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1 - Length and Time Questions Student: _________________________________
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MEASUREMENT 1.1 LENGTH & TIME
1. How many grams are there in 1 kilogram?
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2. How many millimetres are there in 1 metre?
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3. How many microseconds are there in 1 second?
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4. This equation is used to work out the area of a rectangle: area = length x width.
If a rectangle measures 3m by 2m, calculate its area, and include the units in your
calculation.
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5. Write down the following in km:
2000 m 200 m 2 X 104 m
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6. Write down the following in s:
5000 ms 5 x 107μs
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1.1 - Length and Time Questions Student: _________________________________
7. Using scientific notation, write down the following to two significant figures:
1 500m 1 500 000m 0.15m 0.015m
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8. A student measures the time taken for 20 swings of a pendulum. He finds that the time
taken is 46 seconds,
a. What time does the pendulum take for one swing?
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b. How could the student have found the time for one swing more accurately?
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9. A student wants to find the thickness of one page of this book. Explain how she might do
this accurately.
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1.1 - Length and Time Questions Student: _________________________________
1.1 - Length and Time Questions Student: _________________________________
1.1 - Length and Time Questions Student: _________________________________