2.1 Compound Measures

Compound measures
• That density is the amount of mass in a certain

space
• That
• How to calculate density, mass and volume
• How to calculate other compound measures
such as pressure, rate of change etc
Previous Learning
Calculate the volumes of the cuboids and the missing lengths.
Reminder: volume of a cuboid = height × width × depth
5 mm
3 cm
30 cm3 4m 125
___ mm3
___
16 m3
___
2 cm 5 mm
5 cm 5 mm
2m
2m
4 cm
___
4 mm
120 mm3 64 cm3
2 mm 2 cm
___
15 mm 8 cm
New Learning
Think – Pair – Share
These two objects are the same volume. In water, the brick would sink
and the sponge would float. Why?
• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That
• How to calculate other compound measures such as pressure, rate of change etc
New Learning
Common units
g/cm3  how many grams for every cm3
kg/m3  how many kg for every m3

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Pause Point
Density is …………………………..
[mass ; volume]
It tells us how ……. matter is ……. together.
packed tightly
Common units
……….. how many grams for every cm3
………… how many kg for every m3

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Pause Point
Density is the amount of mass in a volume

.
It tells us how tightly matter is packed

together.
Common units
g/cm3  how many grams for every cm3
kg/m3  how many kg for every m3

• That
New Learning
Measured in
Density
g/cm3 or kg/L
Measured in m/s,
Speed
km/h or mph
Measured in N/m2
Pressure
or N/cm2
Measured in km/L
Fuel consumption
or mpg
What is compound measure?

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Pause Point
Compound measures are types

of …….. that involve ……….or ……..
different……..
more
two units measure

• That
Pause Point
Compound measures are types

of measure that involve two or more
different units.

• That
New Learning

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Pause Point
Density =
Volume =
Mass = x
Density is usually measured in ………………….

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Pause Point
Density =
Volume =
Mass = x
Density is usually measured in kg/m3 or g/cm3

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I do
Density = You do
A cuboid has dimensions of Find the mass of a marble
2 m × 50 cm × 160 cm. model, 56 cm3 in volume, if the
It has a density of 0.8 kg/m . 3 density of marble is 2.8 g/cm3.
Find the mass of the cuboid.
56 × 2.8 = 156.8 g
Volume = 2 × 0.5 × 1.6 = 1.6 m3
Mass = x
= 0.8 × 1.6 = 1.28 kg/m3

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I do You do
A cylinder has a mass of 270 g. Calculate the volume of a liquid
It has a density of 3 g/cm3. weighing 4 kg and having a density of
Find the volume of the cylinder. 1.25 g/cm3.
Volume = 4000 ÷ 1.25 = 3200 g
= = 90 cm3

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I do You do
A 1 kg bag of sugar has a volume of
Find the density of a piece of wood
about 625 cm3. What is the density of
weighing 6 g and having a volume of 8
the sugar in grams per cubic centimeter?
cm.
Density = 1000 ÷ 625 = 1.6 g/cm³
6 ÷ 8 = 0.75 g/cm³

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MWB

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Calculate the volume of a piece of wood

that weighs 102 g and has a density of
0.85 g/cm3.
102 ÷ 0.85 = 120 cm³

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MWB
I bought a 50 kg bag of coal and estimated the

total volume to be about 28 000 cm3. What is its
density in g/cm3 to 2 d.p.?
50 000 ÷ 2 800 = 1.79 g/cm³

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MWB
Find the density of the material of a

pebble weighing 34 g, which has a
volume of 12.5 cm3.
34 ÷ 12.5 = 2.72 g/cm³

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MWB
Oil has a density of 800 kg/m3.

