MIP2601 2022
Assignment Unique no: 782406
ASSIGNMENT 4 Answers
PREVIEW QUSESTIONS
Question 1: Measurement (short questions) [20]
This question consists of 19short questions regarding a wide range of measurements.
1.1 Name two different instruments that can be used to measure time. (1)
1.2 What is a cubit, and what does it measure? (1)
1.3 What is the temperature of boiling water at sea level? Is the boiling point of water in Durban
and Johannesburg the same? Explain your answer. (1)
1.4 What do you think of when you see the words “Celsius” and “Fahrenheit”? (1)
1.5 What does “SI” stand for in terms of measurement? (1)
1.6 What instrument did the ancient Babylonians use to measure time? (1)
1.7 How many square metres are there in a single square kilometre? (1)
1.8 One inch = … cm. Give your answer correct to two decimals. (1)
1.9 What is the tare of a truck? (1)
1.10 Why is our calendar called the “Gregorian calendar”? (1)
1.11 What is the meaning of the “solstice” and the “equinox”? (1)
1.12 What is a “leap year”? Were both 1900 and 2000 leap years? (1)
1.13 If I say that my pencil is 10 cm long, what is the shortest possible length to
two decimal places that it could possibly be? (1)
1.14 What is a hectare? Discuss. (1)
1.15 What is a thermostat? (1)
Assignment Unique no: 782406
ASSIGNMENT 4 Answers
PREVIEW QUSESTIONS
Question 1: Measurement (short questions) [20]
This question consists of 19short questions regarding a wide range of measurements.
1.1 Name two different instruments that can be used to measure time. (1)
1.2 What is a cubit, and what does it measure? (1)
1.3 What is the temperature of boiling water at sea level? Is the boiling point of water in Durban
and Johannesburg the same? Explain your answer. (1)
1.4 What do you think of when you see the words “Celsius” and “Fahrenheit”? (1)
1.5 What does “SI” stand for in terms of measurement? (1)
1.6 What instrument did the ancient Babylonians use to measure time? (1)
1.7 How many square metres are there in a single square kilometre? (1)
1.8 One inch = … cm. Give your answer correct to two decimals. (1)
1.9 What is the tare of a truck? (1)
1.10 Why is our calendar called the “Gregorian calendar”? (1)
1.11 What is the meaning of the “solstice” and the “equinox”? (1)
1.12 What is a “leap year”? Were both 1900 and 2000 leap years? (1)
1.13 If I say that my pencil is 10 cm long, what is the shortest possible length to
two decimal places that it could possibly be? (1)
1.14 What is a hectare? Discuss. (1)
1.15 What is a thermostat? (1)
