September 21, 2021

General Physics 1
Module 1: Measurement

Andrea Camille Garcia

STEM 12-A
Ms. Angeline Berosil

Activity #1
✓ The length of a sheet of metal is measured as 233.3 mm and the width is 9.3 mm.
a. Rewrite this measurements (following the number of its significant digits) in terms of ft.
b. Find the perimeter (2L+2W) of the metal in ft. Express your answer in 2 significant digits.
Answer:
a. 0.7654 ft. or 7.654 10-1 ft. 3.0 10-2 ft.
b. 1.5 ft.

✓ Let’s test your knowledge about metric units of distance measurement and your ability to
convert between these.

1. What is longer, 2.16 m or 216 mm?

2. How many millimeters are in 27.1 centimeters?

3. Chleo grew 10 centimeters in 1 year. She is now 1.6 m tall. How tall was she 1 year ago?

4. Nedy buys a reel of thread for sewing. There are 10 m of thread on the real. She uses 210
cm. How much is left on the reel in centimeters?
5. How many minutes are in four hours?

6. Jeffrey is overweight. He is 105 kg. His aim is to lose 500 g per week. If he manages this,
how many weeks will it be until he is 90 kg?

7. A 30 g serving of a certain breakfast cereal has 0.5 g of salt. How much salt would that
be in milligrams?