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The Metric System

Apprenticeship and Workplace
Mathematics
(Grade 10/Literacy Foundations Level 7)
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 Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Section Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . V

The Metric System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Lesson A: Length. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lesson B: Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Lesson C: Volume and Capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lesson D: Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lesson E: Temperature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Appendix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Data Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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Section Organization
This section on The Metric System is made up of several lessons.

Lessons
Lessons have a combination of reading and hands-on activities to give you a
chance to process the material while being an active learner. Each lesson is made
up of the following parts:

Essential Questions
The essential questions included here are based on the main concepts in
each lesson. These help you focus on what you will learn in the lesson.

Focus
This is a brief introduction to the lesson.

Get Started
This is a quick refresher of the key information and skills you will need to be
successful in the lesson.

Activities
Throughout the lesson you will see three types of activities:

• Try This activities are hands-on, exploratory activities.

• Self-Check activities provide practice with the skills and

concepts recently taught.

• Mastering Concepts activities extend and apply the skills you

learned in the lesson.

You will mark these activities using the solutions at the end of each section.

Explore
Here you will explore new concepts, make predictions, and discover patterns.

Bringing Ideas Together

This is the main teaching part of the lesson. Here, you will build on the ideas
from the Get Started and the Explore. You will expand your knowledge and
practice your new skills.

Lesson Summary
This is a brief summary of the lesson content as well as some instructions on
what to do next.

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At the end of each section you will find:

Solutions
This contains all of the solutions to the Activities.

Appendix
Here you will find the Data Pages along with other extra resources that you need
to complete the section. You will be directed to these as needed.

Glossary
This is a list of key terms and their definitions.

Throughout the section, you will see the following features:

Icons
Throughout the section you will see a few icons used on the left-hand side of
the page. These icons are used to signal a change in activity or to bring your
attention to important instructions.

AWM online resource (optional)

This indicates a resource available on the internet. If you do not have
access, you may skip these sections.

Solutions

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My Notes
The column on the outside edge of most pages is called “My Notes”. You can use
this space to:

• write questions about things you don’t understand.

• note things that you want to look at again.

• draw pictures that help you understand the math.

• identify words that you don’t understand.

• connect what you are learning to what you already know.

• make your own notes or comments.

Materials and Resources

There is no textbook required for this course.

You will be expected to have certain tools and materials at your disposal while
working on the lessons. When you begin a lesson, have a look at the list of items
you will need. You can find this list on the first page of the lesson, right under the
lesson title.

In general, you should have the following things handy while you work on your
lessons:
• a scientific calculator
• a ruler
• a geometry set
• Data Pages (found in the appendix)

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The Metric System

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures is in Sèvres near Paris, France.
This is the headquarters where representatives from around the world meet to set
standards that affect the way people take and report measurements, both in science
and in their daily lives. These standards are called the International System of
Units. The internationally-used abbreviation, SI, comes from the French le Système
International d’Unités. This system includes units of measure such as metres, litres,
and kilograms, which you may already be familiar with. You may know this system
by its other name—the metric system.

The SI has its origins in France. It arose as an effort to standardize and simplify
measurements after the French Revolution. Today, the SI (or the metric system) is
commonly used in the majority of countries around the world.

In Canada, the metric system was legalized in 1871, although the imperial system of
measurement (feet and pounds) continued to be widely used until the second half
of the 20th century. Even today, there are many people who think of their height
and weight in feet and pounds rather than in centimetres and kilograms. Do you?

In this section you will:

• describe the relationships between the units for length, area, volume,
capacity, mass and temperature in the Système International (SI).

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Lesson A
Length
To complete this lesson, you will need: In this lesson, you will complete:
• a metric (SI) ruler or metre stick • 7 activities
• a metric (SI) tape measure

Essential Questions

• How is length measured in SI?

• What are the common units used when measuring length in SI?

• How are lengths in one unit converted to another unit?

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My Notes Focus
Anna is helping her father work on the family car.

“I think we’ll need the 10-mm metric wrench to loosen this bolt,”
Anna observed.

“You’re right,” her father smiled. “How did you know?”

“Well, the hexagonal head of the bolt is about the width of my small
finger. And that’s about 1 cm, or 10 mm!”

Metric wrenches, such as the one in the photograph, are sized

in millimetres. Do you remember how to convert millimetres to
centimetres? What would a 12-mm wrench be in centimetres? What
would it be in metres?

Photo by Christopher Dodge © 2010

Get Started
You may have heard people describe horses’ heights using the term
hands. They are referring to the number of hand-widths that make up
the height of the horse.

Parts of your body can be used to measure objects. You could use the
width of a finger or the width of your hand. Or, you might use the
length of your arm. For example, what is a measure you could use to
describe the distance from your home to your friend’s home? One
suggestion might be to use the number of paces you would have to
walk between the houses.

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Activity 1 My Notes

Try This

In this activity you will measure the length of an object using parts of
your body. You can use the table below to record your measurements.
An example has been given in the first row.

Object My Measurement
Length of a pen 8 thumb widths

Step 1: Identify parts of your body that could be used to measure the
length of objects around you. These may include the width of your
fingers or hands, arm lengths, or paces.

Step 2: Identify objects around you that can be measured using the
body part measures identified in step 1. List these in the first column
of your table. Your list may include objects like the width of a door,
the length of a kitchen table, the length of a wall, and the height of a
water glass.

Step 3: Measure the objects you listed in Step 2 using an appropriate

body part measure. Record your measurement in the second column
of your table.

Answer the following questions.

1. Review the measurements recorded in your table. Do you think

they would be the same as those recorded by someone smaller
than you, like a child? How about someone larger than you?

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2. What are some reasons why the measurements might be different

My Notes
between you and someone else, even though you’re using the
same body part to measure the same item?.

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

A Standard Unit of Length

You may have observed that using a measurement system that relies
on body parts does not always allow for consistent measurement. SI
provides a standard length called the metre, so two people measuring
independently will obtain the same measures of length and distance.

For small lengths, the metre is divided into smaller parts using powers
of 10. You will encounter decimetres, millimetres, and centimetres,
which are tenths, hundredths, and thousandths of a metre. Similarly,
for longer distances, 10 times, 100 times, and 1000 times a metre are
common.

Any of the SI units of length relate to any other by a power of 10.

That is why one of the skills you will need to work in SI is multiplying
and dividing by powers of 10.

When the exponent of 10 is positive, see how the exponent relates to

the number of instances 10 appears as a factor in the expanded form
and the number of zeroes in the product.

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Powers of 10
My Notes
10 = 1
0

101 = 10
102 = 10 × 10 = 100
103 = 10 × 10 × 10 = 1000
104 = 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 = 10 000
107 = 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 = 10 000 000
1010 = 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 × 10 = 10 000 000 000

When the exponent is negative, see how the exponent relates to the
number of zeroes in the product.

1
10−1 = = 0.1
10
1
10−2 = = 0.01
10 ×10
1
10−3 = = 0.001
10 ×10 ×10
1
10−4 = = 0.0001
10 ×10 ×10 ×10
1
10−5 = = 0.0001
10 ×10 ×10 ×10 ×10

 o practise working with powers of 10, go and look at

T
Powers of 10 (http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/
math/mathawm10/html/powers10.htm). When you've
launched this multimedia, drag the slider one way and
then the other. When the exponent of 10 is positive, see
how the exponent relates to the number of instances 10
appears as a factor in the expanded form and the number
of zeroes in the product. When the exponent is negative,
see how the exponent relates to the number of zeroes in
the product.

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My Notes Activity 2
Self-Check

Complete the table below.

Powers of 10 in Standard Form Powers of 10 in Exponent Form

1000 10 × 10 × 10 = 103
100
10 101
1
0.1
0.01 10 –2
0.001

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

Multiplying Powers of 10
Do you remember learning the shortcut or rule for multiplying by a
power of 10? Suppose you had to multiply 17.54 by 10 2. Following the
shortcut, you would simply move the decimal point to the right two
places. You move the decimal point two places, because the exponent
of 10 is 2, and you move to the right because the exponent is positive.

17.54 × 102 =
17.54 = 1754
If you multiplied the number by a negative exponent, the decimal
would move left:
17.54 × 10–2 =
17.54 = .1754

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To practise this shortcut, look at Multiplying by Powers of 10 My Notes

(http://media.openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/
html/multiply_powers.htm).

There are two sliders. The left slider allows you to enter a
number from zero to 100. The other slider allows you to
control the value of the exponent in the power of 10. Pay
special attention to what happens to the decimal point when
you multiply by a power of 10 that has a negative exponent.
You can also enter values directly in the small box beside each
slider.

Activity 3
Self-Check

Complete the following questions using the shortcut for multiplying

by powers of 10.

1. What is 3.92 multiplied by 104?

2. What is 9.9 multiplied by 10 –5?

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3. 31.42 × 1000 =
My Notes

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

Dividing by Powers of 10
You have seen that to multiply by a power of 10, you move the
decimal to the right or left depending on the sign of the exponent.

Question: If you multiplied a number by 0.0001, how far would you

move the decimal and in which direction?

Answer:

Since 0.0001 = 10 –4, move the decimal 4 places to the left.

Now let’s look at division. There is a shortcut for dividing by powers

of 10. When you divide, the decimal moves in the opposite direction
as it would if you were multiplying.

Question: What is 4.85 ÷ 1000?

Answer:

Did you get the following answer?

4.85 ÷ 1000 = 0.004 85 (Remember,1000 = 10 3, and the decimal moves

to the left because you are dividing.)

You just reviewed your skills with powers of 10. These skills will help
you convert a measurement in one SI unit of length to an equivalent
one expressed in another unit of length. Now you should be ready to
begin the Explore.

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Explore My Notes

You have probably measured your height in centimetres, but what if

you needed to know your height in millimetres or in metres? How
might you make such a conversion?

Bringing Ideas Together

When SI was first developed in France over 200 years ago, the metre
was defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the North Pole
to the equator.

North Pole

10 000 000

Equator

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My Notes
Did You Know?
Today, because of the precision required in science and
industry, the metre can be defined as the distance light travels
1
in a vacuum in the time interval of of a second.
299 792 458

In SI, prefixes are used to represent multiples or fractions of the

base unit.

• Add the prefix kilo to metre, and you have the kilometre.
• Add the prefix centi to metre, and you have the centimetre.
• Add the prefix milli to metre, and you have the millimetre.

The prefixes—kilo, centi, and milli—are the most common and are
bolded, along with their symbols, in the following table of SI prefixes.

Prefix Symbol Factor

mega M 1 000 000 or 10 6
kilo k 1000 or 10 3
hecto h 100 or 10 2
deca da 10 or 10 1
— — 1 or 10 0
deci d 0.1 or 10 –1
centi c 0.01 or 10 –2
milli m 0.001 or 10 –3
micro μ 0.000 001 or 10 –6

 hen you compare different SI units, the prefixes are

W
important. The Prefix Matching Game (http://media.
openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/html/
prefixgame.htm) will help you to quickly recognize and order
the prefixes based on the factor they represent.

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Prefixes in SI My Notes
For length, the most common prefixes you will generally encounter
are milli, centi, and kilo. What are the symbols for millimetre,
centimetre, metre, and kilometre? You may recall working with the
symbols mm, cm, m, km in previous math courses.

Photo by Stephen Coburn © 2010

Have you seen the prefixes milli, centi, and kilo used with volume?
Record some examples that you have encountered.

In Lesson C you will explore volumes using these prefixes.

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My Notes Length Conversion

Powers of 10 are involved in converting between SI units.

Fortunately, because only powers of 10 are involved, SI unit

conversion only involves the movement of the decimal point. You
can convert between SI units pretty quickly!

 ou may use SI Area Conversion (http://media.openschool.

Y
bc.ca/osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/html/areaconvert/
areaConver.htm) to make the conversion from one area unit
to another.

Conversion Method
— Multiply or Divide by 10, 100 or 1000
smaller units
x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10 x 10

______ km ______ hm ______ dam ______ m ______ dm ______ cm ______ mm

(kilometres) (hectometres) (decametres) (metres) (decimetres) (centimetres) (millimetres)

÷10 ÷10 ÷10 ÷10 ÷10 ÷10

larger units

If you are converting from a larger unit such as centimetres to a

smaller unit such as millimetres, you will multiply because large
pieces can be broken into more smaller sized pieces. You multiply by
10 because centimetres and millimetres are next to each other on the
chart and because 1 cm = 10 mm.

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Example 1
My Notes
6.5 cm = _____ mm cm are larger
mm are smaller
We multiply because we want smaller pieces

6.5 cm × 10 = 65 mm

The answer is reasonable because we have more metres than

millimetres.

If you are converting from a smaller unit such as centimetres to a

larger unit such as metres, you will divide. When you fit smaller
pieces inside a larger piece, you end up with fewer larger sized pieces.

Example 2
720 cm = _____ m cm are smaller
m are larger
we divide because we want less larger pieces

720 cm ÷ 10 ÷ 10 = 7.2 m

or

720 cm ÷ 100 = 7.2 m

We divide by 10 twice because centimetres and metres are not next to

each other.

When combined, dividing by 10 twice is the same as dividing by 100.

We also divide by 100 because

1 m = 100 cm.

Our answer is reasonable because we have fewer metres than

centimetres.

If you convert a measurement to a smaller unit, the decimal place

moves to the right. If you convert to a larger unit, the decimal point
moves to the left.

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My Notes Activity 4
Self-Check

Complete the following table.

1 km = m 1 m = km

1 m = cm 1 cm = m

1 m = mm 1 mm = m

1 cm = mm 1 mm = cm

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

Estimating Lengths and Distances

cm
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Estimating lengths and distances in SI is a useful skill. To estimate, it

helps to visualize the size of some SI units.

Unit Approximate Size

mm • thickness of a dime

cm • width of your pinky finger

• width of a dime

m • length of a giant step

km • distance you walk in about 10 minutes

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Because you are working with powers of 10, you simply move the
My Notes
decimal point to convert between units. Let’s work through several
examples together.

Example 1
A two-dollar coin is approximately 28 mm in diameter.

a. What is the width in centimetres?

b. What is the width in metres?

Solution
a. 28 mm by 0.1 or 10 –1
28 mm = (28 × 0.1) cm
To multiply by 0.1, move the
= 2.8 cm decimal point 1 place to the left.