Convert this into g/cm3
800 ÷ 1 000 000 × 1000

= 0.8 g/cm³

• That
Independent Practice
1) A cast-iron rod 2 m long has a cross- 5) The volume of a solid object is 5 cm3
14 ×of200
sectional area = 2800
14 cm 2
. Thecm³
mass of and its mass50is÷50
5 =g.10
Calculate
g/cm³ the
the rod 210 000
is 210 kg.÷ Calculate
2800 = 75theg/cm³
density density of the material.
of the rod in g/cm3
6) It is estimated that the statue of Queen
A certain type of plastic has a density of
Victoria in Endcliffe Park, Sheffield has a
3 g/cm3. 3 × 1 000 000 ÷ 1000
= 3000 kg/m³ volume of about4 ×49200
m3. The
= 36density
800 g of the
Convert the density into kg/m3 material used to make the statue is 9.2
g/cm3. What is its mass?
3) A cuboid of dimensions 4 cm by 5
cm by 3 cm is made of metal with A statue is made of metal of density 8
4 × 5 × 3 = 60 cm³ 8 × the
30 =mass
240 cm³
density 10 g/cm3. Calculate the mass g/cm3. Find of the statue if its
60 × 10 = 600 g = 0.6 kg
of the cuboid in kg. volume is 30 cm3.
Water of density 1000 kg/m³ fills a pool. A block of lead has a volume of 540 cm3
The mass of the water is 35 tonnes. and a mass of 6.156 kg.
6156 ÷ 540 = 11.4 g/cm³
(1 tonne35= 000
1000÷ kg)
1000 = 35 m³ Find its density in g/cm3
Calculate the volume of the pool.
1) Find the density of a metal if weighs 800
grams. 8 g/cm3?
2) Rosetta drives 85 kilometres in 1 hour 15

minutes. Work out her average speed in km/h.
?
68 km/h
3) Yoko flew on a plane from Tokyo to Sydney.

The plane flew a distance of 7800 km. The flight
time was 9 hours 45 minutes. Work out the
average speed of the plane in kilometres per
?
hour. 800 km/h
4) A silver ring has a volume of 3 cm3 and a mass of 36
? 3
grams. Find the density of the silver. 12g/cm cm3 ?
5) A force of 108 Newtons is applied across an area
of 4.5 m2. Work out the pressure. 24N/m2 ?
?
6) Gold plating costs £6 per cm2. How much will it cost
to plate a rectangular lid of dimensions 10cm by 24cm?
£1440
New Learning
Would you rather…
A woman wearing a stiletto heel trod on your foot

Or…
An elephant trod on your foot?
Measured in N/m2
Pressure
or N/cm2
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Pause Point
Pressure is a measure of how much force is applied

over a unit of area
• Gets bigger if force gets bigger
• Gets bigger if force is more concentrated
• Gets smaller if force is more spread out
Measured in N/m2
Pressure
or N/cm2

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I do
A car of weight 6 400 N has four
Pressure =
wheels. Each wheel has an area of
80 cm² touching the road. Find the
pressure the car puts on the
ground.
Pressure = = = 20 N/cm2

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1) Emily weighs 500 N and is wearing 5) A girl has a weight of 450 N and
stiletto heels which combined have an area her feet have a total area of 300 cm².
Pressure = 500 ÷ 0.0001
of 0.0001 m . What pressure does she
2
Calculate the pressure her feet put
= 5 000 000 N/m²
exert? on the ground.
2) Nelly the elephant weighs 50 000 N. Her 6) A woman weighs 650 N and wears
4 feetPressure
are on the=ground
50 000and÷ 0.8
cover a total high heels with a total area of 52 cm².
area =of62
0.8500
m2. N/m²
What is the pressure under What is the pressure on the floor?
her feet?
7) An elephant puts a force of 36 000
Who would sink further into the ground – N on its four feet, which each have an
Emily orEmily
Nelly? –Can you pressure!
more justify your area of 1800 cm². What is the
answer? pressure it exerts on the ground?
4) A hammer hits a nail with a force of 50 N A student uses a glue stick with an
into Pressure
some wood. The area of the area of 4 cm², putting a pressure of
= force ÷ area = 50point of =
÷ 0.02
the nail is 0.02 cm². What is the pressure 0.5 N/cm² on her book. Calculate the
the nail puts on the wood? force she puts on the glue stick.
I do
ROUND 1:
Mr T fills a cuboid container with the dimensions shown. If
50cm he fills it at a constant rate of 25 cm3 per second, how long
will it take him to completely fill the container?
5cm
8cm
Volume:
cm3 ?
Time:
seconds ?
I do ROUND 2: Mr T builds a T shaped container using two cuboids,
with dimensions as pictured. Mr T pours in water at a constant
rate. In 9 hours the water level reaches 45cm from the bottom of
the container, as shown. Determine the time to completely fill
50cm the tank.
The key to solving these questions is:
15cm
40cm a) Work out the rate (cm /hr or cm /s) at which the
3 3
40cm
container fills, using the time given and the volume of
liquid poured in in this time.
30cm
b) Use this rate in relation to the total volume. This might be
working out the total volume given the total time, or vice
10cm versa.
10cm
Volume filled in 9 hours: cm3 ?
Rate at which container fills: cm3/hr ?

