differently. The one thing that is the same for both is the total: 24 hours.

Tip: Make the two-column table first, then read across each row. That way you cannot miss a match, and you cannot invent one either.

Q7.

Based on their data, whose routine do you think is more balanced? Why? ___________________________________

Answer

Sheela's routine is the more balanced one. This is an opinion question, so you must give a reason from the data.

Look at what each child does with the day.

Activity	Raman	Sheela
Sleeping	9 h	8 h
Time in school	6 h	7 h
Studying at home	2 h	4 h
Eating and playing	6 h	3 h
Other activities	1 h	2 h

Sample answer: "I think Sheela's routine is more balanced. She gets 8 hours of sleep, spends 7 hours in school and still studies for 4 hours at home, and she keeps 3 hours for eating and playing. Every part of her day gets a fair share. Raman studies for only 2 hours but spends 6 hours eating and playing. His day leans too much towards play and not enough towards study."

The other side is also worth saying: Raman gets 9 hours of sleep and 6 hours of play, and both sleep and play are important for health. A friend who says "Raman's routine is more balanced because he rests and plays enough" is not wrong either — as long as the reason comes from the data. In an opinion question the reason matters more than the choice.

What "balanced" means here: A balanced day gives enough time to each important thing — sleep, school, study, food, play and rest — instead of giving one of them far too much and another far too little.

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