NCERT Textbook - The Way The World Looks | Mathematics for Class 4: NCERT PDF Download

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The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about 
how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and 
distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.
Oh! There is so much dirt 
on these blades. From 
below they look so clean.
That stupid
Chinky is looking 
for cheese. Can't 
even see it is kept 
on top of the jug.
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                   The Way The World Looks
Gappu's Air Journey
Gappu was a brave little 
mouse. One day, he saw 
children playing with a huge 
gas balloon. The balloon went 
up and touched the roof. 
Gappu was thrilled. He got an 
idea. Next day, when the children 
went to school, Gappu climbed up 
the string of the balloon. He could 
see the blades of the fan from above.
D Draw how the fan looks from below.
Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table 
with newspapers on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, 
fruits etc.
D Look for these things in the photo.
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The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about 
how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and 
distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.
Oh! There is so much dirt 
on these blades. From 
below they look so clean.
That stupid
Chinky is looking 
for cheese. Can't 
even see it is kept 
on top of the jug.
5
                   The Way The World Looks
Gappu's Air Journey
Gappu was a brave little 
mouse. One day, he saw 
children playing with a huge 
gas balloon. The balloon went 
up and touched the roof. 
Gappu was thrilled. He got an 
idea. Next day, when the children 
went to school, Gappu climbed up 
the string of the balloon. He could 
see the blades of the fan from above.
D Draw how the fan looks from below.
Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table 
with newspapers on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, 
fruits etc.
D Look for these things in the photo.
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The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about 
how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and 
distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.
Oh! There is so much dirt 
on these blades. From 
below they look so clean.
That stupid
Chinky is looking 
for cheese. Can't 
even see it is kept 
on top of the jug.
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D Can you think why Gappu could see the cheese on the jug but 
Chinky could not?
Just then a strong wind pushed the 
balloon out of the room.
The balloon flew up and Gappu 
started going up in the sky. As he looked down, he 
could see his house.
As he went higher he could see things around his house — 
the park, the Gurudwara, the railway-line, a sweet-shop 
and Suhasini's house with the big water-tank on its roof ...
Who is that, on the 
railway track? Is it 
that fat cat Monty? 
Ha! Ha! Ha! From here 
it looks like a big 
white mouse.
This must be the 
Gurudwara where 
Amarjeet goes every day.
I did not know 
there is a sweet 
shop here! Yummy!
When I ran around in my 
house, it looked so big! But 
from here, it looks small. 
How is that?
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                   The Way The World Looks
Gappu's Air Journey
Gappu was a brave little 
mouse. One day, he saw 
children playing with a huge 
gas balloon. The balloon went 
up and touched the roof. 
Gappu was thrilled. He got an 
idea. Next day, when the children 
went to school, Gappu climbed up 
the string of the balloon. He could 
see the blades of the fan from above.
D Draw how the fan looks from below.
Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table 
with books on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, fruits etc.
D Look for these things in the photo.
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The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about 
how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and 
distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.
Oh! There is so much dirt 
on these blades. From 
below they look so clean.
That stupid
Chinky is looking 
for cheese. Can't 
even see it is kept 
on top of the jug.
5
                   The Way The World Looks
Gappu's Air Journey
Gappu was a brave little 
mouse. One day, he saw 
children playing with a huge 
gas balloon. The balloon went 
up and touched the roof. 
Gappu was thrilled. He got an 
idea. Next day, when the children 
went to school, Gappu climbed up 
the string of the balloon. He could 
see the blades of the fan from above.
D Draw how the fan looks from below.
Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table 
with newspapers on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, 
fruits etc.
D Look for these things in the photo.
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The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about 
how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and 
distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.
Oh! There is so much dirt 
on these blades. From 
below they look so clean.
That stupid
Chinky is looking 
for cheese. Can't 
even see it is kept 
on top of the jug.
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D Can you think why Gappu could see the cheese on the jug but 
Chinky could not?
Just then a strong wind pushed the 
balloon out of the room.
