MIP2601
Mathematics for Intermediate Phase
Teachers III
Assignment 4
Year Module
Unique Assignment Number:
782406
Assignment Due Date:
02 September 2022
Student Number:
62846701
Kristin Nicole Chetty
, Question 1: Measurement (Short Questions)
1.1. Clocks and watches
1.2. The cubit is a historic measurement of length based on the distance
between the elbow and the middle finger's tip.
1.3. 100°C. Johannesburg is 92°C and Durban is very close to 100°C because
1.4. I think about temperature when I see these two words.
1.5. International System of Units
1.6. The Sundial
1.7. 1000000
1.8. 2,54cm
1.9. The tare weight is the combined weight of the tractor and trailer when the
trailer is empty, or when there is no cargo inside.
1.10. It bears the name of Pope Gregory XIII, who in 1582 announced calendar
modifications for all of Catholic Christendom in the papal bull Inter gravissimas.
The Julian calendar, which Julius Caesar had introduced to the ancient Roman
Republic in 46 BCE, was changed by the Gregorian calendar.
1.11. The solstices, which occur twice a year, are the longest and shortest days
of the year as the sun reaches its greatest or minimum declination (about 21
June and 22 December). The equinox, which occurs twice a year, is the
moment when day and night are roughly equal in length as the sun crosses the
celestial equator (about 22 September and 20 March).
1.12. A leap year is a year that only happens once every four years and includes
366 days total, including the intercalary day of February 29. The year 1900 was
not a leap year, but the year 2000 was a leap year.
1.13. 9.99cm
1.14. The hectare is a non-SI metric unit of area that is used mostly to measure
land. It is equal to a square with 100-meter sides, or 10,000 m2. One square
kilometre equals 100 hectares. A hectare includes roughly 2.47 acres, while an
acre is approximately 0.405 hectares.
1.15. A thermostat is a device that adjusts temperature automatically or
activates a gadget when it reaches a specified temperature.
1.16. 86400 seconds
1.17. 1000 cubic centimetres
1.18. 37°C or 98.6°F
1.19. A trundle wheel is a measuring wheel and is a tool used to measure
distances.
Mathematics for Intermediate Phase
Teachers III
Assignment 4
Year Module
Unique Assignment Number:
782406
Assignment Due Date:
02 September 2022
Student Number:
62846701
Kristin Nicole Chetty
, Question 1: Measurement (Short Questions)
1.1. Clocks and watches
1.2. The cubit is a historic measurement of length based on the distance
between the elbow and the middle finger's tip.
1.3. 100°C. Johannesburg is 92°C and Durban is very close to 100°C because
1.4. I think about temperature when I see these two words.
1.5. International System of Units
1.6. The Sundial
1.7. 1000000
1.8. 2,54cm
1.9. The tare weight is the combined weight of the tractor and trailer when the
trailer is empty, or when there is no cargo inside.
1.10. It bears the name of Pope Gregory XIII, who in 1582 announced calendar
modifications for all of Catholic Christendom in the papal bull Inter gravissimas.
The Julian calendar, which Julius Caesar had introduced to the ancient Roman
Republic in 46 BCE, was changed by the Gregorian calendar.
1.11. The solstices, which occur twice a year, are the longest and shortest days
of the year as the sun reaches its greatest or minimum declination (about 21
June and 22 December). The equinox, which occurs twice a year, is the
moment when day and night are roughly equal in length as the sun crosses the
celestial equator (about 22 September and 20 March).
1.12. A leap year is a year that only happens once every four years and includes
366 days total, including the intercalary day of February 29. The year 1900 was
not a leap year, but the year 2000 was a leap year.
1.13. 9.99cm
1.14. The hectare is a non-SI metric unit of area that is used mostly to measure
land. It is equal to a square with 100-meter sides, or 10,000 m2. One square
kilometre equals 100 hectares. A hectare includes roughly 2.47 acres, while an
acre is approximately 0.405 hectares.
1.15. A thermostat is a device that adjusts temperature automatically or
activates a gadget when it reaches a specified temperature.
1.16. 86400 seconds
1.17. 1000 cubic centimetres
1.18. 37°C or 98.6°F
1.19. A trundle wheel is a measuring wheel and is a tool used to measure
distances.
