Measurements

What is measurement?
Measurement: Is a way to describe world with numbers.

Measurement tools
What is the practical benefit of the following tools?
Graduated cylinder, thermometer, stopwatch, meter stick, balance, and spring
scale.
Tool benefit
Graduated cylinder To measure volume
Thermometer To measure temperature
Stopwatch To measure time
Meter stick To measure length
Balance To measure mass
Spring scale To measure force

Estimation
What is the estimation?
Estimation: is a skill based on previous experience and is useful when you are in a
hurry and exact numbers are not required.
How practical is the skill of estimation?
In many instances estimation is used on a daily basis like the caterer, chef and
firefighter all of them depends on estimate.

Using estimation
Why do we use estimation?
1) Comparisons to estimate measurements.
2) Check that an answer is reasonable.

Precision and accuracy

What is precision?
Precision: is a description of how close measurements are to each other.
What is accuracy refers to?
Accuracy refers to how close the measurements are to real or accepted value.

The international system (SI)

Why the scientist established the SI system?
The scientist established the SI system to avoid confusion.
What are the SI units is?

Quantity Unit Symbol

1 Length Meter m
2 Mass Kilogram kg
3 Time Second s
4 Electrical Current Ampere A
5 Amount of substance mole mol
6 Temperature Kelvin K
7 Luminous intensity Candela (Candle) cd

What is the SI prefixes?

Prefix Multiplier Power
Giga 1,000,000,000 109
Mega 1,000,000 106
Kilo 1,000 103
Hector 100 102
Deka 10 101
Unit 1 100
Deci 0.1 10−1
Centi 0.01 10−2
Milli 0.001 10−3
Micro 0.000 001 10−6
Nano 0.000 000 001 10−9