The balloon flew up and Gappu 
started going up in the sky. As he looked down, he 
could see his house.
As he went higher he could see things around his house — 
the park, the Gurudwara, the railway-line, a sweet-shop 
and Suhasini's house with the big water-tank on its roof ...
Who is that, on the 
railway track? Is it 
that fat cat Monty? 
Ha! Ha! Ha! From here 
it looks like a big 
white mouse.
This must be the 
Gurudwara where 
Amarjeet goes every day.
I did not know 
there is a sweet 
shop here! Yummy!
When I ran around in my 
house, it looked so big! But 
from here, it looks small. 
How is that?
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                   The Way The World Looks
Gappu's Air Journey
Gappu was a brave little 
mouse. One day, he saw 
children playing with a huge 
gas balloon. The balloon went 
up and touched the roof. 
Gappu was thrilled. He got an 
idea. Next day, when the children 
went to school, Gappu climbed up 
the string of the balloon. He could 
see the blades of the fan from above.
D Draw how the fan looks from below.
Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table 
with books on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, fruits etc.
D Look for these things in the photo.
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D Imagine how your classroom looks from above. Try to draw it 
and mark the benches, blackboard, doors, windows etc.
The balloon went up, up and up. Gappu kept wondering how big 
the world is! Now he could see lots of houses, streets, roads
and buses.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound ... phatt! The balloon
burst and started falling down ... down ... and everything
started looking bigger and bigger. Dhapp! --- Gappu fell on the
railway-track. He ran to save himself from the cruel Monty
who ran after Gappu and 
the other rats on the 
railway track.
When Gappu saw the 
railway-track from above, 
it looked like this —
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These cars and 
buses look so small 
from here! Just like 
toys. And people 
look like ants!
Wow! Is that the 
train, looking like a 
long box from here?
D Look at these pictures and discuss why things look wide and 
big at this end but narrow and small at the other end.
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Match Two Views of the Same Pose
This is a top view of a girl in a yoga pose.
Only one of the photos below is the correct 
match of the same yoga pose. Mark it.
But when he fell on the 
track, the railway line 
looked like this.
Oh! Things look so 
different when you look at 
them from the top and 
from the side.
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The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about 
how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and 
distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.
Oh! There is so much dirt 
on these blades. From 
below they look so clean.
That stupid
Chinky is looking 
for cheese. Can't 
even see it is kept 
on top of the jug.
5
                   The Way The World Looks
Gappu's Air Journey
Gappu was a brave little 
mouse. One day, he saw 
children playing with a huge 
gas balloon. The balloon went 
up and touched the roof. 
Gappu was thrilled. He got an 
idea. Next day, when the children 
went to school, Gappu climbed up 
the string of the balloon. He could 
see the blades of the fan from above.
D Draw how the fan looks from below.
Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table 
with newspapers on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, 
fruits etc.
D Look for these things in the photo.
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The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about 
how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and 
distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.
Oh! There is so much dirt 
on these blades. From 
below they look so clean.
That stupid
Chinky is looking 
for cheese. Can't 
even see it is kept 
on top of the jug.
53
D Can you think why Gappu could see the cheese on the jug but 
Chinky could not?
Just then a strong wind pushed the 
balloon out of the room.
The balloon flew up and Gappu 
started going up in the sky. As he looked down, he 
could see his house.
As he went higher he could see things around his house — 
the park, the Gurudwara, the railway-line, a sweet-shop 
and Suhasini's house with the big water-tank on its roof ...
Who is that, on the 
railway track? Is it 
that fat cat Monty? 
Ha! Ha! Ha! From here 
it looks like a big 
white mouse.
This must be the 
Gurudwara where 
Amarjeet goes every day.
I did not know 
there is a sweet 
shop here! Yummy!
When I ran around in my 
house, it looked so big! But 
from here, it looks small. 
How is that?
