Worksheet on Measurement
Name: ............................................................................... Class: ............................ Date: ....................
1. Find the length of the objects shown.
a) Express it in SI unit. b) Give your value in standard form.
SI unit:..0.05 m SI unit: 0.0055 m
Standard form: 5.0 x 10
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m Standard form: 5.5 x 10-3 m
2. A student measures the length of a room for five times. The readings are 4.65 m, 4.64 m, 4.63 m,
4.66 m and 4.70 m.
a) What is the average reading?
4.66 m.
b) What is the advantage of taking the reading more than once?
To avoid error in measurement and for accuracy.
3. a) Calculate the mass of water.
Give your answer in SI unit and express it in standard form.
SI unit: 0.046 kg
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Standard form: 4.6 x 10 kg
b) Calculate the mass of stone.
Give your answer in SI unit and express it in standard form.
SI unit: 0.074 kg
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Standard form: 7.4 x 10 kg
4. Calculate the area and volume of the given boxes and give your answers in SI unit.
Area: 1.2 m2 . Area : 0.14 m2
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Volume: 0.6 m Volume: 0.02 m
5. Find the time from the given stop watches. Give your answer in SI unit and express the value in
standard form.
SI unit: 0.051 s 0.00000001 s 0.000023 s
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Standard form: 5.1 x 10 s 1.0 x 10 s 2.3 x 10 s
6. Mark the correct position of the eye with a tick and the wrong positions with ‘X’.
Explain what would happen if you view from the positions marked ‘X’.
Error in measurement called parallax error occurs.