Displacement

Objective: To use the process of displacement to obtain the data necessary to solve the dilemma while modeling
precision [and the lack of] in measurement.

Notes:

1000cm3 =1000 ml
1 cm3 = 1 ml

Displacement is the process to measure the volume of solid objects based on the amount of water that is displaced.

Initial Volume= 70 ml
Final Volume= 72.5 ml
Volume of object = 72.5 ml - 70 ml = 2.5 cm3
Irregular objects are the most precise when measured with displacement

Percent of Error = (Accuracy)(Me) Measured Value - Actual Value / Actual Value x 100
Record to the nearest hundredth
Final answer should be in bold
Use absolute value so that the answer is positive
Show your work

Dilemma : Preparation is Key

Youre running out the door to catch the bus on the first day of school. You realize that you dont have a dark blue
marker and a light blue marker, two mandatory items on the supplies list you got over the summer. Not wanting to
miss the bus, but also not wanting to go unprepared on the very first day, you wish you could freeze this moment in
time, so you could grab the two markers, but which two markers would you grab? With your bag bursting at the
seams, youd only have 45 cm3 left of space to fit the two markers in. Just like that, everything around you stops, and
you realize that your wildest freeze frame moment is now quick which marker combinations could you fit?

Measurable Property: volume of irregular shaped solids

Materials: markers, water for measurement



Equipment: graduated cylinders of various sizes, beaker for water, droppers, glass stirring rod

Terms to include: meniscus, eye level, graduated, calibrated, volume, displacement

Images: Precision in procedural steps [include in photo collection below]

Additional Documentation: A table for data collection [as seen below]

Image of marker Volume by displacement [cm3] Actual Value % of error

show equation for work [cm3] show equation for work
TBP

91.5 ml - 85 ml = 6.5 ml 11cm3 6.5-11= -4.5

6.5 cm3 -4.5/11=-0.409
0.409x100=
40.909% error
98.2 ml - 75 ml = 23.2 ml 29cm 23.2-29= -5.8
23.2 cm3 -5.8/11= -0.527
.527*100= 52.7
52.7% error

97 ml - 75 ml = 22 ml 22cm 22-22=
22 cm3 0/22=
0x100=
0% error
 96 ml - 75 ml = 21 ml 22cm 21-22=
21 cm3 -1/22=
-0.045x100=
4.545% error

Photo Collection
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Dilemma Solutions / Possible Combinations

The volume of these two markers is 43 cm3

The volume of these two markers is 29.7 cm3

The volume of these two markers is 27.5 cm3