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                   The Way The World Looks
Gappu's Air Journey
Gappu was a brave little 
mouse. One day, he saw 
children playing with a huge 
gas balloon. The balloon went 
up and touched the roof. 
Gappu was thrilled. He got an 
idea. Next day, when the children 
went to school, Gappu climbed up 
the string of the balloon. He could 
see the blades of the fan from above.
D Draw how the fan looks from below.
Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table 
with books on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, fruits etc.
D Look for these things in the photo.
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D Imagine how your classroom looks from above. Try to draw it 
and mark the benches, blackboard, doors, windows etc.
The balloon went up, up and up. Gappu kept wondering how big 
the world is! Now he could see lots of houses, streets, roads
and buses.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound ... phatt! The balloon
burst and started falling down ... down ... and everything
started looking bigger and bigger. Dhapp! --- Gappu fell on the
railway-track. He ran to save himself from the cruel Monty
who ran after Gappu and 
the other rats on the 
railway track.
When Gappu saw the 
railway-track from above, 
it looked like this —
54
These cars and 
buses look so small 
from here! Just like 
toys. And people 
look like ants!
Wow! Is that the 
train, looking like a 
long box from here?
D Look at these pictures and discuss why things look wide and 
big at this end but narrow and small at the other end.
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Match Two Views of the Same Pose
This is a top view of a girl in a yoga pose.
Only one of the photos below is the correct 
match of the same yoga pose. Mark it.
But when he fell on the 
track, the railway line 
looked like this.
Oh! Things look so 
different when you look at 
them from the top and 
from the side.
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D Imagine how your classroom looks from above. Try to draw it 
and mark the benches, blackboard, doors, windows etc.
The balloon went up, up and up. Gappu kept wondering how big 
the world is! Now he could see lots of houses, streets, roads
and buses.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound ... phatt! The balloon
burst and started falling down ... down ... and everything
started looking bigger and bigger. Dhapp! --- Gappu fell on the
railway-track. He ran to save himself from the cruel Monty
who ran after Gappu and 
the other rats on the 
railway track.
When Gappu saw the 
railway-track from above, 
it looked like this —
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These cars and 
buses look so small 
from here! Just like 
toys. And people 
look like ants!
Wow! Is that the 
train, looking like a 
long box from here?
D Look at these pictures and discuss why things look wide and 
big at this end but narrow and small at the other end.
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Match Two Views of the Same Pose
This is a top view of a girl in a yoga pose.
Only one of the photos below is the correct 
match of the same yoga pose. Mark it.
But when he fell on the 
track, the railway line 
looked like this.
Oh! Things look so 
different when you look at 
them from the top and 
from the side.
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The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about 
how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and 
distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.
Oh! There is so much dirt 
on these blades. From 
below they look so clean.
That stupid
Chinky is looking 
for cheese. Can't 
even see it is kept 
on top of the jug.
5
                   The Way The World Looks
Gappu's Air Journey
Gappu was a brave little 
mouse. One day, he saw 
children playing with a huge 
gas balloon. The balloon went 
up and touched the roof. 
Gappu was thrilled. He got an 
idea. Next day, when the children 
went to school, Gappu climbed up 
the string of the balloon. He could 
see the blades of the fan from above.
D Draw how the fan looks from below.
Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table 
with newspapers on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, 
fruits etc.
D Look for these things in the photo.
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The story demands a high level of imagination and children need adequate discussion about 
how things look differently in shape and size when you see them from different views and 
distances. However, the story should not lose its fun element.
Oh! There is so much dirt 
on these blades. From 
below they look so clean.
That stupid
Chinky is looking 
for cheese. Can't 
even see it is kept 
on top of the jug.
53
D Can you think why Gappu could see the cheese on the jug but 
Chinky could not?
Just then a strong wind pushed the 
balloon out of the room.
The balloon flew up and Gappu 
started going up in the sky. As he looked down, he 
could see his house.
As he went higher he could see things around his house — 
the park, the Gurudwara, the railway-line, a sweet-shop 
and Suhasini's house with the big water-tank on its roof ...