Can you suggest another way of doing the problem?

Since 1 cm = 10 mm, divide 28 cm by 10.

28 mm = (28 ÷ 10) cm To divide by 10, move the

decimal point 1 place to the left.
= 2.8 cm

b. Since 1 mm = 0.001 m, multiply 28 mm by 0.001 or 10 –3.

28 mm = (28 × 0.001) m
= 0.028 m To multiply by 0.001, move the
decimal point 3 places to the left.

Example 2
Yin lives 2.5 km from school. Convert that distance to metres.

Solution
Since 1 km = 1000 m, multiply 2.5 km by 1000 or 10 3.

2.5 km = (2.5 ×1000) m To multiply by 1000, move the

= 2500 m decimal point 3 places to the right.

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Example 3
My Notes
Jon’s height printed on his driver’s licence is 162 cm. What is his
height in metres?

Solution
Since 1 cm = 0.01 m, multiply 162 cm by 0.01 or 10 –2.

162 cm = (162 × 0.01 ) m To multiply by 0.01, move the

= 1.62 m decimal point 2 places to the left.

Activity 5
Self-Check

1. The local golf course is 6750 m in length. What is the length of

this course in kilometres?

2. A roadside sign indicates a school-bus stop in 0.3 km. How far is

the sign from the bus stop in metres?

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3. The length and width of a stamp are most often expressed in

My Notes
millimetres. Why?

4. A package of 500 sheets of printer paper is 5 cm thick. How thick,

in metres, is a single sheet?

5. The height of the walls in Shawna’s room is 2.4 m. What is the

height in centimetres?

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6. A letter-size sheet of copy paper is 216 mm by 279 mm. What are

My Notes
its dimensions in centimetres?

7. Andrey Alexandrovich Silnov, of Russia, won the 2008 men’s high

jump gold medal in the 2008 Olympics with a leap of 2.36 m.
What was his achievement in centimetres?

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8. Anya, in Newfoundland, found an arrowhead from the Beothuks

My Notes
tribe. Being curious, she researched her find and discovered it
was not an arrowhead but the head of a sealing harpoon. Anya
discovered that the Beothuks tribe hunted seals by pursuing them
in human-propelled boats (known as kayaks today). They made
their catch by throwing harpoons (with rope attached) at their prey.
The harpoon head is made from flint and is 44.5 mm long. What is
the length of this harpoon head in centimetres?

9. The school running track is oval in shape and is 200 m in

circumference. How many times must a runner go around the
track to run 1.6 km?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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My Notes Activity 6
Mastering Concepts
Try these questions. Express your answers in standard (everyday)
notation. For example, 3.2 × 10 2 is a number in scientific notation.
If you use 10 2 to move the decimal point two places to the right, the
result, 320, is in standard notation.

The orbit of Earth around the Sun is not perfectly circular. The
distance from Earth to the Sun changes as it travels around the Sun.

1. The closest Earth is from the Sun is about 1.46 × 10 11 metres.
What is this distance in kilometres?

2. The farthest Earth is from the Sun is about 1.52 × 10 11 metres.
What is this distance in kilometres?

3. What is the difference, in kilometres, between the distances you

found in questions 1 and 2?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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Lesson Summary My Notes

Auto mechanics are skilled

technicians who know the
importance of choosing
the right tool for the job.
To choose the right tool,
mechanics must be familiar
with SI units.

Photo by Tselichtchev © 2010

In this lesson, you discovered that the metre is the base unit of
length from which other units can be derived. You examined the
relationships among the metre, millimetre, centimetre, and kilometre.
Since these relationships are based on powers of 10, to convert among
these units, you simply move the decimal to the left or right. Look
back to the prefix chart to review how each prefix relates to powers of
10 and the position of the decimal.

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Lesson B
Area
To complete this lesson, you will need: In this lesson, you will complete:
• cooking oil or food dye • 6 activities
• an old newspaper
• adhesive tape
• scissors
• a metric measuring tape or ruler

Essential Questions

• How is area measured in SI?

• What are the common units we use to measure area?

• How are areas in one unit converted to another unit?

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My Notes Focus

The bison is part of the natural landscape on the Canadian prairies.

Today, you will often see bison as they graze on ranches and reserves.
The number of bison that can graze on pasture of a given area
depends on plants, rainfall, soil conditions, and climate. For example,
suppose a nearby reserve has 2 km2 of pasture available, and Elders
estimate that each animal requires 2.5 hectares. How many animals
should they have in their herd?

Photo by LightShaper © 2010

Get Started

Photo by Germán Ariel Berra © 2010

Suppose you wanted to describe the areas of a
postage stamp, the front of your MP3 player, a
living-room carpet, and a buffalo paddock.

Could you use your thumbprints to describe the

area of any of these?

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For the postage stamp and the MP3 player, you can count the number
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of thumbprints that fit on each of them. The number of thumbprints
would give a rough estimate of the area of each surface. This
technique, however, would not be practical for estimating the area of
the carpet or the paddock. For the carpet and the paddock, you would
need an area unit much larger than a thumbprint. If you chose an
appropriate area unit, you could cover the carpet or paddock with a
specific numbers of area units that would be easy to express and to
understand.

Activity 1
Try This
In this activity you will use your thumbprints to see how area units
can be used to measure the area of a surface.

You will need a sheet of unlined paper. In order to leave a record

of your thumbprints, you will dip your thumb in cooking oil or
a diluted mixture of food dye. You could also just use a pencil to
outline the positions of your thumb on the sheet of paper.

Step 1: On a piece of unlined paper, apply a method to give the

approximate number of thumbprints you can fit on a sheet of paper.

1. Approximately how many of your thumbprints would cover the

sheet of paper?

2. Describe a method you used to find the approximate number of

thumbprints you can fit on the sheet of paper.

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3. Based on your findings, what is the area of the sheet of paper in

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thumbprints?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

Unit Squares
Since your thumbprint is rounded and not square, there is always
some surface left uncovered between the thumbprints. You will
remember from your earlier work, that area is the number of unit
squares needed to cover a surface. Unit squares can cover a surface
without leaving any space between them exposed. That’s one reason
why unit squares—rather than rounded unit shapes—are used to
measure area.

Suppose a rectangular sheet is 4 units long and 3 units wide. A grid of

lines is drawn over the sheet to make the dimensions and area visible.
What is the area of this rectangular sheet?

How many unit squares cover this rectangle?

Did you count the total number of squares, or did you remember a
shortcut method based on multiplication?

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Suppose a sheet is square, having a side length of 3 units.

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What is the area of this square sheet?

How can you use multiplication to determine the area of this square
and any other square?

Since the length and width of the square are equal, the area is:

3 × 3 = 32 = 9 square units

To find the area of a square, simply square the number of units in a

side length!

Explore

You have seen that unit squares of various sizes can be used to
measure area. SI provides units of area for many situations.

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My Notes Activity 2
Try This
In this activity, you will explore common SI units of area and the
relationships among them.

You will need an old newspaper, tape, scissors, and a metric

measuring tape or ruler.

Measure, cut, and tape some newspaper together to form a square.

The square should measure 1 metre on each side. You have created a
square metre (1 m2).

1. You could use the square you created to measure the area of a
variety of surfaces. Name three such surfaces.

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Next, cut a square, 1 centimetre on each side, from one corner of

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your square metre. The piece you have removed is a square centimeter
(1 cm2).

2. You could use the second square you created to measure the area
of a variety of surfaces. Name three such surfaces.

3. How many square centimetres could be cut from the square

metre? How do you know?

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Finally, cut a square, 1 millimetre on each side, from one corner

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of your square centimetre. The piece you have removed is a square
millimetre.

4. You could use the third square you created to measure the area of
a variety of surfaces. Name three such surfaces.

5. How many square millimetres could be cut from the square

centimetre? How do you know?

6. How many square millimetres could be cut from the square

metre? How do you know?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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Bringing Ideas Together My Notes

In Explore you worked with three common SI units of area. They are
the square metre (m2), the square centimeter (cm2), and the square
millimeter (mm2).

Activity 3
Self-Check
In the following table, write your answers in two different ways—in
standard form and as powers of ten. The first row is done for you as
an example.

An equal area using An equal area using

SI Area Unit a different unit a different unit
(standard form) (powers of 10)
1 m2 10 000 cm2 104 cm2
1 m2 mm2 mm2
1 cm2 mm2 mm2

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

Converting Units of Area

Since the metric system uses powers of 10, you can simply move the
decimal point to convert between units.

Please read and work through the following examples.

 ou may use SI Area Conversion (http://media.openschool.

Y
bc.ca/osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/html/areaconvert/
areaConver.htm) to make the conversion from one area unit
to another.

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Example 1
My Notes
This stamp measures 40 mm long by 31 mm wide.

40 mm

31 mm

Photo by Brendan Howard © 2010

a. What is the area of the stamp in mm2?

b. What is the area of the stamp in cm2?

Solution
a. Since the stamp is a rectangle,
area = length × width
A = l×w
= 40 mm × 31 mm Both length and width
= 1240 mm 2 must be in the same units.

b. Since 1 cm2 = 100 mm2, there will be fewer cm2. To convert

from cm2 to mm2, divide by 100.

!1240 $& 2
1240 mm = ## cm
#" 100 &&% To divide by 100, move the
decimal 2 places to the left.
= 12.40 cm2

Another way to solve this problem is to change the dimensions

to centimetres first.
A = l×w
= 40 mm × 31 mm Remember there are 10 mm in 1 cm.
= 4.0 cm × 3.1 cm 40 mm = 4.0 cm
= 12.40 cm2 31 mm = 3.1 cm

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Example 2
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A bathroom mirror is 0.9 m long and 0.6 m wide.

a. What is the area of the mirror in m2?

b. What is the area of the mirror in cm2?

Solution
a. Since the mirror is a rectangle,
area = length × width
A = l×w
= 0.9 m × 0.6 m Both length and width
must be in the same units.
= 0.54 m2

b. Since 1 m2 = 10 000 cm2, there will be more cm. To convert

from m2 to cm2, multiply by 10 000.

0.54 m2 = (0.54 ×10 000) cm2

= (0.54 ×10 4 ) cm2 To multiply by 104, move the
= 5400 cm2 decimal 4 places to the right.

Another way to solve this problem is to change the dimensions to

centimetres first.
A = l×w
Remember there are 100 cm in 1 m.
= 0.9 m × 0.6 m 0.9 m = 90 cm
= 90 cm × 60 cm 0.6 m = 60 cm
= 5400 cm2

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My Notes Activity 4
Self-Check
Complete the following questions.

1. A Canadian flag is 64 cm by 32 cm.

a. What is the area of the flag in cm2?

b. What is the area of the flag in square metres? Please show two
different ways of calculating your answer.

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2. Measure the dimensions of a light-switch cover in your home.

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a. What is its area in square centimetres?

b. What is its area in square millimetres?

c. Why wouldn’t it be appropriate to express the area in m2?

3. What unit of area would be the most appropriate for measuring

the area of a computer disk? Why?

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4. A sheet of computer paper measures 216 mm by 279 mm. What is

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its area in square centimetres?

5. Measure the dimensions of the floor in your bedroom.

a. What is its area?

b. Why did you choose the units you did?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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Large Areas My Notes

To measure larger areas, such as the area of a province or the area of
a grazing lease, two other SI units are commonly use. They are the
hectare and the square kilometre (km2).

Did You Know?

The area of Wood Buffalo National Park, the largest
national park in Canada, has an area of 44 807 km2.

A hectare is the area of a square that measures 100 m on each side.

It’s approximately the area of a large football or soccer field.

100 m

100 m

A square kilometre is a square that measures one kilometre on

each side.

1 km

1 km

Work through the following examples to practise using

hectares and square kilometres.

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Example 3
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How many square metres are there in one hectare?

Solution

100 m 1 ha

100 m

1 ha = 100 m ×100 m
= 10 000 m2

There are 10 000 square metres in one hectare.

Example 4
How many hectares are there in a square kilometre?

Solution
A hectare measures 100 m by 100.
A square kilometre measures 1 km by 1 km (1000 m by 1000 m).

1 ha 100 m

100 m

1 km2 1000 m

1000 m

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Therefore, a square kilometre is a square that is 10 times as long and

My Notes
10 times as wide as a hectare. In other words, you can fit hectares into
a square kilometer as shown below.

1 km2 1000 m

1 ha

1000 m

10 rows of 10 ha = 10 ×10 ha
= 100 ha

Therefore, 1 km2 = 100 ha.

Example 5
A forest fire in northern Saskatchewan covered an area of 2000 ha.
How many square kilometres did the fire cover?

Solution
There are 100 ha in 1 km2, so there would be fewer km2 than ha. To
convert from hectares to square kilometers, divide the area in hectares
by 100.

! 2000 $& 2
2000 ha = ### & km
" 100 &%
= 20km 2

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Example 6
My Notes
A CFL football field is, with end zones and sidelines, about 137 m long
and 59.5 m wide. What is its approximate area in hectares? Round
your answer to one decimal place.

Solution
area = length × width
A = l×w
= 137 m × 59.5 m
= 8151.5 m2

There are 10 000 m2 in 1 ha, so there would be fewer hectares than

square metres. Divide the area in square metres by 10 000 ha.
! 8151.5 $&
A = ### && ha
" 10 000 &%
= 0.81515 ha

A CFL football field is about 0.8 ha.

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Activity 5 My Notes

Self-Check
Please answer the following questions. When you are finished, check
your answers.

1. Stony Plain 135 is an Indian reserve west of Edmonton. Its area is

51.61 km2. What is the area of the reserve in hectares?

2. Pacific Rim National Park, in British Columbia, covers 51 000 ha.

What is its area in square kilometres?

3. A quarter-section of land in Western Canada is a square about

804.7 m on a side. How many hectares does this area represent?
Express your answer to the nearest unit.

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4. West Edmonton Mall covers an area of about 570 000 m2. How

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many hectares is this area?

5. At the turn of the century there was one bison, on average, for
every 8.5 ha of grasslands on the Great Plains. How many square
metres is 8.5 ha?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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Activity 6 My Notes

Mastering Concepts
A certain rural road is 10 m wide. In paving a section of this road, a
crew surfaced an area equal to 1 hectare. What is the length of the
newly paved section of road? Express your answer in metres.