Total volume: cm3
?
Therefore time to fill:hrs
?
You do
Mr T builds another T shaped container using two
cuboids, with dimensions as pictured. Mr T pours in slime
at a constant rate. In 12 hours the water level reaches
25cm from the bottom of the container, as shown.
If it takes hours to completely fill the tank, determine the

h height of the upper cuboid.
5cm
10cm 10cm
Volume filled in 12 hours:
cm3 ?
20cm
Rate at which container fills:
cm3/hr ?
5cm Total volume:
5cm
?
But also:
cm3
?
?
cm
You do
Warning: Use consistent units
(e.g. metres rather than cm)
Volume of water drained:

m3 ?
Therefore rate per hour:
m3/hr
?
Total volume:
m3
Time to fill:
?
hours
?
Therefore time extra to wait:
hours
or 1 hour, 45 minutes
?
1) The diagram shows a swimming pool.
2) The diagram shows a swimming pool in
The swimming pool is in the shape of a
the shape of a prism. The swimming pool is
prism. The swimming pool is filled with
empty. The swimming pool is filled with
water at a rate of 5 litres per second.
water at a constant rate of 50 litres per
Jeremy has 10 hours to fill the swimming
minute.
pool. 1 m3 = 1000 litres.
Work out how long it will take for the
Will he
swimming pool to be completely full of
Completely
water. Give your answer in hours.
fill the
(1 m3 = 1000 litres)
swimming
pool in
10 hours?
You must show all your working.
m3
Volume filled in?10 hours: ?

65 hours
Therefore he won’t fill the pool.

Useful formulae: Volume of a cone with radius and 4) A cone of radius 2cm and
height is height 4cm is gradually filled
3) The diagram shows a container for grain. The with water at a constant rate.
container is a cylinder on top of a cone. The cylinder After 37 hours that water level
has a radius of 3 m and a height of m. The cone has a has risen to 1cm. How long
base radius of 3 m and a vertical height of 4 m. The will it take the
container is empty. cone to
The container is then filled with grain at a constant rate. completely
4cm
After 5 hours the depth of the grain is 6 metres above fill with
the vertex of the cone. After 9 hours the container is water? 2cm
full of grain.
Work out the
value of . Give Volume of water after 37 hours:
your answer as
a fraction in its Therefore cm3 filled per hour.
simplest form. You Total volume
must show all your working. hours ?
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𝒉= ?
𝟑

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Compound measures

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

It tells us how ……. matter is ……. together.

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Density is the amount of mass in a volume

It tells us how tightly matter is packed

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

What is compound measure?

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Compound measures are types

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Compound measures are types

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Density is usually measured in ………………….

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Density is usually measured in kg/m3 or g/cm3

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

2 m × 50 cm × 160 cm. model, 56 cm3 in volume, if the

It has a density of 0.8 kg/m . 3 density of marble is 2.8 g/cm3.

Find the mass of the cuboid.

= 0.8 × 1.6 = 1.28 kg/m3

Volume = 4000 ÷ 1.25 = 3200 g

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Density = 1000 ÷ 625 = 1.6 g/cm³

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Calculate the volume of a piece of wood

102 ÷ 0.85 = 120 cm³

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

I bought a 50 kg bag of coal and estimated the

50 000 ÷ 2 800 = 1.79 g/cm³

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Find the density of the material of a

34 ÷ 12.5 = 2.72 g/cm³

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Oil has a density of 800 kg/m3.

800 ÷ 1 000 000 × 1000

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

2) Rosetta drives 85 kilometres in 1 hour 15

3) Yoko flew on a plane from Tokyo to Sydney.

A woman wearing a stiletto heel trod on your foot

Pressure is a measure of how much force is applied

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

• That density is the amount of mass in a certain space

Volume filled in 9 hours: cm3 ?

Rate at which container fills: cm3/hr ?

If it takes hours to completely fill the tank, determine the

Volume of water drained:

Volume filled in?10 hours: ?

Therefore he won’t fill the pool.

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