Who is that, on the 
railway track? Is it 
that fat cat Monty? 
Ha! Ha! Ha! From here 
it looks like a big 
white mouse.
This must be the 
Gurudwara where 
Amarjeet goes every day.
I did not know 
there is a sweet 
shop here! Yummy!
When I ran around in my 
house, it looked so big! But 
from here, it looks small. 
How is that?
5
                   The Way The World Looks
Gappu's Air Journey
Gappu was a brave little 
mouse. One day, he saw 
children playing with a huge 
gas balloon. The balloon went 
up and touched the roof. 
Gappu was thrilled. He got an 
idea. Next day, when the children 
went to school, Gappu climbed up 
the string of the balloon. He could 
see the blades of the fan from above.
D Draw how the fan looks from below.
Gappu looked down. He could see the bed, the chair, one table 
with books on it and the other table with a bottle, a jug, fruits etc.
D Look for these things in the photo.
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D Imagine how your classroom looks from above. Try to draw it 
and mark the benches, blackboard, doors, windows etc.
The balloon went up, up and up. Gappu kept wondering how big 
the world is! Now he could see lots of houses, streets, roads
and buses.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound ... phatt! The balloon
burst and started falling down ... down ... and everything
started looking bigger and bigger. Dhapp! --- Gappu fell on the
railway-track. He ran to save himself from the cruel Monty
who ran after Gappu and 
the other rats on the 
railway track.
When Gappu saw the 
railway-track from above, 
it looked like this —
54
These cars and 
buses look so small 
from here! Just like 
toys. And people 
look like ants!
Wow! Is that the 
train, looking like a 
long box from here?
D Look at these pictures and discuss why things look wide and 
big at this end but narrow and small at the other end.
55
Match Two Views of the Same Pose
This is a top view of a girl in a yoga pose.
Only one of the photos below is the correct 
match of the same yoga pose. Mark it.
But when he fell on the 
track, the railway line 
looked like this.
Oh! Things look so 
different when you look at 
them from the top and 
from the side.
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D Imagine how your classroom looks from above. Try to draw it 
and mark the benches, blackboard, doors, windows etc.
The balloon went up, up and up. Gappu kept wondering how big 
the world is! Now he could see lots of houses, streets, roads
and buses.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound ... phatt! The balloon
burst and started falling down ... down ... and everything
started looking bigger and bigger. Dhapp! --- Gappu fell on the
railway-track. He ran to save himself from the cruel Monty
who ran after Gappu and 
the other rats on the 
railway track.
When Gappu saw the 
railway-track from above, 
it looked like this —
54
These cars and 
buses look so small 
from here! Just like 
toys. And people 
look like ants!
Wow! Is that the 
train, looking like a 
long box from here?
D Look at these pictures and discuss why things look wide and 
big at this end but narrow and small at the other end.
55
Match Two Views of the Same Pose
This is a top view of a girl in a yoga pose.
Only one of the photos below is the correct 
match of the same yoga pose. Mark it.
But when he fell on the 
track, the railway line 
looked like this.
Oh! Things look so 
different when you look at 
them from the top and 
from the side.
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These are two different views of the same bowls.
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1 2
3
D In which photo are the bowls upside down? ____________
Look at the side view in photo 3 to find the answer.
It would be exciting for children to imagine and find out how different things can look from
differentangles.Italsohelpstoimprovetheirspatialunderstanding.
D
D
Draw lines to match the side view with the top view of
— A pipe
— A funnel
Try to draw pictures of a shoe from the side, top, front etc.
The Park behind Gappu's House
Youngchildrentendtothinkofdirectionslikeleft,frontetc.inabsoluteterms.Itisimportant
forthedevelopmentofspatialunderstandingtomakethemawarethatdirectionsarerelative
to one's position. Something that is towards the left from one position can be towards the
rightfromanotherposition.Moreactivitiescanbedoneintheclassbasedonthisconcept.
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