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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My Notes Lesson Summary

Bison ranches are becoming

more common across the
prairies. Ranchers need to
determine the number of
animals that the area they
have for pasture can sustain.
If you were a rancher, you
would apply the skills you
mastered in this lesson in the
management of grazing land
and your livestock.
Photo by 2009fotofriends © 2010

In this lesson, you examined the relationships among the square

metre, square centimetre, square millimetre, square kilometre, and
hectare. You discovered that these relationships are based on powers
of 10, and, to convert among these units you just have to move the
decimal to the left or right.

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Lesson C
Volume and Capacity
To complete this lesson, you will need: In this lesson, you will complete:
• 24 little cubes. You can use sugar cubes, • 5 activities
children’s blocks, or cubes cut out of
Styrofoam or other material.
• A metric tape-measure

Essential Questions

• How are volume and capacity measured in SI?

• What are the common units used to measure volume and capacity?

• How can you convert between SI units for volumes and capacities?

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My Notes Focus

Have you ever helped plan or pour a concrete walk or driveway?

For this type of project you must be able to accurately estimate the
volume of concrete you will need. After all, you need to order enough
materials without being wasteful. The base unit for volume in SI is the
cubic metre. For example, how much concrete would you need for a
sidewalk that is 1 m wide, 6 m long, and 10 cm thick?

Photo by Jim Lopes © 2010

Get Started

Suppose you wanted to determine the dimensions of a (rectangular)

prism-shaped container that would hold exactly 24 sugar cubes with
no wasted space. The cubes would have to be packed one against the
other and tightly against the walls of the container. What would the
dimensions of the box depend upon?

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The dimensions of the box would depend on the size of a sugar cube
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and how they are arranged in the box. The diagram below illustrates
one possible prism-shaped arrangement.

How many sugar cubes are there in the bottom layer?

How do you know how many cubes there are altogether?

Think of a box made of thin cardboard, just large enough to hold this
arrangement of cubes. You can then describe the dimensions of this
box—4 cubes long, 2 cubes wide, and 3 cubes high. The total number
of cubes is found by multiplying length × width × height.

4 × 2 × 3 = 24

There are 24 cubes in the box.

So, the volume of the box = length × width × height.

Explore

By making various rectangular prisms from a set number of cubes,

you will discover that a certain volume can come in many shapes.

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My Notes Activity 1
Try This
For this activity, you will need 24 sugar cubes. Alternatively, you may
use children’s blocks, or you could cut cubes out of Styrofoam, a block
of cheese, or a potato.

You will arrange the 24 cubes to make as many different (rectangular)

prisms as you can.

1. For each arrangement of cubes, complete a row in the table below.

Remember, you must use all 24 cubes for each arrangement. The
first row is completed as an example.

Prism Data Table

Visual Representation of Prism Product of
Volume
Prism Dimensions Dimensions

2 wide
3 high 2 x 3 x 4 = 24 24 cubes
4 long

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2. Are all the arrangements different?

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3. What can you say about the volume of sugar that each box holds?

4. How can you determine how much each box can hold from its
dimensions?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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My Notes Bringing Ideas Together

In Explore, the volume of sugar each container held was given by the
number of cubes of sugar. This is how all volumes are expressed—as
the number of cubic units of space something occupies.

Remember, the volume of a rectangular box is found using the

following formula:

volume = length × width × height

V=l×w×h A Cubic Metre

One commonly used unit of volume

in SI is the cubic metre (m3).
1m
Let’s try finding the volume of a
rectangular prism, and practise
converting between units.
1m 1m

Example 1
What is the volume in cubic metres of a rectangular box 60 cm long,
50 cm wide, and 40 cm high?

Solution
Because the volume is asked for in cubic metres, first convert the
dimensions of the box to metres.

! 60 $& Remember, there are

60 cm = ## m = 0.60 m
#"100 &&% 100 cm in a metre.

! 50 $&
50 cm = ### & m = 0.50 m
"100 &%
! 40 $&
40 cm = ## m = 0.40 m
#"100 &&%

Then, find the volume of the box.

V = l ×w ×h
= 0.60 m × 0.50 m × 0.4 m
= 0.12 m3

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Small Units of Volume My Notes

Another common unit of volume is the
cubic centimetre (cm3). The cubic centimetre 1 cm
is used for the volumes of smaller objects,
such as the volume of a milk container or the
volume of a jewel. 1 cm 1 cm

Did You Know?

Did you know the cubic centimetre is often referred to as
the millilitre?

The cubic centimetre is much smaller than a cubic metre. How many
cubic centimetres are there in a cubic metre?

Since there are 100 cm

1 m = 100 cm
in a metre, a cubic metre
is 100 cm by 100 cm by
100 cm
1 m = 100 cm
1 m = 100 cm

1 m 3 = 1 m ×1 m ×1 m
1 m3 = 100 cm ×100 cm ×100 cm
1 m3 = 1000 000cm3
or
1 m3 = 10 6 cm3

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My Notes  he interactive SI Volume Conversion (http://media.

T
openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/html/
volumeconvert/volumeConvert.htm) can be used to show the
conversion between units. For example, by positioning the
left slider next to m3 and the right slider to cm3 you can see
that 1 m3 = 1 000 000 cm3 without doing any calculation.
You can use SI Volume Conversion to confirm the solutions in
the examples, in the Self-Check questions that follow, and
anywhere else you need to make volume conversions.”

Example 2
Convert 0.12 m3 to cubic centimetres.

Solution
0.12 m3 = (0.12 ×10 6 ) cm3 Remember, there are 1 000 000 cm3
= 120 000 cm3 (or 106 cm3) in 1 m3

Activity 2
Self-Check
You will need a metric tape-measure to complete this activity. Please
answer the following questions.

1. Using a metric tape-measure, measure the dimensions of your

bedroom closet.
Dimensions:

a. What is its volume in cubic centimetres?

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b. What is its volume in cubic metres?

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c. Which unit of volume is the more appropriate one? Why?

2. Using a metric tape-measure or ruler, measure the dimensions of a

cereal box.
Dimensions:

a. What is its volume in cubic centimetres?

b. What is its volume in cubic metres?

c. Which unit of volume is the more appropriate? Why?

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3. Convert 0.05 m3 to cubic centimetres.

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4. How much concrete measured in cubic metres is required for a

driveway 3 m wide, 20 m long, and 15 cm thick?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

Capacity
People use the word
capacity in various ways.
ELEVATOR
For example, the capacity
of an elevator can refer to
the number of passengers
it can safely hold.

But in SI, capacity refers

to the amount of liquid a ELEVATOR

container can hold, or the

amount of space inside it.

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In Explore, you placed sugar cubes in various rectangular prism-

My Notes
shaped arrangements. You considered the dimensions of the boxes—
imagined to be made of thin cardboard—that would hold the sugar
cubes. You found that the dimensions of the boxes allowed you to
calculate the volume of sugar they could hold. That is, the product of
the dimensions gave you the capacity of the boxes.

Activity 3
Try This
1. Look at various containers, such as
soft-drink bottles, juice containers, and
tinned goods that you have in your
house.

a. Record the measure of at least three

containers and include the SI unit
used.

b. What does each of those SI symbols

stand for?

c. What is the relationship between these units?

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2. a. If you have a rectangular 1 L milk or juice container in the

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fridge, carefully measure its dimensions and calculate its
volume. Round your answer to the nearest cubic centimetre.

b. What is the relationship between the volume of the container

and its 1 L capacity?

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3. A container that has the shape of a cube measuring 10 cm (or

My Notes
1 dm) on a side has a capacity of 1000 mL or 1 L.
This container holds 1 L Here’s why.

volume = 10 cm ×10 cm ×10 cm

= 1000 cm3
capacity = 1000 mL
= 1L

Why do you think a 1 L milk carton is not the shape of a cube having
side lengths of 10 cm?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

Capacity Examples
Work through the following examples to apply your knowledge of the
units of capacity.

Example 3
On a Prince Rupert utility bill, the water a homeowner uses each
month is reported in cubic metres.

WATER
Provided by EPCOR Water Services Inc.
Basic monthly service charge $5.51
Meter reading on Jun 25 (actual) 4585.0
Meter reading on May 27 (actual) –4566.0
Amount of water you used in cubic metres 19.0
Cost of water you used
19.00 m3 at 156.25¢ per m3 29.69
Your total water charges $35.20

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This homeowner used 19 m3 of water last month. If this water was for
My Notes
a family of four, how many litres were consumed per person?

Remember,
Solution
1 m = 100 cm
1 m 3 = 1 m ×1 m ×1 m
= 100 cm ×100 cm ×100 cm
= 1000 000 cm3
= 1000 000 mL 1 cm3 = 1 mL
= 1000 L

1 L = 1000 mL

Since 1 m3 = 1000 L, it follows that 19 m3 = 19 000 L.

To find the consumption per person, divide by the number of people.

19 000 L
= 4750 L/person
4 people
Therefore, the consumption per person was 4750 L.

Example 4
Alexa has a small rectangular cooler she takes with her on picnics.
The interior of the cooler is 32 cm long, 25 cm wide, and 25 cm deep.
What is the capacity of the cooler in litres?

Solution

V = 32 cm × 25 cm × 25 cm
= 20 000 cm3
capacity = 20 000 mL This is because 1 mL = 1 cm3
= 20 L

Remember, 1 L = 1000 mL.

The cooler holds 20 L.

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SI Units of Capacity My Notes

The prefixes of SI are used to form various units of capacity. You
already saw these prefixes when you investigated units of length, area,
mass, and volume.

Prefix Symbol Factor

mega M 1 000 000 or 10 6
kilo k 1000 or 10 3
hecto h 100 or 10 2
deca da 10 or 10 1
— — 1 or 10 0
deci d 0.1 or 10 –1
centi c 0.01 or 10 –2
milli m 0.001 or 10 –3
micro μ 0.000 001 or 10 –6

The following tables show how the units of capacity and volume
compare. See how the relationship 1 cm3 = 1 mL in one row connects
the two tables so that the amounts in corresponding rows are
equivalent.

Capacity Volume
Unit Symbol Symbol Unit
1 cubic
1 millilitre 1 mL 1 cm3
centimetre
1000 litres
1000 L or 1 kL 1 m3 cubic metre
or 1 kilolitre
1000 cubic
1000 cm3
1 litre 1 L centimetres or
or 1 dm3
1 cubic decimetre

 pen Capacity Conversions (http://media.openschool.bc.ca/

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osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/html/capacityconvert/
capacityConver.htm) to have a look at the relationship
between kilolitres (kL) and litres (L). To confirm the
relationship between kL and L indicated in the capacity-
volume table, move the sliders in the Capacity Conversions to
convert 1 kilolitre into litres.

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My Notes Activity 4
Self-Check
Now try these practice questions. To do these questions you will need
to remember the relationships between volume and capacity!

1. A container of liquid laundry detergent holds 3.75 L. How many

millilitres does this container hold?

2. A soft-drink bottle holds 355 mL. How many litres does it hold?

3. Last month, the Ahenekiw family used 25 400 L of water in their

home. How many cubic metres did they use?

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4. A rectangular aquarium is 50 cm long, 40 cm wide, and 30 cm

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deep. If it were filled with water, how many litres of water would
it contain?

5. When full, a rain barrel holds 220 L. What is the volume (in cm3)
of the inside of the barrel?

6. When full, a watering can holds 8 L. What is the volume of water
it holds in cubic centimetres?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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My Notes Activity 5
Mastering Concepts
The area of Vancouver is almost 115 km2. On average, the city receives
1200 mm of precipitation each year.

Photo by Hannamariah © 2010

How many litres of water does this precipitation represent?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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Lesson Summary My Notes

Ordering concrete for a project

involves careful planning,
measuring, and calculating. The
amount ordered may involve
adding a small percentage extra.
In order to keep costs down
and to ensure the job can be
completed with the amount of
concrete delivered, mathematics,
similar to what you explored
in this lesson, are a critical
Photo by Christina Richards © 2010
component.

In this lesson, you examined the relationships among the cubic

metre, cubic centimetre, millilitre, and litre. As in the previous two
lessons, you discovered that these relationships are based on powers
of 10. To convert among these units you can simply move the
decimal to the left or right.

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Lesson D
Mass
To complete this lesson, you will need: In this lesson, you will complete:
• your calculator • 3 activities

Essential Questions

• How is mass measured in SI?

• What are the common units used to measure mass?

• How is one unit used to describe a mass converted to another unit?

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My Notes Focus

Most produce in grocery stores is sold by weight. Recently, in a flyer

from a local supermarket, apples and peaches were advertized at
$2.16/kg, cantaloupe at $1.50/kg, and mushrooms at $5.47/kg. These
prices are quoted in terms of kilograms—an SI (metric) measure
of mass. Scales to weigh produce are available in most stores for
customers to use. Have you used a scale similar to the one in the
photograph?

Photo by Stephen Coburn © 2010

Get Started
Do you have an driver’s license or a passport? If you do, take a closer
look at either of these pieces of identification now.

Notice that the physical characteristics listed on your identification

card include SI (metric) measures for your height and weight.

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In everyday conversation, people use the terms weight and mass

My Notes
interchangeably. The terms are related, but strictly speaking, weight
and mass have different meanings. Weight depends on gravity, while
mass remains constant. For example, on the Moon, where the force
of gravity is less than on Earth, your weight would be less but you
would still be you—mass-wise. Since an object’s mass and weight
are numerically the same here on Earth, we will use the two terms
interchangeably in this lesson.

The kilogram is a unit of mass, but it is commonly used to indicate

weight. If you have access to a bathroom scale, weigh yourself now.

What is your weight (mass) in kilograms?

If you’ve been to a doctor’s office

or health clinic, you may have
noticed that the scales there use
a balance beam. This type of
scale is more accurate than most
bathroom scales.

Photo by Stavchansky Yakov © 2010

Explore

Many sports teams show the mass of each player on the team roster.
What is your favourite professional sports team? Perhaps you have a
favourite hockey, football, or basketball team. Choose this team for
the next activity.

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My Notes Activity 1
Try This
In this activity you will investigate the mass of players and the
effect of a player’s mass on performance.

You will need your calculator to complete this activity.

Step 1: Examine the following player statistics for the Vancouver

Canucks in 2011.

