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This document is a worksheet on measurement that contains questions asking students to: 1) Measure lengths of objects in SI units and standard form. 2) Calculate the average of multiple measurements and explain the advantage of taking multiple readings. 3) Calculate mass of water and stone in SI units and standard form. 4) Calculate area and volume of boxes in SI units. 5) Express time readings from stopwatches in SI units and standard form. 6) Identify the correct eye position for measurement and explain the error that occurs from incorrect positions.

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Measurement Answers

This document is a worksheet on measurement that contains questions asking students to: 1) Measure lengths of objects in SI units and standard form. 2) Calculate the average of multiple measurements and explain the advantage of taking multiple readings. 3) Calculate mass of water and stone in SI units and standard form. 4) Calculate area and volume of boxes in SI units. 5) Express time readings from stopwatches in SI units and standard form. 6) Identify the correct eye position for measurement and explain the error that occurs from incorrect positions.

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Worksheet on Measurement

Name: ............................................................................... Class: ............................ Date: ....................

1. Find the length of the objects shown.

a) Express it in SI unit. b) Give your value in standard form.

SI unit:..0.05 m SI unit: 0.0055 m

Standard form: 5.0 x 10


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m Standard form: 5.5 x 10-3 m

2. A student measures the length of a room for five times. The readings are 4.65 m, 4.64 m, 4.63 m,
4.66 m and 4.70 m.
a) What is the average reading?
4.66 m.
b) What is the advantage of taking the reading more than once?
To avoid error in measurement and for accuracy.

3. a) Calculate the mass of water.

Give your answer in SI unit and express it in standard form.

SI unit: 0.046 kg
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Standard form: 4.6 x 10 kg

b) Calculate the mass of stone.


Give your answer in SI unit and express it in standard form.
SI unit: 0.074 kg
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Standard form: 7.4 x 10 kg
4. Calculate the area and volume of the given boxes and give your answers in SI unit.

Area: 1.2 m2 . Area : 0.14 m2

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Volume: 0.6 m Volume: 0.02 m

5. Find the time from the given stop watches. Give your answer in SI unit and express the value in
standard form.

SI unit: 0.051 s 0.00000001 s 0.000023 s


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Standard form: 5.1 x 10 s 1.0 x 10 s 2.3 x 10 s

6. Mark the correct position of the eye with a tick and the wrong positions with ‘X’.

Explain what would happen if you view from the positions marked ‘X’.
Error in measurement called parallax error occurs.

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