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Station #1: Volume of water in graduated cylinders
(A) “1000 mi” increment >__ 800 mi [conven to__+ 8 _L] #ofsig figs=_L
(B) “tom” increments > @40__mt_fconvertto__o GL] Hofsig figs=_Z.
(© “10 ml “increments >___ 722 ml [eonvertto__» 222 1) #ofsig figs=_3
‘Station #2; length (long side) of a piece of paper
(A) “I meter” increment > «3m, #ofsig figs-_“L_
(B) “I-decimeter” increments >_2s%_ dm. feomertto__ 29 _m] fofsig figs=_2
(©) “I-centimeter increments” >_ 274 cm, [convert to m] #ofsig figs=_3
Station #3: Width (short side) ofa single rectangular lab table
(A) “I meter” increment >. © _m #ofsig igs=_*
decimeter” increments > _©- dm. [convert to__+ GI m] #ofsig figs=_2
increments” > 60+ cm. feonvertto_ 605 _mJ #ofsig figs=_3
single rectangular lab table
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