Name Height Weight

Alexander Burrows 6'1" 188
Andrew Ebbet 5'9" 174
Ryan Kesler "A" 6'2" 202
Mark Mancari 6'3" 225
Steven Pinizzotto 6'1" 200
Mason Raymond 6'0" 185
Mikael Samuelsson 6'2" 218
Daniel Sedin "A" 6'1" 188
Henrik Sedin "C" 6'2" 188
Sergei Shrokov 5'10" 195
Marco Sturm 6'0" 194

Step 2: Prepare a chart that lists the following players’ statistics. You
should have columns for the players’ names, height, and weight.

The players’ weight is given in pounds. Divide the weight in pounds

by 2.2 to find the SI (metric) equivalent. For example, Marco Sturm’s
weight is listed at 194 pounds.

To find his weight in kilograms, divide 194 by 2.2.

194 ÷ 2.2 = 88.18

So, Marco’s weight is about 88 kg.

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1. What is the weight, in kilograms, of the heaviest player on the

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team you chose?

2. What is the weight, in kilograms, of the lightest player on your

favourite team?

3. What is the difference between the weights of the heaviest and

lightest player on the team?

4. From the data you have collected, and from your own personal
experience, do you feel the mass of the individual affects his or
her ability to excel in a certain position (or sport)? Or do you
think the position (or sport) influences the mass of the athlete
instead? Explain.

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My Notes

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

Bringing Ideas Together

The base unit of mass in the SI (metric) system is the kilogram (kg).
Originally, in 1796 in France, during the Revolution, the kilogram
was defined as the mass of 1 L of ice water. A few years later, it was
redefined as the mass of 1 L of water at 4º C, the temperature when
water is its densest. However, for consistency, metal cylinders were
manufactured that came as close as possible to this mass.

The metal cylinder used today

was manufactured in the 1890s.
It is made from a metal alloy of
platinum and iridium because
of its stability. This cylinder is
called the International Kilogram
Prototype and is kept in a vault at
the Internal Bureau of Weights and
Measures (BIPM) in Sèvres, France,
near Paris. This is the standard used
by science, industry, and commerce
around the world.
Photo by National Institute of Standards
and Technology © 2010 Public Domain

Scientists are in the process of trying to agree on a different way of

defining the kilogram to make it easier to duplicate. Agreement may
be reached in 2011.

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For the examples in this lesson, the mass of 1 L of water provides a
My Notes
very good approximation of the kilogram. If you have access to a litre
of milk, or perhaps a litre of bottled water or pop, go and take it out
of the fridge or container now. When you lift it, you are lifting a 1-kg
mass. What other everyday objects can you name that have about a
1-kg mass?

A math textbook, a cushion, three apples, and a dress shoe are some
items that weigh about 1 kg.

Example 1
Marty weighed himself on the bathroom scale. He weighed 61 kg.
Later that day, at the store where he works, he lifted five dozen bottles
of water into the trunk of a customer’s car. He told the customer he
just lifted his own weight in water. Was Marty correct in what he said?

Solution
Five dozen bottles is (5 × 12), or 60 bottles. Each bottle holds 1 L, and
60 L of water has a mass of 60 kg, which is close to Marty’s weight.
Including the containers, the total would be at least 61 kg. Marty was
telling the truth!

Comparing Units
So how do different units of mass relate to each other?

There are two common units derived from the kilogram. What does

the prefix kilo mean?

How many grams are there in a kilogram?

1 kg = 1000 g or 1 g = 0.001 kg

Remember that 1 L of water has a mass of 1 kg. But 1 L = 1000 mL and
1 kg = 1000 g. So, 1 mL of water has a mass of 1 g.

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Do you remember what the volume of 1 mL of water is?

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1 cm 1 cm3 = 1 mL

Mass of 1 mL of water = 1 g

1 cm 1 cm

A grape has a mass of about 5 grams. Can you think of some objects
that are approximately 1 g in mass?

Some objects that have a mass of 1 g are: a button, a small gold
earring, or a five-dollar bill. You may have suggested different items.

Let’s work through an example using units of mass.

Example 2
A Canadian dime has a mass of 1.75 grams.
a. Express the mass of the dime in kg.
b. If you had a kilogram of dimes, approximately how many
dimes would you have?

Move the decimal point 3 places to the left.

Solution
! 1.75 $&
a. 1.75g = ### & kg
"1000 &%
= 0.00175 kg

b. 1 kg = 1000 g
1 dime = 1.75 g
1000 g
So, the number of dimes in 1000 g is = 571.42
1.75 g

There are about 571 dimes in a kilogram or about $57.10 worth of dimes.

The previous examples showed that converting among SI units of

mass involves only powers of 10. So mass unit conversion only
involves the movement of the decimal.

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 pen Mass Conversions (http://media.openschool.bc.ca/

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osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/html/massconvert/
massConver1.htm). Then, go back to Example 2 and use this
multimedia to confirm the conversion from grams to
kilogram

Large Masses
Another unit derived from the kilogram is the tonne (t). It is used for
measuring large masses, such as the mass of concrete in a bridge, the
mass of goods in a truck and trailer unit, or the mass of an airplane.

In the lesson on volume, you explored the number of litres in 1 m3.

Remember that 1 m3 = 1000 L. So, what would be the mass of 1 m3 of
water?

Since 1 m3 = 1000 L, each litre of water has a mass of 1 kg. So, 1 m3 of
water has a mass of 1000 kg or 1 t.

Example 3
A Canadair 415 water bomber used in fighting forest fires can hold
6137 L of water. What is the mass, in tonnes, of water that it can
release?

Solution
Since 1 L of water weighs 1 kg, the mass of 6137 L of water is 6137 kg.

! 6137 $&
6137 kg = ### &t
"1000 &%
= 6.137t

The water bomber holds 6.137 t of water in its tanks.

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Example 4
My Notes

Photo by Joyfull © 2010

An Antonov 225, the world’s largest cargo plane, can carry 250 t of
cargo. What is this mass in kilograms?

Solution
250 t = (250 ×1000 ) kg
= 250 000 kg
The Antonov can haul 250 000 kg.

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Activity 2 My Notes

Self-Check
Please do the following questions.

1. Every day, Maria drinks at least 1.75 L of water. What mass of

water would she drink in the year 2013, measured in
a. kilograms?

b. grams?

2. The blue whale can grow to over 170 000 kg. What is that mass in
tonnes?

3. The Smiths’ baby was 3125 g at birth. How much did the baby
weigh in kg?

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4. The Canadian $1 coin is 7 g in mass. In 2007, the Royal Canadian

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Mint struck 36 424 000 of these coins. What is the total mass of all
of these coins in tonnes?

5. A package of 50 cheese slices weighs 0.5 kg. What is the mass, in

grams, of each slice?

6. The total weight of a truck and cargo could weigh over 45 t. What
is 45 t in kilograms?

7. A package of meat is labelled 1.37 kg. What is its weight in grams?

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8. Convert 67 000 g to tonnes.

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9. A 2-kg sausage is divided into several 100-g portions. How many

portions are there?

10. Cream puffs are advertized by a local store for $3.49 for a 250-g
package. What is the price per kilogram?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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My Notes Activity 3
Mastering Concepts
If you have mastered the concepts of this lesson and would like a
challenge, try these questions.

The multimedia piece Mass Conversions (http://media.

openschool.bc.ca/osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/html/
massconvert/massConver1.htm) can help you make the
conversion between mass units.

The quantity of active ingredients in a pill or vitamin tablet is often

quoted in milligrams (mg).

1. What does the prefix “m” in mg mean?

2. How many milligrams are there in a gram?

3. A baby aspirin contains 75 mg of medication. Convert 75 mg to

grams.

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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Lesson Summary My Notes

Do you check your bill when you purchase groceries from a

supermarket? Prices of items that are sold by weight, such as meats
and vegetables, are listed per kilogram. As a careful shopper, you
should be familiar with the SI (metric) system’s units for mass.

Photo by ownway © 2010

In this lesson, you discovered that the base unit for mass in SI is the
kilogram, from which gram and tonne are derived. You examined the
relationships among the gram, kilogram, and tonne. To convert among
these units, you can simply move the decimal to the left or right.

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Lesson E
Temperature
To complete this lesson, you will need: In this lesson, you will complete:
• a thermometer (optional) • 4 activities

Essential Questions

• How is temperature measured in SI?

• What is the history of this temperature scale?

• How is the SI temperature scale used today?

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My Notes Focus

For those who enjoy outdoor activities, winter time, whether it’s
sunny or cloudy, simply means dressing for the weather and enjoying
the ice, snow, and scenery. Skiing, skating, curling, snowmobiling,
and ice-fishing are a few winter sports enjoyed by Canadians across
the country. Of course, occasionally the temperature is too cold to go
outdoors safely for extended periods of time. What do you think the
temperature was on the day the photograph below was taken?

Photo by Galyna Andrushko© 2010

Get Started

How well can you estimate temperature from how warm or how cold
something feels?

Gauging Temperature
The human body is not a very good gauge of temperature. If you’ve
been outside on a cold day and then come indoors, the indoor
temperature will feel hot. But, someone coming out of a hot bath into
the same room will feel cold.

To measure temperatures accurately, you need a thermometer.

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Explore My Notes

Although the human body is not a good gauge of temperature,

the human body is sensitive to temperatures outside. Outside
temperatures affect what type of clothing people need to wear to
avoid discomfort or even to injury from exposure to temperature
extremes. By investigating temperatures in various places in Canada,
and thinking about how you would need to dress in these places, you
will become more familiar with the Celsius scale of temperatures.

Activity 1
Try This
In this activity you will explore some temperatures from around the
country. Think about how you would need to dress in each locale.

The following table records the highest and lowest temperatures for
one day in July.

Temperatures in Degrees Celsius

Community Highest (Maximum) Lowest (Minimum)

Edmonton, AB 25.8 11.2
Iqaluit, NU 15.3 7.6
Regina, SK 26.7 14.5
Vancouver, BC 23.3 11.9
Whitehorse, YK 18.5 8.2
Winnipeg, MB 26.5 13.5
Yellowknife, NT 22.1 12.3

1. Which community had the highest temperature? Describe how

you would feel at that temperature.

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2. Which community had the lowest temperature? Describe how you

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would feel at that temperature.

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

Bringing Ideas Together

Did You Know?

The Inuit have six different words for ‘snow’!

To travel in the Arctic, you need to know how various

conditions can affect your travel by sled or by snowmobile.

The thermometer in the diagram gives temperature

in Celsius and Fahrenheit. The Celsius scale gives
temperature readings in SI. In Section 2, Lesson

Image by michael lawlor © 2010

E, you will explore the Fahrenheit scale. For now,
we’ll focus on the Celcius scale.

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The Celsius temperature scale is named after the Swedish scientist

My Notes
Anders Celsius, who invented a similar
temperature scale in the 1740s. Anders
Celsius took the temperature difference
between the boiling point of water and
the temperature at which ice melts, and
divided it into 100 degrees.

The modern Celsius scale is very similar

in design. The freezing point of water is
very nearly 0ºC, and the boiling point
of water is very nearly 100ºC, so the two
temperatures, for all practical purposes,
are 100 degrees apart.

100ºC water boils

0ºC water freezes

 pen The Celsius Scale (http://media.openschool.bc.ca/

O
osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/html/celsius_scale/index.html).
To reacquaint yourself with important benchmarks on the
Celsius scale, watch the thermometer level and the
descriptors for different temperatures.

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My Notes Activity 2
Try This
Label the thermometer diagram using the descriptors below.

a. freezing point of water

b. plug in car’s block heater
c. hot summer day
d. body temperature
e. exposed flesh freezes
quickly
f. water boils
g. pleasant spring day

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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Temperature Measurements My Notes

In Iqaluit, Nunavut, the average daily temperature during the month
of February is –26°C. In order to determine this average, someone had
to perform calculations based on temperature measurements.

The following examples show other contexts for calculations

involving temperature measurements.

Example 1
The coldest recorded temperature in Canada is –63°C. This
temperature was recorded on February 3, 1947, at Snag, Yukon. The
hottest recorded temperature was 45°C on July 5, 1947, at Midale and
Yellowgrass, Saskatchewan. What is the difference between these two
temperatures?

Solution
45°C is 45 degrees above freezing

–63°C is 63 degrees below freezing

The difference between these two

temperatures can be found by subtracting
–63°C from 45°C.

45ºC 45°C − (−63°C) = 45°C + 63°C

= 108°C

A temperature of 45°C is 108 degrees

warmer than –63°C.
0ºC

–63ºC

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Example 2
My Notes
One day last spring, Ester recorded the maximum (highest)
temperature on her farm. The maximum temperature was +13°C.
The minimum (lowest) temperature was –7°C. What was the average
temperature that day?

Solution
+13°C is 20 degrees warmer than
–7°C

So, the average temperature is

10 degrees colder than +13°C
and 10 degrees warmer than
–7°C. 13ºC
Average temperature
(half-way between the –7ºC
So, the average temperature was maximum and minimum
temperatures)
13º C − 10 º C = +3º C

or

−7º C + 10 º C = +3º C

Can you suggest another way of finding the average?

An average of two numbers can be found by adding them together

and dividing by 2.
! maximum + minimum $&
average temperature = ### &&
" 2 %
! +13º C + ('7º C)$&
= ## &&
#" 2 &%
+6º C
=
2
= +3º C

The average temperature on Ester’s farm was +3°C.

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Temperature Differences My Notes

 sing the interactive piece Average Temperature and
U
Temperature Difference (http://media.openschool.bc.ca/
osbcmedia/math/mathawm10/html/tempdif/
tempAverageDifference.htm) confirm the temperature
difference and average temperature calculated in the
examples 1 and 2. Just drag the sliders for the temperatures.
You can also use the arrow keys to move the sliders.

Activity 3
Self-Check
Please complete the following questions.

1. What are the most common oven temperatures, in degrees

Celsius, for baking? (You may check some recipes you have at
home, or you may use the internet to look up some recipes.)

2. The temperature forecast for May 8, 2010 in Prince George, BC

gives a maximum temperature of 14°C and minimum temperature
of –2°C.
a. Briefly describe how you would dress for comfort at each
temperature.

b. What was the average temperature?

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3. When you are outdoors in winter, you will feel much colder in a
My Notes
strong wind than when the wind is calm. Environment Canada
provides the following chart for calculating wind chill.

