How to measure
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How might you explain the steps in measuring something? Does your explanation work equally well for length, area, weight, volume, and time? Discuss.
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The following solution gives a definition of measurement explaining the processes involved. It also gives suggestions as to how you measure different units of measurement such as length, area, weight, volume and time.
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Measurement is defined as the process of obtaining the magnitude of quantity relative to a unit of measurement. Measuring is basically about counting so you need to do it in numbers in comparison to other observations which are in words. When you measure you count the quantity of a certain unit of any object. It can be done with or without measuring devices.
Length: Measuring length can be done without using rulers. You may use the length of your hands or the length of your feet or long objects to measure a large ...
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