Measurement

Measurement plays a crucial role in our daily lives. It is common and practical mathematics skill used in science and everyday life. Measurement important since man started building materials, occupying land and trading with his neighbors. As society has become more technologically orientated much higher accuracies of measurement are required In this topic, the teaching of three types of measurement, namely length, mass and volume of liquid are discussed.

Skills: To compare two quantities directly To recognize non standard units and standard units for measuring quantities To estimate and measure quantities in non-standard and standard units. To convert between standard unit of measurement To perform the arithmetic operations involving measurement in standard units To solve daily problems involving measurement in standard units.

What is length? What is mass? What is volume of liquid?

Length is the distance between any two measured along a straight line. The length of an object does not change even when the position or the orientation of the object is change. How to compare the two length? Short, shorter, tall, taller, long, longer, high, higher, width, depth, height, etc. Length-discrete (whole number), continuous List out any non-standard unit in measuring the length.

A non-standard unit for length is any arbitrary length used as a unit. Some common examples are: a) Body parts such as span, foot step and arm length. b) Objects such as pen, paper clip, rod, chalk and broomstick

A standard unit of length, for examples: oYard-imperial unit oMeter-metric unit oMiles-imperial unit oInch- imperial unit oKilometer-metric unit oMillimeter oCentimeter oDecimeter oSchool curriculum-only metric unit are taught.

In science, the terms mass and weight have different meanings. Mass is a quantity of matter as opposed to weight, which is a force exerted by gravitational pull. A boy of mass 30kg has a weight of 300N (taking g=10ms-1). W=mg. These two term are loosely used in everyday speech to mean the same thing oMass-cannot be seen but has to be held and felt and mass of two abject cannot be compared by side. oHeavy, light, bulk and massive. oThe mass of an object may not be proportional to it size.

A non-standard unit for mass is any arbitrary mass used as a unit. Such as bean, rubber seed, paper clip, thumb tack Standard unit for mass: Kilogram-metric unit Pound Ounces Gram-metric unit

Volume is the amount of space in a container. Volume remains unchanged even though the shape of the container holding the liquid has changed Non-standard unit is any arbitrary volume used as unit-spoon, cup, bowl, scoop and pail. Standard unit-liter, gallon, pint, milliliter and quart.

Length 1 kilometer(km) = 100 meter (m) 1 decimeter (dm) = 0.1 meter (m) 1 centimeter (cm) = 0.01 meter (m) 1 millimeter (mm) = 0.001 meter (m) 1km=1000m, 1m=100cm, 1cm=10 mm
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Length 1. 700 cm = ________________ m 2. 16 cm 5 mm = _____________ cm 3. 86m 73cm 7mm + 79m 84cm 9mm = 4. 7m 67cm 8mm x 3 = 5. The total distance Mutu cycled to school and back from Monday to Friday was 11km 500m. Find the average distance he cycled per day.

Mass 1 tonne = 1000 kg 1 kg = 1000g

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Mass 1. 075 kg= ________________ g 2. 5.2 kg 500 g = _____________ kg 3. 2kg 785g+ 4kg 580g = 4. 4kg 800g x 8 = 5. The total weight of 12 baskets of mangoes is 8.25 kg. If the weight of each basket is 300 g, and the mangoes are of equal weights, find how many grams of mangoes in each basket.

Volume of liquid 1 litre (l) = 1000 millilitres (ml)

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Volume of liquid 1. 2 l 230ml = _____________ ml 2. 1 l 500 ml = _____________ l 3. 3650 ml = _________ l __________ ml 4. In June, the record of the Sales of kerosene in 4 weeks was as follow:
1st week 1175 ml 2nd week 1179 ml 3rd week 1116 ml 4th week 1147 ml

How many litres of kerosene were sold in June?