Temperature (°C)
5 0 –5 –10 –15 –20
Windspeed (km/h)
5 4 –2 –7 –13 –19 –24
10 3 –3 –9 –15 –21 –27
15 2 –4 –11 –17 –23 –29
20 1 –5 –12 –18 –24 –30
25 1 –6 –12 –19 –25 –32
30 0 –6 –13 –20 –26 –33
35 0 –7 –14 –20 –27 –33
40 –1 –7 –14 –21 –27 –34
45 –1 –8 –15 –21 –28 –35
50 –1 –8 –15 –22 –29 –35
55 –2 –8 –15 –22 –29 –36
60 –2 –9 –16 –23 –30 –36
65 –2 –9 –16 –23 –30 –37
70 –2 –9 –16 –23 –30 –37
75 –3 –10 –17 –24 –31 –38
80 –3 –10 –17 –24 –31 –38

Adapted from http://www.msc.ec.gc.ca/education/windchill/windchill_chart_e.cfm

a. What does the temperature feel like in a 30 km/h wind when

the outdoor temperature is +0°C?

b. What does the temperature feel like in a 40 km/h wind when

the outdoor temperature is –15°C?

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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Activity 4 My Notes

Mastering Concepts
One other temperature scale that scientists often use is the Kelvin (K)
scale. In fact, the kelvin is the base unit for temperature in the SI. This
scale is closely related to the Celsius scale.

Zero kelvin (0 K) is absolute zero—the coldest possible temperature. It

is also the temperature at which all molecular motion is a minimum.
The temperature 0 K is approximately –273°C.

Because the divisions are the same size on both the Celsius and Kelvin
scales, the freezing point of water, or 0°C, must be 273 K.

The formula for converting degrees Celsius to kelvins is

K = °C + 273.

For example, room temperature, or 20°C, would be

K = 20 + 273
= 293

What is each of the following temperatures in kelvins?

1. body temperature, 37°C

2. boiling point of water, 100°C

3. a moderate oven temperature, 175°C

Turn to the solutions at the end of the section and mark

your work.

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My Notes Lesson Summary

Knowledge of temperature is not simply a way to help you dress

appropriately for the weather.

Meats must be cooked to high enough temperatures to avoid illness.

For instance, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency recommends that
whole poultry, such as turkey, duck, or goose, should be cooked to an
internal temperature of 85°C. You can check the internal temperature
using a meat thermometer.

James “BO” Insogna © 2010

In this lesson, you discovered that the Celsius temperature scale is

part of the SI. You explored how the benchmarks on the Celsius scales
are related to the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water.

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The Metric System—

Appendix
Data Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

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TABLE OF CONVERSIONS

1 inch 2.54 centimetres

1 foot 30.5 centimetres
1 foot 0.305 metres
1 foot = 12 inches
1 yard = 3 feet
1 yard 0.915 metres
1 mile = 1760 yards
1 mile 1.6 kilometres
1 kilogram 2.2 pounds
1 litre 1.06 US quarts
1 litre 0.26 US gallons
1 gallon 4 quarts
6
1 British gallon US gallon
5

FORMULAE
Temperature
5
C= ( F 32 )
9

Trigonometry
(Put your calculator in Degree Mode)
• Right triangles
Pythagorean Theorem
a2 + b2 = c2
opposite
sin A = B
hypotenuse
adjacent c
cos A = a
hypotenuse
A
opposite C b
tan A =
adjacent

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GEOMETRIC FORMULAE
cm
Key Legend
1

l = length P = perimeter
2

w = width C = circumference
b = base A = area
3

h = height SA = surface area

s = slant height V = volume
4

r = radius
5

d = diameter
6

Geometric Figure Perimeter Area

7

Rectangle P = 2l + 2w
8

or A = lw
9

P = 2 (l + w )
10

Triangle
bh
11

P = a+b+c A=
2
12

Circle
C =
d
13

or A =
r 2
14

C = 2
r
15

Note: Use the value of
programmed in your calculator rather

16

than the approximation of 3.14.

17
18
19
20

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Geometric Figure Surface Area

Inches
Cylinder
Atop =
r 2
r
• Abase =
r 2
h

1
Aside = 2
rh

SA = 2
r 2 + 2
rh

Sphere
SA = 4
r 2

2
r or
•

SA =
d 2

3
Cone
Aside =
rs

s Abase =
r 2
h
SA =
r 2 +
rs

4
r

Square-Based Pyramid 1
Atriangle = bs ( for each triangle )
2
s Abase = b 2

5
h
SA = 2bs + b 2
b b

Rectangular Prism SA = wh + wh + lw + lw + lh + lh
6

or
h w
l SA = 2 ( wh + lw + lh )

General Right Prism SA = the sum of the areas of

all the faces
7

General Pyramid SA = the sum of the areas of

all the faces
8

Note: Use the value of
programmed in your calculator rather

than the approximation of 3.14.

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Canada Pension Plan Contributions Cotisations au Régime de pensions du Canada
Weekly (52 pay periods a year) Hebdomadaire (52 périodes de paie par année)
Pay Pay Pay Pay
Rémunération CPP Rémunération CPP Rémunération CPP Rémunération CPP
RPC RPC RPC RPC
From - De To - À From - De To - À From - De To - À From - De To - À
358.11 - 358.31 14.40 372.66 - 372.85 15.12 387.20 - 387.40 15.84 401.75 - 401.94 16.56
358.32 - 358.51 14.41 372.86 - 373.05 15.13 387.41 - 387.60 15.85 401.95 - 402.14 16.57
358.52 - 358.71 14.42 373.06 - 373.25 15.14 387.61 - 387.80 15.86 402.15 - 402.35 16.58
358.72 - 358.91 14.43 373.26 - 373.46 15.15 387.81 - 388.00 15.87 402.36 - 402.55 16.59
358.92 - 359.11 14.44 373.47 - 373.66 15.16 388.01 - 388.20 15.88 402.56 - 402.75 16.60
359.12 - 359.32 14.45 373.67 - 373.86 15.17 388.21 - 388.41 15.89 402.76 - 402.95 16.61
359.33 - 359.52 14.46 373.87 - 374.06 15.18 388.42 - 388.61 15.90 402.96 - 403.15 16.62
359.53 - 359.72 14.47 374.07 - 374.26 15.19 388.62 - 388.81 15.91 403.16 - 403.36 16.63
359.73 - 359.92 14.48 374.27 - 374.47 15.20 388.82 - 389.01 15.92 403.37 - 403.56 16.64
359.93 - 360.12 14.49 374.48 - 374.67 15.21 389.02 - 389.21 15.93 403.57 - 403.76 16.65
360.13 - 360.33 14.50 374.68 - 374.87 15.22 389.22 - 389.42 15.94 403.77 - 403.96 16.66
360.34 - 360.53 14.51 374.88 - 375.07 15.23 389.43 - 389.62 15.95 403.97 - 404.16 16.67
360.54 - 360.73 14.52 375.08 - 375.27 15.24 389.63 - 389.82 15.96 404.17 - 404.37 16.68
360.74 - 360.93 14.53 375.28 - 375.48 15.25 389.83 - 390.02 15.97 404.38 - 404.57 16.69
360.94 - 361.13 14.54 375.49 - 375.68 15.26 390.03 - 390.22 15.98 404.58 - 404.77 16.70
361.14 - 361.34 14.55 375.69 - 375.88 15.27 390.23 - 390.43 15.99 404.78 - 404.97 16.71
361.35 - 361.54 14.56 375.89 - 376.08 15.28 390.44 - 390.63 16.00 404.98 - 405.17 16.72
361.55 - 361.74 14.57 376.09 - 376.28 15.29 390.64 - 390.83 16.01 405.18 - 405.38 16.73
361.75 - 361.94 14.58 376.29 - 376.49 15.30 390.84 - 391.03 16.02 405.39 - 405.58 16.74
361.95 - 362.14 14.59 376.50 - 376.69 15.31 391.04 - 391.23 16.03 405.59 - 405.78 16.75
362.15 - 362.35 14.60 376.70 - 376.89 15.32 391.24 - 391.44 16.04 405.79 - 405.98 16.76
362.36 - 362.55 14.61 376.90 - 377.09 15.33 391.45 - 391.64 16.05 405.99 - 406.18 16.77
362.56 - 362.75 14.62 377.10 - 377.29 15.34 391.65 - 391.84 16.06 406.19 - 406.39 16.78
362.76 - 362.95 14.63 377.30 - 377.50 15.35 391.85 - 392.04 16.07 406.40 - 406.59 16.79
362.96 - 363.15 14.64 377.51 - 377.70 15.36 392.05 - 392.24 16.08 406.60 - 406.79 16.80
363.16 - 363.36 14.65 377.71 - 377.90 15.37 392.25 - 392.45 16.09 406.80 - 406.99 16.81
363.37 - 363.56 14.66 377.91 - 378.10 15.38 392.46 - 392.65 16.10 407.00 - 407.19 16.82
363.57 - 363.76 14.67 378.11 - 378.31 15.39 392.66 - 392.85 16.11 407.20 - 407.40 16.83
363.77 - 363.96 14.68 378.32 - 378.51 15.40 392.86 - 393.05 16.12 407.41 - 407.60 16.84
363.97 - 364.16 14.69 378.52 - 378.71 15.41 393.06 - 393.25 16.13 407.61 - 407.80 16.85
364.17 - 364.37 14.70 378.72 - 378.91 15.42 393.26 - 393.46 16.14 407.81 - 408.00 16.86
364.38 - 364.57 14.71 378.92 - 379.11 15.43 393.47 - 393.66 16.15 408.01 - 408.20 16.87
364.58 - 364.77 14.72 379.12 - 379.32 15.44 393.67 - 393.86 16.16 408.21 - 408.41 16.88
364.78 - 364.97 14.73 379.33 - 379.52 15.45 393.87 - 394.06 16.17 408.42 - 408.61 16.89
364.98 - 365.17 14.74 379.53 - 379.72 15.46 394.07 - 394.26 16.18 408.62 - 408.81 16.90
365.18 - 365.38 14.75 379.73 - 379.92 15.47 394.27 - 394.47 16.19 408.82 - 409.01 16.91
365.39 - 365.58 14.76 379.93 - 380.12 15.48 394.48 - 394.67 16.20 409.02 - 409.21 16.92
365.59 - 365.78 14.77 380.13 - 380.33 15.49 394.68 - 394.87 16.21 409.22 - 409.42 16.93
365.79 - 365.98 14.78 380.34 - 380.53 15.50 394.88 - 395.07 16.22 409.43 - 409.62 16.94
365.99 - 366.18 14.79 380.54 - 380.73 15.51 395.08 - 395.27 16.23 409.63 - 409.82 16.95
366.19 - 366.39 14.80 380.74 - 380.93 15.52 395.28 - 395.48 16.24 409.83 - 410.02 16.96
366.40 - 366.59 14.81 380.94 - 381.13 15.53 395.49 - 395.68 16.25 410.03 - 410.22 16.97
366.60 - 366.79 14.82 381.14 - 381.34 15.54 395.69 - 395.88 16.26 410.23 - 410.43 16.98
366.80 - 366.99 14.83 381.35 - 381.54 15.55 395.89 - 396.08 16.27 410.44 - 410.63 16.99
367.00 - 367.19 14.84 381.55 - 381.74 15.56 396.09 - 396.28 16.28 410.64 - 410.83 17.00
367.20 - 367.40 14.85 381.75 - 381.94 15.57 396.29 - 396.49 16.29 410.84 - 411.03 17.01
367.41 - 367.60 14.86 381.95 - 382.14 15.58 396.50 - 396.69 16.30 411.04 - 411.23 17.02
367.61 - 367.80 14.87 382.15 - 382.35 15.59 396.70 - 396.89 16.31 411.24 - 411.44 17.03
367.81 - 368.00 14.88 382.36 - 382.55 15.60 396.90 - 397.09 16.32 411.45 - 411.64 17.04
368.01 - 368.20 14.89 382.56 - 382.75 15.61 397.10 - 397.29 16.33 411.65 - 411.84 17.05
368.21 - 368.41 14.90 382.76 - 382.95 15.62 397.30 - 397.50 16.34 411.85 - 412.04 17.06
368.42 - 368.61 14.91 382.96 - 383.15 15.63 397.51 - 397.70 16.35 412.05 - 412.24 17.07
368.62 - 368.81 14.92 383.16 - 383.36 15.64 397.71 - 397.90 16.36 412.25 - 412.45 17.08
368.82 - 369.01 14.93 383.37 - 383.56 15.65 397.91 - 398.10 16.37 412.46 - 412.65 17.09
369.02 - 369.21 14.94 383.57 - 383.76 15.66 398.11 - 398.31 16.38 412.66 - 412.85 17.10
369.22 - 369.42 14.95 383.77 - 383.96 15.67 398.32 - 398.51 16.39 412.86 - 413.05 17.11
369.43 - 369.62 14.96 383.97 - 384.16 15.68 398.52 - 398.71 16.40 413.06 - 413.25 17.12
369.63 - 369.82 14.97 384.17 - 384.37 15.69 398.72 - 398.91 16.41 413.26 - 413.46 17.13
369.83 - 370.02 14.98 384.38 - 384.57 15.70 398.92 - 399.11 16.42 413.47 - 413.66 17.14
370.03 - 370.22 14.99 384.58 - 384.77 15.71 399.12 - 399.32 16.43 413.67 - 413.86 17.15
370.23 - 370.43 15.00 384.78 - 384.97 15.72 399.33 - 399.52 16.44 413.87 - 414.06 17.16
370.44 - 370.63 15.01 384.98 - 385.17 15.73 399.53 - 399.72 16.45 414.07 - 414.26 17.17
370.64 - 370.83 15.02 385.18 - 385.38 15.74 399.73 - 399.92 16.46 414.27 - 414.47 17.18
370.84 - 371.03 15.03 385.39 - 385.58 15.75 399.93 - 400.12 16.47 414.48 - 414.67 17.19
371.04 - 371.23 15.04 385.59 - 385.78 15.76 400.13 - 400.33 16.48 414.68 - 414.87 17.20
371.24 - 371.44 15.05 385.79 - 385.98 15.77 400.34 - 400.53 16.49 414.88 - 415.07 17.21
371.45 - 371.64 15.06 385.99 - 386.18 15.78 400.54 - 400.73 16.50 415.08 - 415.27 17.22
371.65 - 371.84 15.07 386.19 - 386.39 15.79 400.74 - 400.93 16.51 415.28 - 415.48 17.23
371.85 - 372.04 15.08 386.40 - 386.59 15.80 400.94 - 401.13 16.52 415.49 - 415.68 17.24
372.05 - 372.24 15.09 386.60 - 386.79 15.81 401.14 - 401.34 16.53 415.69 - 415.88 17.25
372.25 - 372.45 15.10 386.80 - 386.99 15.82 401.35 - 401.54 16.54 415.89 - 416.08 17.26
372.46 - 372.65 15.11 387.00 - 387.19 15.83 401.55 - 401.74 16.55 416.09 - 416.28 17.27
Employee's maximum CPP contribution for the year 2009 is $2,118.60 B-6 La cotisation maximale de l'employé au RPC pour l'année 2009 est de 2 118,60 $

