Measurement

Measurement

Definition of Measurement

• Measurement is the process of associating numbers of an object or event.

Multiple Choice

What will I get when I measure an object?

• a number

• a sentence

How do we measure?

• We compare an object to other objects.

Units

Units

In the activity of measurement we will get a number and a unit.

Multiple Choice

How much the length of the carrot?

• 9 cm

• 7 cm

• 8 cm

• 10 cm

Multiple Choice

What is the temperature on the thermometer?

• 28.8° C

• 40 ° C

• 30.4° C

• 36.5° C

Multiple Choice

How long the times taken by a runner that measured by the stopwatch?

• 12 seconds

• 14 seconds

• 17 seconds

• 18 seconds

Standard units and non-standard unit

Standard units are common units of measurement such as centimetres, grams and litres.

A non-standard unit of measurement is a unit that has no fixed definition in terms of standard units of measure. Examples are hand span, thumb width.

Multiple Choice

Which following units are the standard unit?

• cubit

• meter

• thumb

Multiple Choice

About how many paper clips are needed to measure the length of the pencil?

• 1 paper clip

• 5 paper clips

• 3 paper clips

• 7 paperclips