I T I S T H E P R O C E S S O F F I N D I N G O U T T H E S I Z E O R Q U A N T I T Y O F S O M E T H I N G .

MeasurementBy Aniruddh Kommajosyula

III C

Delhi Public School, Nerul

A U N I T I S A F I X E D Q U A N T I T Y T H A T I S U S E D A S S T A N D A R D O F M E A S U R E M E N T .

Unit

Length

Length is the size or the measurement of how long something is.

In early days, body parts were used to measure lengths. They are:

Hand Span Cubit

Foot Span Stride

Metre

The metre is the unit used for measuring lengths.

Smaller lengths are measured in centimetres.

m – metre

cm – centimetre

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It is 829.8 m high.

Mass

Mass tells us the amount of material an object contains.

Weighing balance is used to find the mass of an object.

Kilogram is the unit used for measuring mass.

Smaller masses are measured in grams.

kg – Kilogram

g -- gram

Capacity

Capacity of a container is the amount of liquid it can hold.

Litre is the commonly used unit for measuring capacity.

Smaller amounts of liquid are measured in millilitres.

l – litres

ml – millilitres

A measuring cylinder is used to

measure the amount of liquid.

Measuring cylinders come in

various capacities.

Time

Time is measured using a clock or a watch.

The unit for measuring time is seconds.

We also use minutes and hours as other units.