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Employment Insurance Premiums Cotisations à l'assurance-emploi
Insurable Earnings EI Insurable Earnings EI Insurable Earnings EI Insurable Earnings EI
Rémunération assurable premium Rémunération assurable premium Rémunération assurable premium Rémunération assurable premium
Cotisation Cotisation Cotisation Cotisation
From - De To - À d'AE From - De To - À d'AE From - De To - À d'AE From - De To - À d'AE
333.24 - 333.81 5.77 374.86 - 375.43 6.49 416.48 - 417.05 7.21 458.10 - 458.67 7.93
333.82 - 334.39 5.78 375.44 - 376.01 6.50 417.06 - 417.63 7.22 458.68 - 459.24 7.94
334.40 - 334.97 5.79 376.02 - 376.58 6.51 417.64 - 418.20 7.23 459.25 - 459.82 7.95
334.98 - 335.54 5.80 376.59 - 377.16 6.52 418.21 - 418.78 7.24 459.83 - 460.40 7.96
335.55 - 336.12 5.81 377.17 - 377.74 6.53 418.79 - 419.36 7.25 460.41 - 460.98 7.97
336.13 - 336.70 5.82 377.75 - 378.32 6.54 419.37 - 419.94 7.26 460.99 - 461.56 7.98
336.71 - 337.28 5.83 378.33 - 378.90 6.55 419.95 - 420.52 7.27 461.57 - 462.13 7.99
337.29 - 337.86 5.84 378.91 - 379.47 6.56 420.53 - 421.09 7.28 462.14 - 462.71 8.00
337.87 - 338.43 5.85 379.48 - 380.05 6.57 421.10 - 421.67 7.29 462.72 - 463.29 8.01
338.44 - 339.01 5.86 380.06 - 380.63 6.58 421.68 - 422.25 7.30 463.30 - 463.87 8.02
339.02 - 339.59 5.87 380.64 - 381.21 6.59 422.26 - 422.83 7.31 463.88 - 464.45 8.03
339.60 - 340.17 5.88 381.22 - 381.79 6.60 422.84 - 423.41 7.32 464.46 - 465.02 8.04
340.18 - 340.75 5.89 381.80 - 382.36 6.61 423.42 - 423.98 7.33 465.03 - 465.60 8.05
340.76 - 341.32 5.90 382.37 - 382.94 6.62 423.99 - 424.56 7.34 465.61 - 466.18 8.06
341.33 - 341.90 5.91 382.95 - 383.52 6.63 424.57 - 425.14 7.35 466.19 - 466.76 8.07
341.91 - 342.48 5.92 383.53 - 384.10 6.64 425.15 - 425.72 7.36 466.77 - 467.34 8.08
342.49 - 343.06 5.93 384.11 - 384.68 6.65 425.73 - 426.30 7.37 467.35 - 467.91 8.09
343.07 - 343.64 5.94 384.69 - 385.26 6.66 426.31 - 426.87 7.38 467.92 - 468.49 8.10
343.65 - 344.21 5.95 385.27 - 385.83 6.67 426.88 - 427.45 7.39 468.50 - 469.07 8.11
344.22 - 344.79 5.96 385.84 - 386.41 6.68 427.46 - 428.03 7.40 469.08 - 469.65 8.12
344.80 - 345.37 5.97 386.42 - 386.99 6.69 428.04 - 428.61 7.41 469.66 - 470.23 8.13
345.38 - 345.95 5.98 387.00 - 387.57 6.70 428.62 - 429.19 7.42 470.24 - 470.80 8.14
345.96 - 346.53 5.99 387.58 - 388.15 6.71 429.20 - 429.76 7.43 470.81 - 471.38 8.15
346.54 - 347.10 6.00 388.16 - 388.72 6.72 429.77 - 430.34 7.44 471.39 - 471.96 8.16
347.11 - 347.68 6.01 388.73 - 389.30 6.73 430.35 - 430.92 7.45 471.97 - 472.54 8.17
347.69 - 348.26 6.02 389.31 - 389.88 6.74 430.93 - 431.50 7.46 472.55 - 473.12 8.18
348.27 - 348.84 6.03 389.89 - 390.46 6.75 431.51 - 432.08 7.47 473.13 - 473.69 8.19
348.85 - 349.42 6.04 390.47 - 391.04 6.76 432.09 - 432.65 7.48 473.70 - 474.27 8.20
349.43 - 349.99 6.05 391.05 - 391.61 6.77 432.66 - 433.23 7.49 474.28 - 474.85 8.21
350.00 - 350.57 6.06 391.62 - 392.19 6.78 433.24 - 433.81 7.50 474.86 - 475.43 8.22
350.58 - 351.15 6.07 392.20 - 392.77 6.79 433.82 - 434.39 7.51 475.44 - 476.01 8.23
351.16 - 351.73 6.08 392.78 - 393.35 6.80 434.40 - 434.97 7.52 476.02 - 476.58 8.24
351.74 - 352.31 6.09 393.36 - 393.93 6.81 434.98 - 435.54 7.53 476.59 - 477.16 8.25
352.32 - 352.89 6.10 393.94 - 394.50 6.82 435.55 - 436.12 7.54 477.17 - 477.74 8.26
352.90 - 353.46 6.11 394.51 - 395.08 6.83 436.13 - 436.70 7.55 477.75 - 478.32 8.27
353.47 - 354.04 6.12 395.09 - 395.66 6.84 436.71 - 437.28 7.56 478.33 - 478.90 8.28
354.05 - 354.62 6.13 395.67 - 396.24 6.85 437.29 - 437.86 7.57 478.91 - 479.47 8.29
354.63 - 355.20 6.14 396.25 - 396.82 6.86 437.87 - 438.43 7.58 479.48 - 480.05 8.30
355.21 - 355.78 6.15 396.83 - 397.39 6.87 438.44 - 439.01 7.59 480.06 - 480.63 8.31
355.79 - 356.35 6.16 397.40 - 397.97 6.88 439.02 - 439.59 7.60 480.64 - 481.21 8.32
356.36 - 356.93 6.17 397.98 - 398.55 6.89 439.60 - 440.17 7.61 481.22 - 481.79 8.33
356.94 - 357.51 6.18 398.56 - 399.13 6.90 440.18 - 440.75 7.62 481.80 - 482.36 8.34
357.52 - 358.09 6.19 399.14 - 399.71 6.91 440.76 - 441.32 7.63 482.37 - 482.94 8.35
358.10 - 358.67 6.20 399.72 - 400.28 6.92 441.33 - 441.90 7.64 482.95 - 483.52 8.36
358.68 - 359.24 6.21 400.29 - 400.86 6.93 441.91 - 442.48 7.65 483.53 - 484.10 8.37
359.25 - 359.82 6.22 400.87 - 401.44 6.94 442.49 - 443.06 7.66 484.11 - 484.68 8.38
359.83 - 360.40 6.23 401.45 - 402.02 6.95 443.07 - 443.64 7.67 484.69 - 485.26 8.39
360.41 - 360.98 6.24 402.03 - 402.60 6.96 443.65 - 444.21 7.68 485.27 - 485.83 8.40
360.99 - 361.56 6.25 402.61 - 403.17 6.97 444.22 - 444.79 7.69 485.84 - 486.41 8.41
361.57 - 362.13 6.26 403.18 - 403.75 6.98 444.80 - 445.37 7.70 486.42 - 486.99 8.42
362.14 - 362.71 6.27 403.76 - 404.33 6.99 445.38 - 445.95 7.71 487.00 - 487.57 8.43
362.72 - 363.29 6.28 404.34 - 404.91 7.00 445.96 - 446.53 7.72 487.58 - 488.15 8.44
363.30 - 363.87 6.29 404.92 - 405.49 7.01 446.54 - 447.10 7.73 488.16 - 488.72 8.45
363.88 - 364.45 6.30 405.50 - 406.06 7.02 447.11 - 447.68 7.74 488.73 - 489.30 8.46
364.46 - 365.02 6.31 406.07 - 406.64 7.03 447.69 - 448.26 7.75 489.31 - 489.88 8.47
365.03 - 365.60 6.32 406.65 - 407.22 7.04 448.27 - 448.84 7.76 489.89 - 490.46 8.48
365.61 - 366.18 6.33 407.23 - 407.80 7.05 448.85 - 449.42 7.77 490.47 - 491.04 8.49
366.19 - 366.76 6.34 407.81 - 408.38 7.06 449.43 - 449.99 7.78 491.05 - 491.61 8.50
366.77 - 367.34 6.35 408.39 - 408.95 7.07 450.00 - 450.57 7.79 491.62 - 492.19 8.51
367.35 - 367.91 6.36 408.96 - 409.53 7.08 450.58 - 451.15 7.80 492.20 - 492.77 8.52
367.92 - 368.49 6.37 409.54 - 410.11 7.09 451.16 - 451.73 7.81 492.78 - 493.35 8.53
368.50 - 369.07 6.38 410.12 - 410.69 7.10 451.74 - 452.31 7.82 493.36 - 493.93 8.54
369.08 - 369.65 6.39 410.70 - 411.27 7.11 452.32 - 452.89 7.83 493.94 - 494.50 8.55
369.66 - 370.23 6.40 411.28 - 411.84 7.12 452.90 - 453.46 7.84 494.51 - 495.08 8.56
370.24 - 370.80 6.41 411.85 - 412.42 7.13 453.47 - 454.04 7.85 495.09 - 495.66 8.57
370.81 - 371.38 6.42 412.43 - 413.00 7.14 454.05 - 454.62 7.86 495.67 - 496.24 8.58
371.39 - 371.96 6.43 413.01 - 413.58 7.15 454.63 - 455.20 7.87 496.25 - 496.82 8.59
371.97 - 372.54 6.44 413.59 - 414.16 7.16 455.21 - 455.78 7.88 496.83 - 497.39 8.60
372.55 - 373.12 6.45 414.17 - 414.73 7.17 455.79 - 456.35 7.89 497.40 - 497.97 8.61
373.13 - 373.69 6.46 414.74 - 415.31 7.18 456.36 - 456.93 7.90 497.98 - 498.55 8.62
373.70 - 374.27 6.47 415.32 - 415.89 7.19 456.94 - 457.51 7.91 498.56 - 499.13 8.63
374.28 - 374.85 6.48 415.90 - 416.47 7.20 457.52 - 458.09 7.92 499.14 - 499.71 8.64

Yearly maximum insurable earnings are $42,300 Le maximum annuel de la rémunération assurable est de 42 300 $
Yearly maximum employee premiums are $731.79 La cotisation maximale annuelle de l'employé est de 731,79 $
The premium rate for 2009 is 1.73 % Le taux de cotisation pour 2009 est de 1,73 %
C-3

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Federal tax deductions Retenues d'impôt fédéral
Effective January 1, 2009 En vigueur le 1er janvier 2009
Weekly (52 pay periods a year) Hebdomadaire (52 périodes de paie par année)
Also look up the tax deductions Cherchez aussi les retenues d'impôt
in the provincial table dans la table provinciale
Pay Federal claim codes/Codes de demande fédéraux
Rémunération 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

