UNIT3
Measurement
ician puzzles. These are
numbers in each row,
Be most famous magic square is
27
=
Eieeezers in each row, column,
Square is 15.
ee is the process by which human beings obtain useful
Btitative information, such as the size, weight, and shape of material
Eets; the discance between two places; the time duration of days, nights,
seasons; and temperatures. It is in the nature of human beings to
ure all sorts of physical, mechanical, electrical, chemical, and biological
pertics of things. Precise and accurate measurement is fundamental co
way human beings use tools, materials, and technology to accomplish
far beyond what their brute animal strength alone would ever be
le of. A big part of what makes a person human is the ability to work
sh numbers and make measurements.
ge ofany real number is always a
Seportant properties of absolute
ee supreme judge; from
its decision there is
no appeal.”
Tobias Dantzig
of the four properties of