MIP2601 Assignment 2
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Assignment 03 (863172)
Due date: 26 July 2023
Total marks: 100
• This assignment covers chapter 19 of your prescribed book
(Van de Walle, 2017) and unit 7 in your study guide.
• Answer all the questions.
Outcomes:
After you have completed this assignment, you should be able to
▪ name, describe and compare different types of measurement units
▪ describe the correct method of length measurement
▪ explain why estimation is important and how to incorporate it into
your teaching
▪ write down the formula for the volume of an object and use it to find
the volume of a given object
QUESTION 1 [20]
This question consists of 20 short questions over a wide range of measurements.
1.1 Name two different instruments that can be used to measure time.
1.2 What is a cubit, and what does it measure?
1.3 What is the temperature of boiling water at sea level? Is the boiling point at
Durban and Johannesburg the same? Explain your answer.
1.4 What do you think of when you see the names Celsius and Fahrenheit?
1.5 What does SI stand for in measurement?
1.6 What did the Babylonians use to measure time?
1.7 How many square metres are there in a square kilometre?
1.8 One inch = … cm. Give your answer correct to two decimals.
1.9 What is the TARE of a truck?
1.10 Why is our calendar called the Gregorian calendar?
1.11 What is solstice and equinox?
1.12 What is a leap year? Were both the years 1900 and 2000 leap years?
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 be?
1.14 What is a hectare? Explain your answer.
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(COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024 -
12 June 2024
Contact:
@ TestbanksNotesAssignmentsAndExamspack
sGuru
+254742508812, +254727097655.
, MIP2601/102/0/2023
Assignment 03 (863172)
Due date: 26 July 2023
Total marks: 100
• This assignment covers chapter 19 of your prescribed book
(Van de Walle, 2017) and unit 7 in your study guide.
• Answer all the questions.
Outcomes:
After you have completed this assignment, you should be able to
▪ name, describe and compare different types of measurement units
▪ describe the correct method of length measurement
▪ explain why estimation is important and how to incorporate it into
your teaching
▪ write down the formula for the volume of an object and use it to find
the volume of a given object
QUESTION 1 [20]
This question consists of 20 short questions over a wide range of measurements.
1.1 Name two different instruments that can be used to measure time.
1.2 What is a cubit, and what does it measure?
1.3 What is the temperature of boiling water at sea level? Is the boiling point at
Durban and Johannesburg the same? Explain your answer.
1.4 What do you think of when you see the names Celsius and Fahrenheit?
1.5 What does SI stand for in measurement?
1.6 What did the Babylonians use to measure time?
1.7 How many square metres are there in a square kilometre?
1.8 One inch = … cm. Give your answer correct to two decimals.
1.9 What is the TARE of a truck?
1.10 Why is our calendar called the Gregorian calendar?
1.11 What is solstice and equinox?
1.12 What is a leap year? Were both the years 1900 and 2000 leap years?
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 be?
1.14 What is a hectare? Explain your answer.
3