From Less than Deduct from each pay

De Moins de Retenez sur chaque paie

335 - 339 44.65 15.55 12.70 7.00 1.30

339 - 343 45.20 16.10 13.25 7.55 1.85
343 - 347 45.80 16.65 13.80 8.10 2.45
347 - 351 46.35 17.20 14.35 8.65 3.00
351 - 355 46.90 17.75 14.90 9.25 3.55
355 - 359 47.45 18.35 15.50 9.80 4.10
359 - 363 48.00 18.90 16.05 10.35 4.65
363 - 367 48.60 19.45 16.60 10.90 5.25
367 - 371 49.15 20.00 17.15 11.45 5.80 .10
371 - 375 49.70 20.55 17.70 12.05 6.35 .65
375 - 379 50.25 21.15 18.30 12.60 6.90 1.20
379 - 383 50.80 21.70 18.85 13.15 7.45 1.80
383 - 387 51.40 22.25 19.40 13.70 8.00 2.35
387 - 391 51.95 22.80 19.95 14.25 8.60 2.90
391 - 395 52.50 23.35 20.50 14.85 9.15 3.45
395 - 399 53.05 23.95 21.10 15.40 9.70 4.00
399 - 403 53.60 24.50 21.65 15.95 10.25 4.60
403 - 407 54.20 25.05 22.20 16.50 10.80 5.15
407 - 411 54.75 25.60 22.75 17.05 11.40 5.70
411 - 415 55.30 26.15 23.30 17.65 11.95 6.25 .55
415 - 419 55.85 26.75 23.90 18.20 12.50 6.80 1.15
419 - 423 56.40 27.30 24.45 18.75 13.05 7.40 1.70
423 - 427 57.00 27.85 25.00 19.30 13.60 7.95 2.25
427 - 431 57.55 28.40 25.55 19.85 14.20 8.50 2.80
431 - 435 58.10 28.95 26.10 20.45 14.75 9.05 3.35
435 - 439 58.65 29.50 26.70 21.00 15.30 9.60 3.95
439 - 443 59.20 30.10 27.25 21.55 15.85 10.20 4.50
443 - 447 59.80 30.65 27.80 22.10 16.40 10.75 5.05
447 - 451 60.35 31.20 28.35 22.65 17.00 11.30 5.60
451 - 455 60.90 31.75 28.90 23.25 17.55 11.85 6.15 .50
455 - 459 61.45 32.30 29.50 23.80 18.10 12.40 6.75 1.05
459 - 463 62.00 32.90 30.05 24.35 18.65 12.95 7.30 1.60
463 - 467 62.60 33.45 30.60 24.90 19.20 13.55 7.85 2.15
467 - 471 63.15 34.00 31.15 25.45 19.80 14.10 8.40 2.70
471 - 475 63.70 34.55 31.70 26.05 20.35 14.65 8.95 3.30
475 - 479 64.25 35.10 32.30 26.60 20.90 15.20 9.55 3.85
479 - 483 64.80 35.70 32.85 27.15 21.45 15.75 10.10 4.40
483 - 487 65.40 36.25 33.40 27.70 22.00 16.35 10.65 4.95
487 - 491 65.95 36.80 33.95 28.25 22.60 16.90 11.20 5.50
491 - 495 66.50 37.35 34.50 28.85 23.15 17.45 11.75 6.10 .40
495 - 499 67.05 37.90 35.10 29.40 23.70 18.00 12.35 6.65 .95
499 - 503 67.60 38.50 35.65 29.95 24.25 18.55 12.90 7.20 1.50
503 - 507 68.20 39.05 36.20 30.50 24.80 19.15 13.45 7.75 2.05
507 - 511 68.75 39.60 36.75 31.05 25.40 19.70 14.00 8.30 2.65
511 - 515 69.30 40.15 37.30 31.65 25.95 20.25 14.55 8.90 3.20
515 - 519 69.85 40.70 37.90 32.20 26.50 20.80 15.15 9.45 3.75
519 - 523 70.40 41.30 38.45 32.75 27.05 21.35 15.70 10.00 4.30
523 - 527 71.00 41.85 39.00 33.30 27.60 21.95 16.25 10.55 4.85
527 - 531 71.55 42.40 39.55 33.85 28.20 22.50 16.80 11.10 5.45
531 - 535 72.10 42.95 40.10 34.45 28.75 23.05 17.35 11.70 6.00 .30
535 - 539 72.65 43.50 40.70 35.00 29.30 23.60 17.90 12.25 6.55 .85
539 - 543 73.20 44.10 41.25 35.55 29.85 24.15 18.50 12.80 7.10 1.40
543 - 547 73.80 44.65 41.80 36.10 30.40 24.75 19.05 13.35 7.65 2.00
547 - 551 74.35 45.20 42.35 36.65 31.00 25.30 19.60 13.90 8.25 2.55
551 - 555 74.90 45.75 42.90 37.25 31.55 25.85 20.15 14.50 8.80 3.10
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British Columbia provincial tax deductions Retenues d'impôt provincial de la Colombie-Britannique
Effective January 1, 2009 En vigueur le 1er janvier 2009
Weekly (52 pay periods a year) Hebdomadaire (52 périodes de paie par année)
Also look up the tax deductions Cherchez aussi les retenues d'impôt
in the federal table dans la table fédérale
Pay Provincial claim codes/Codes de demande provinciaux
Rémunération 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

From Less than Deduct from each pay

De Moins de Retenez sur chaque paie

343 * .00 *You normally use claim code ''0'' only for
non-resident employees. However, if you
343 - 345 9.30 .20
have non-resident employees who earn less
345 - 347 9.45 .35 than the minimum amount shown in the ''Pay''
347 - 349 9.60 .50 column, you may not be able to use these
tables. Instead, refer to the ''Step-by-step
349 - 351 9.80 .65 calculation of tax deductions'' in Section ''A''
351 - 353 9.95 .80 of this publication.
353 - 355 10.10 .95
*Le code de demande «0» est normalement
355 - 357 10.25 1.15 .10 utilisé seulement pour les non-résidents.
357 - 359 10.40 1.30 .25 Cependant, si la rémunération de votre
employé non résidant est inférieure au
359 - 361 10.55 1.45 .40
montant minimum indiqué dans la colonne
361 - 363 10.75 1.60 .60 «Rémunération», vous ne pourrez peut-être
363 - 365 10.90 1.75 .75 pas utiliser ces tables. Reportez-vous
alors au «Calcul des retenues d'impôt, étape
365 - 367 11.05 1.90 .90 par étape» dans la section «A» de
367 - 369 11.20 2.10 1.05 cette publication.
369 - 371 11.35 2.25 1.20
371 - 373 11.50 2.40 1.35
373 - 375 11.70 2.55 1.55
375 - 377 11.85 2.70 1.70
377 - 379 12.00 2.90 1.85
379 - 381 12.15 3.05 2.00
381 - 383 12.30 3.20 2.15 .10
383 - 385 12.45 3.35 2.30 .25
385 - 387 12.65 3.50 2.50 .45
387 - 389 12.80 3.65 2.65 .60
389 - 391 12.95 3.85 2.80 .75
391 - 393 13.10 4.00 2.95 .90
393 - 395 13.25 4.15 3.10 1.05
395 - 397 13.40 4.30 3.30 1.20
397 - 399 13.60 4.45 3.45 1.40
399 - 401 13.75 4.60 3.60 1.55
401 - 403 13.90 4.80 3.75 1.70
403 - 405 14.05 4.95 3.90 1.85
405 - 407 14.20 5.10 4.05 2.00
407 - 409 14.35 5.25 4.25 2.15 .10
409 - 411 14.55 5.40 4.40 2.35 .30
411 - 413 14.70 5.55 4.55 2.50 .45
413 - 415 14.85 5.75 4.70 2.65 .60
415 - 417 15.00 5.90 4.85 2.80 .75
417 - 419 15.15 6.05 5.00 2.95 .90
419 - 421 15.30 6.20 5.20 3.10 1.05
421 - 423 15.50 6.35 5.35 3.30 1.25
423 - 425 15.65 6.50 5.50 3.45 1.40
425 - 427 15.80 6.70 5.65 3.60 1.55
427 - 429 15.95 6.85 5.80 3.75 1.70
429 - 431 16.10 7.00 5.95 3.90 1.85
431 - 433 16.25 7.15 6.15 4.10 2.00
433 - 435 16.45 7.30 6.30 4.25 2.20 .15
435 - 437 16.60 7.45 6.45 4.40 2.35 .30
437 - 439 16.75 7.65 6.60 4.55 2.50 .45
439 - 441 16.90 7.80 6.75 4.70 2.65 .60
441 - 443 17.05 7.95 6.90 4.85 2.80 .75
443 - 445 17.20 8.10 7.10 5.05 2.95 .90
445 - 447 17.40 8.25 7.25 5.20 3.15 1.10
447 - 449 17.55 8.40 7.40 5.35 3.30 1.25
449 - 451 17.70 8.60 7.55 5.50 3.45 1.40
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Solutions
Lesson A: Length
Lesson A: Activity 2: Self-Check
Powers of 10 in Standard Form Powers of 10 in Exponent Form
1000 10 × 10 × 10 = 103
100 10 × 10 = 102
10 101
1 100
0.1 10–1
0.01 10 –2
0.001 10 –3

Lesson A: Activity 3: Self-Check

Append enough zeroes to allow for the
1. 3.92 ×10 4 = 3.9200 ×10 4 decimal point to be moved 4 places to the right.
= 39 200

Append enough zeroes to allow for decimal

point to be moved 5 places to the left.
2. 9.9 ×10−5 = 000 009.9 ×10−5
= 0.000 099
Move the decimal point 5 places to the left.

Use an exponent to
express the power of 10.
3. 31.42 ×1000 = 31.42 ×10 3
= 31.420 ×10 3
Append enough zeroes to allow for the
= 314 20 decimal point to be moved 3 places to the right.

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Lesson A: Activity 4: Self-Check

1 km = 1000 m or 103 m 1 m = 0.001 km or 10–3 km
1 m = 100 cm or 102 cm 1 cm = 0.01 m or 10–2 m
1 m = 1000 mm or 103 mm 1 mm = 0.001 m or 10–3 m
1 cm = 10 mm or 101 mm 1 mm = 0.1 cm 10–1 cm

Lesson A: Activity 5: Self-Check

1. Since 1 m = 0.001 km, multiply 6750 by 0.001 or 10−3.

6750 m = (6750 × 0.001) m

= 6.750 km

2. Since 1 km = 1000 m, multiply 0.3 by 1000 or 10 3 .

0.3 km = (0.3 ×1000) m

= 300 m

3. Because stamps are small in size, expressing their dimensions in millimetres

avoids decimals. For example, a regular stamp on a letter is about 24 mm long
and 20 mm wide.

4. First, find the thickness of 500 sheets of paper in metres.

Since 1 cm = 0.01 m, multiply 5 by 0.01 or 10 2

5 cm = (5 × 0.01) m
= 0.05 m

Divide by 500 to find the thickness of 1 sheet.

0.05 m ÷ 500 = 0.0001 m.

One sheet is about 0.0001 m or 10–4 m thick.

5. Since 1 m = 100 cm, multiply 2.4 by 100 or 10 2

2..4 m = (2.4 ×100 ) cm

= 240 cm

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6.
Since 1 mm = 0.1 cm, multiply 216 by 0.1 or 10−1

216 mm = (216 × 0.1) cm

= 21.6 cm

Since 1 mm = 0.1 cm, multiply 279 by 0.1 or 10−1

279 mm = (279 × 0.1) cm

= 27.9 cm
A letter-size sheet of copy paper is 21.6 cm × 27.9 cm

7. Since 1 m = 100 cm, multiply 2.4 by 100 or 10 2 .

2.36 m = (2.36 ×100) cm

= 236 cm

8. Since 1 cm = 10 mm, multiply 44.5 by 0.1 or 10−1.

44.5 mm = (44.5 × 0.1) cm

= 4.45 cm
The harpoon head is 4.45 cm long.

9. First, convert 1.6 km to metres.

Since 1 km = 1000 m, multiply 1.6 by 1000 or 10 3 .

1.6 km = (1.6 ×1000) m

= 1600 m
Since one lap is 200 m, a runner must complete 1600 m ÷ 200 m = 8 laps.

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Activity 6: Mastering Concepts

1. The greatest distance to the sun is 1.52 × 1011 m
To change this number to standard notation, move the decimal point 11 places
to the right.
1.52 !1011 m = 152 000 000 000 m

Since 1 km = 1000 m,

"152 000 000 000 %'

152 000 000 000 m = $$$ '' km
# 1000 &
= 152 000 000 km

2. The shortest distance to the sun is 1.46 × 1011 m

To change this number to standard notation, move the decimal point 11 places
to the right.

1.46!1011 m = 146 000 000 000 m

Since 1 km = 1000 m,

"146 000 000 000 %'

146 000 000 000 m = $$ '' km
$# 1000 &
= 146 000 000 km
3. The difference in distance is 152 000 000 km – 146 000 000 km = 6 000 000 km

Lesson B: Area
Lesson B: Activity 1: Try This
1. The following is a sample answer:
Approximately 100 thumbprints would cover the sheet of paper.

2. There are various methods you could use to find the approximate number of
thumbprints you can fit on the sheet of paper. Sample methods are described below.

One method is to actually make the thumbprints you need to cover the sheet
of paper. Then count the thumbprints. It would take about 100 thumbprints to
cover the sheet of paper.

Another method relies on a shortcut involving multiplication. You don’t have

to cover the entire surface of the paper, just two edges, as shown in the diagram.
Each square represents a thumbprint. Multiply the number of thumbprints that
fit along one edge by the number of prints along the adjacent edge.

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Using this method, you can describe the

shortcut method as follows. There are 13 of my
thumbprints across the page, and I could cover 8
the entire page with 8 of these rows.

13 × 8 = 104 thumbprints.
13

3. Your answer will depend on the number of thumbprints you could place on
the sheet. For example, if you could have placed 100 thumbprints on the
sheet, then your answer would be this: The area of the sheet of paper is 100
thumbprints.

Lesson B: Activity 2: Try This

1. The square metre can be used to measure areas for carpet, home construction,
and painting. You may have different answers than the ones given.

2. The square centimetre can be used to measure the area of a desktop, the top
surface of a pizza, a computer mouse pad, a book cover, or a photograph.

3. Since a metre is 100 cm long, the length and width of a square metre are both
100 cm.
100 cm × 100 cm = 10 000 cm2
A square metre contains 10 000 square centimeters.

4. The square millimetre is appropriate to measure the areas of small objects such
as computer coins, stamps, and calculator screens.

5. Since a centimetre is 10 mm long, the length and width of a square metre are
both 10 mm.
10 mm × 10 mm = 100 mm2
A square centimetre contains 100 square millimetres.

6. Since a metre is 1000 mm long, the length and width of a square metre are both
1000 mm.
1000 mm × 1000 mm = 1000 000 mm2
A square metre contains 1000 000 square millimetres.

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Lesson B: Activity 3: Self-Check

An equal area using a different An equal area using a
SI Area Unit
unit (standard form) different unit (powers of 10)
1 m2 10 000 cm2 104 cm2
1 m2 1000 000 mm2 106 mm2
1 cm2 100 mm2 102 mm2

Lesson B: Activity 4: Self-Check

1. a. area = length × width

A = l×w
= 64 cm × 32 cm
= 2048 cm2

The area of the flag is 2048 cm2.

b. Since 1 m2 = 10 000 cm2, there will be fewer m2. So, divide by 10 000.

! 2048 $& 2
2048 cm 2 = ### &m
#"10 000 &&%
= 0.2048 m 2
The area of the flag is 0.2048 m2.

Another way to solve this problem is to change the dimensions to metres

first.
A = l×w
= 64 cm × 32 cm
= 0.64 m × 0.32 m
= 0.2048 m2

2. Answers will vary. A sample answer is given.

The switch cover was measured in cm.
length = 12.5 cm and width = 8 cm

a. area = length × width

A = l×w
= 12.5 cm × 8 cm
= 100 cm2

The area of the switch cover is 100 cm2.

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b. Since 1 cm2 = 100 mm2, there will be more mm2. To convert from cm2 to
mm2, multiply by 100.
100 cm2 = (100 ×100) mm2
= 10 000 mm2

The area of the switch cover is 10 000 mm2.

Another way to solve this problem is to change the dimensions to mm first.

A = l×w
= 12.5 cm × 8 cm
= 125 mm × 80 mm
= 10 000 mm2

c. Expressing the area of a light-switch cover in m2 would not be appropriate

because the unit is too large. Expressing the area in square meters wouldn’t
be incorrect, but it isn’t the best choice of units to use.

