MAKING MEASUREMENTS

BLA
The distance between California and Texas is 1846
_______ .
The height of my friend in Grade 3 is 140 _____ .
John bought 27.5m of cloth. How many cm of cloth
did he buy?
Convert distance of 20km to metre.
Tom’s weight is 45000 gram. What is his weight in kg?
 Measurement
A scientific measurement requires:

1.The definition of the physical quantities

2.The units

The value of a physical quantity is actually the product of

a number and a unit.
 Length and volume
Length – measurement of something from one end to
another end

Volume – amount of space occupied by an object

The Système International(SI) unit

The SI, or metric system of units is the internationally

accepted system of units for measurement in all of the
sciences, including physics
 SI Unit of length
Metre – m
1 decimetre (dm) = 0.1 m
1 centimetre(cm) = 0.01m
1millimetre(mm) = 0.001m
1 micrometre(μm) =0.000 001m
1kilometre(km) = 1000m
 Measuring length
The wire must be straight
Look at the end of the wire
Look at the marking on the rule(scale)
Look at the other end of the wire and read the scale
More measurement techniques
DLA
MEASURING THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF A SHEET
Measuring volume
SI Unit of volume
Measuring volume by
displacement
DLA Question
DLA Question
 Measuring time
Analogue clock

Digital clock
DLA
DLA
 Mass
 Mass is a measure of “amount of stuff.”

Unit of mass is kilogram(kg).

Mass is the quantity of matter in a physical body.

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