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1.1 Measurement of Length, time and Volume

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    1 Describe the use of rulers and measuring cylinders to find a length or a volume 2 Describe how to measure a variety of time intervals using clocks and digital timers
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  • Drops of water are dripping steadily from a tap (faucet). The diagram shows a measuring cylinder which has collected 120 drops of water. How many drops in total will have been collected when the measuring cylinder reads 10 cm3?
    300
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  • A student uses a ruler to measure the length and the width of a small rectangular metal plate. What is the area of the plate?
    14.7
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  • The diagrams show the readings on a measuring cylinder before and after a small metal cube is added. How many more identical cubes can be added to the cylinder, without causing the water to overflow? Do not include the cube already in the c
    2
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  • A stopwatch is used to time a runner in a race. The diagrams show the stopwatch at the start and at the end of a lap of the race. How long did the runner take to finish the lap of the race?
    50
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  • Diagram 1 shows a measuring cylinder containing water. Five identical steel balls are now lowered into the measuring cylinder. Diagram 2 shows the new water level in the cylinder. What is the volume of each steel ball?
    6
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  • The diagram shows part of a ruler. The ruler is used to find the length of a nail. What is the length of the nail?
    2.7
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  • A student uses a measuring cylinder to measure the volume of some water. The diagram shows part of the measuring cylinder. The top and bottom of the meniscus are labelled. What is the volume of the water?
    47
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  • The diagram shows a measuring cylinder used to measure the volume of a small stone. What is the volume of the stone?
    8
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  • A cook wants to prepare some food to be cooked by 1.15 p.m. He uses an oven with an automatic timer that can be set to switch on and off at certain times. The oven needs to be switched on for 2 hours 10 minutes. At which time does the oven
    11.05 a.m
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  • Which option contains only apparatus that could be used to determine the volume of a small block of unknown material?
    measuring cylinder
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  • The diagram shows an enlarged drawing of the end of a metre rule. It is being used to measure the length of a small feather. What is the length of the feather?
    19 mm
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  • A measuring cylinder is used to measure the volume of a quantity of water. Which measuring technique would not improve the accuracy of the measurement?
    reading the top of the water meniscus
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  • The diagram shows four identical spheres placed between two wooden blocks on a ruler. What is the diameter of one sphere?
    2 cm
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  • The diagram shows a measuring instrument. Which quantity is this instrument used to measure?
    Volume
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  • What is the average time for one circuit of the track?
    198 seconds
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