3. Answers will vary. A sample answer is given.

The area of a computer disk is most easily understood in cm2 since mm2 is too
small a unit, and m2 is too large.

4. area = length × width

A = l×w
= 279 mm × 216 mm
= 27.9 cm × 21.6 cm
= 602.64 cm2

The area of the sheet of paper is 602.64 cm2.

5. Answers will vary. A sample answer is given.

a. My room is 4 m long and 3 m wide. The area of my room is 12 m2.
b. I can imagine 12 m2 much more easily than 120 000 cm2 or 12 000 000 mm2.

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Lesson B: Activity 5: Self-Check

1. Stony Plain 135
1 km2 = 100 ha

51.61 km2 = (51.61×100) ha

= 5161 ha

2. Pacific Rim National Park

1 km 2 = 100 ha

! 51 000 $&
51 000 ha = ## km2
#" 100 &&%
= 510 km2

3. Quarter section
A = 804.7 m × 804.7 m
= 647542.09 m2

1 ha = 10 000 m2
So,
! 647542.09 $&
647542.09 m 2 = ### & ha
" 10 000 &%
= 64.754 209 ha

4. West Edmonton Mall

1 ha = 10 000 m 2

! 570 000 $&

570 000 m2 = ### & ha
" 10 000 &%
= 57 ha
The mall covers about 57 ha.

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5. Bison
1 ha = 10 000 m2

So, 8.5 ha = (8.5 ×10 000) m2

= 85 000 m2
There were about 85 000 m2 of grazing land per bison.

Lesson B: Activity 6: Mastering Concepts

1 ha = 10 000 m2

A = l !w
10 000 m2 = l !10 m
"10 000 m 2 %'
l = $$$ '
$# 10 m ''&
= 1000 m
= 1 km

A distance of 1 km was paved.

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Lesson C: Volume and Capacity

Lesson C: Activity 1: Try This
Prism Product of
1. Visual Representation of Prism Volume
Dimensions Dimensions

2 wide
3 high 2 × 3 × 4 = 24 24 cubes
4 long

1 wide
1 high 1 × 1 × 24 = 24 24 cubes
24 long

2 wide
1 high 2 × 1 × 12 = 24 24 cubes
12 long

3 wide
1 high 3 × 1 × 8 = 24 24 cubes
8 long

4 wide
1 high 4 × 1 × 6 = 24 24 cubes
6 long

2 wide
2 high 2 × 2 × 6 = 24 24 cubes
6 long

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2. Answers will vary. Note that not all sets of dimensions would give you a
different box.
For example, 3 cubes wide, 1 cube high, and 8 cubes long is really the same as 8
cubes wide, 3 cubes long, and 1 cube high.

3. In every case, the volume of sugar is the same—24 cubes. So each box holds the
same volume of sugar!

4. For a (rectangular) prism-shaped box, the volume (V) the box can hold is equal
to the product of its dimensions. volume = length × width × height.

Lesson C: Activity 2: Self-Check

1. Answers will vary. Sample answers are given.

My closet is 90 cm wide, 65 cm deep, and 244 cm high.

a. V = l × w × h
= 90 cm × 65 cm × 244 cm
= 1 427 400 cm3

b. V = l × w × h
= 0.90 m × 0.65 m × 2.44 m
= 1.4274 m3

c. The answer makes more sense in cubic metres since the volume of the closet
is close to 1.5 m3. I can picture 1.5 more easily than 1 427 400.

2. Answers will vary. Sample answers are given.

The cereal box I measured is 16 cm wide, 2.5 cm deep, and 20 cm high.

a. V = l × w × h
= 16 cm × 2.5 cm × 20 cm
= 800 cm3

b. V = l × w × h
= 0.16 m × 0.025 m × 0.20 m
= 0.0008 m3

c. The answer makes more sense in cm3, as I can picture 800 more easily than
0.0008.

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3. 1 m3 = 1 000 000 cm3 or 106 cm3

So, 0.05 m3 = 0.05 ×1 000 000 cm3

= 0.05 ×10 6 cm3
= 50 000 cm3

4. All the dimensions must be in metres before you can calculate the volume.

! 15 $&
15 cm = ## m
#"100 &&%
= 0.15 m

V = l ' w 'h
= 20 m'3 m '0.15 m
= 9 m3

Nine cubic metres of concrete are needed for the project.

Lesson C: Activity 3: Try This

1. a. One SI (metric) symbol is mL. A soft-drink bottle might contain 300 mL, and
a can of soup 540 mL. Another symbol is L. A milk container might hold 2 L,
or a large soft-drink bottle might hold 1.5 L.
b. L stands for litre, and mL stands for millilitre.
c. 1 L = 1000 mL

2. a. Answers will vary depending on the container chosen.

b. Answers will vary depending on the container’s shape. One such container
sits on a square base 7 cm a side and is 20.4 cm tall. Its volume is

V = l ×w ×h
= 7cm × 7cm × 20.4 cm
= 999.6 cm3

(1 L = 1000 cm3 )
3. Answers will vary. A sample answer is given. Perhaps a 1 L milk carton is not this
shape because other shapes are easier to hold in your hand, to pour, or to store
on a shelf or in your refrigerator.

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Lesson C: Activity 4: Self-Check

1. 3.75 L = (3.75 ×1000) mL

= 3750 mL

The laundry detergent container holds 3750 mL.

! 355 $&
2. 355 mL = ##
#"1000 &&% L
= 0.355 L
The soft-drink bottle holds 0.355 L.

3. 1 m3 = 1000 L

! 25 400 $& 3
So, 25 400 L = ## m
#" 1000 &&%
= 25.4 m3

4. V = l !w !h
= 50 cm !40 cm!30 cm
= 60 000 cm3
capacity = 60 000 mL
" 60 000 %'
= $$$ 'L
# 1000 '&
= 60 L

5. Since 1 m3 = 1000 L,
! 220 $& 3
220 L = ### &m
"1000 &%
= 0.220 m 3

The volume of the rain barrel is 0.220 m3.

= =
6. Since 1 L 1000 mL and 1 mL 1 cm3 ,

8 L = 8000 mL
= 8000 cm3

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Lesson C: Activity 5: Mastering Concepts

1. Volume of precipitation = area of Vancouver × annual precipitation.

The units you use must be the same.
Recall, 1 km = 1000 m.

area of Vancouver = 115 km 2

= 115!(1000 m !1000 m)
= 115 000 000 m2

Recall, 1 m = 1000 mm.

annual precipitation = 1200 mm

"1200 %'
= $$$ 'm
#1000 '&
= 1.2 m

So, volume of precipitation = 115 000 000 m2 !1.2 m

= 138 000 000 m3

There are 1000 L in 1 m3. So,

volume of precipitation = (138 000 000 ×1000) L
= 138 000 000 000 L

Lesson D: Mass
Lesson D: Activity 1: Try This
Answers will vary. Sample answers are provided.

1. The heaviest player is Marc Mancari. He weighs 225 pounds or 102 kg.

2. The lightest player on the Canucks is Andrew Ebbett. He weighs 174 pounds or
79 kg.

3. The difference in the weight between between Marc Mancari and Andrew Ebbett
is 23 kg.

4. Skilled players can be large or small in mass; however, because of the intense
physical nature of the game, size will dictate the players’ effectiveness on the ice
in a game situation. The sport’s cliché is true: “Too small, too bad!” However,
mass is no substitute for skill or attitude. Despite being the heaviest athlete on
his team, a player may not lead his team in goals and assists.

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Lesson D: Activity 2: Self-Check

1. There are 365 days in 2013.

a. At 1.75 L of water or 1.75 kg/day, she would drink 365 × 1.75 kg = 638.75 kg
in 2013.
b. 638.75 kg = (638.75 ×1000) g
= 638 750 g

!170 000 $&

2. 170 000 kg = ### &t
" 1000 &%
= 170 t
The blue whale can grow to over 170 t.

! 3125 $&
3. 3125 g = ### & kg
"1000 &%
= 3.125 kg
The baby weighed 3.125 kg at birth.

4. Mass of 36 424 000 coins = 36 424 000 !7g

= 254 968 000 g
" 254 968 000 %'
= $$$ '' kg
# 1000 &
= 254 968 kg
" 254 968 %'
= $$$ 't
# 1000 '&
= 254.968 t
In 2007, the mint struck 254.968 t of loonies.

5. 0.5 kg = (0.5 ×1000) g

= 500 g
! 500 g $&
Mass of one slice = ##
#" 50 slices &&%
= 10 g

6. 45 t = (45 ×1000) kg
= 45 000 kg

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7. 1.37 kg = (1.37 ×1000) g

= 1370 g

! 67 000 $&
8. 67 000 g = ## kg
#" 1000 &&%
= 67 kg
! 67 $&
= ## t
#"1000 &&%
= 0.067 t

9. 2 kg = (2 ×1000) g
= 2000 g

There are 100 g in each portion.

! 2000 g $&
Number of portions = ### &g
" 100 &%
= 20

10. Since 250 g × 4 = 1000 g or 1 kg, multiply the cost of 250 g by 4.

$3.49 × 4 = $13.96
The cost of the cream puffs per kilogram is $13.96.

Lesson D: Activity 3: Mastering Concepts

1. The prefix “m” stands for “one thousandth” or 0.001.

1 mg = 0.001 g

2. These are 1000 mg in a gram.

1000 mg = 1 g

! 75 $&
3. 75 mg = ### &g
"1000 &%
= 0.075 g

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Lesson E: Temperature
Lesson E: Activity 1: Try This

1. Regina recorded the highest temperature at 26.7°C. At 26.7°C, I would feel hot.

2. On this day, Iqaluit recorded the lowest temperature at 7.6°C. At 7.6°C, I would
feel cool/cold.

Lesson E: Activity 2: Try This

d
c

g
a

Lesson E: Activity 3: Try This

1. Answers will vary. Sample answers are given below.

• A moderate oven temperature, such as 175°C, is good for baking cakes
and breads.

• A hot oven temperature, such as 220°C, is good for baking cookies or

cooking a pizza.

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2. a. The maximum temperature, 14°C, is less than room temperature. Long

sleeves would likely be comfortable. You may want to have a light jacket
handy. But, –2°C is below freezing; you would probably need a warm jacket
and maybe a scarf. If you’re going out all day, you should probably dress in
layers so you can adapt as the temperature changes.

14°C + (−2°C)
b. average temperature =
2
= 6°C
The average temperature, forecast for May 8, 2010 in Prince George, BC, is 6°C.

3. a. –6°C
b. –27°C

Lesson E: Activity 4: Mastering Concepts

1. K = 37 + 273 or 310 K

2. K = 100 + 273 or 373 K

3. K = 175 + 273 or 448 K

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Glossary
acre (ac)
a unit of area in the imperial system
An acre is 22 yd wide by 220 yd long or 4840 yd2.

area
a measurement of how many square units into which a surface may be divided
For example, if your living room carpet can be divided into 10 square metres, its
area is 10 m2.

capacity
a measurement of how much a container can hold
Commonly, capacity refers to the amount of liquid that can be poured into a
container, but it can also be used to refer to an amount of solid that can be placed
into a container.

Celsius
a temperature scale commonly used in every major country throughout the world,
except the United States

compatible numbers
numbers that are easy to use in a mental computation, especially division

cubic foot (ft3)

a unit of volume in the imperial system
A cubic foot is the volume of a cube having an edge length of 1 ft.

cubic inch (in3)

a unit of volume in the imperial system
A cubic inch is the volume of a cube having an edge length of 1 in.

cubic yard (yd3)

a unit of volume in the imperial system
A cubic yard is the volume of a cube having an edge length of 1 yd.

foot
a unit of length in the imperial system equal to 12 in
A measure of one foot can be expressed as 1 ft or 1’.

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gallon (gal)
a measure of capacity in the imperial system
A gallon is 4 qt in size.

hectare
the area of a square 100 m on a side. The symbol for one hectare is 1 ha.

inch
a unit of length in the imperial system
A measure of 1 inch can be written as 1 in or 1”.

kilogram (kg)
the base unit of mass in the metric system
A kilogram is equal to the mass of a certain cylinder of platinum-iridium alloy kept
at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France.

litre (L)
the capacity of a container having a volume of 1000 cm3
Since 1 L = 1000 mL, 1 mL = 1 cm3.

long ton
a unit of weight (mass) in the imperial system
1 long ton = 2240 lb

mass
a measure of the quantity of matter in an object

metre
the base unit of length (or linear measure) in SI

mile(mi)
a unit of length in the imperial system
The mile is defined today as exactly 5280 ft.

ounce (oz)
a unit of weight (mass) in the imperial system
There are 16 oz in 1lb.
1 lb = 16 oz

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pint (pt)
a measure of capacity in the imperial system
A pint is roughly equal to 0.5 L.

pound (lb)
a unit of weight (mass) in the imperial system
One pound is defined as exactly 0.453 592 37 kg.

prism
in geometry, a 3-D object that has two congruent and parallel faces (the top and
bottom bases) and lateral faces that are parallelograms
Such a 3-D object is also known as a rectangular box.
The following is a 3-D object known in geometry as a prism.

proportion
a statement showing one ratio equal to another
1 3
For example, = is a proportion statement.
12 36
quart(qt)
a measure of capacity in the imperial system
There are 2 pt in a quart.
A quart is approximately equal to 1 L.

short ton
a unit of weight (mass) in the imperial system (also called a ton)
1 short ton = 2000 lb

square foot (ft2)

a unit of area in the imperial system
A square foot is the area of a square 1ft on a side.

square inch (in2)

a unit of area in the imperial system
A square inch is the area of a square 1 in on a side.

square mile(mi2)
a unit of area in the imperial system
A square mile is the area of a square 1 mi on a side.

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square yard (yd2)

a unit of area in the imperial system
A square yard is the area of a square 1yd on a side.

ton
a unit of weight (mass) in the imperial system (also called a short ton)
1 ton = 2000 lb

tonne (t)
in the metric system, a unit of mass equal to a 1000 kg
1 t = 1000 kg.

volume
a measurement of how many cubic units into which a object or space may be
divided
For example, if your living room is 5 m long by 3 m wide by 3 m high, its volume is
5 m × 3 m × 3 m = 45 m3.

weight
a measure of the force of gravity on an object

yard (yd)
a unit of length in the imperial system
One yard equals 3 ft or 0.9411 m.

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