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    The document discusses measuring volume, density, and mass. It provides definitions and formulas for calculating the volume of regular shapes like rectangles and cubes. It also describes how to measure the volume of irregular objects by water displacement in a graduated cylinder. Density is defined as the ratio of mass to volume, with the formula Density=Mass/Volume. Methods are given for calculating density of irregular solids by measuring their mass and finding their volume through water displacement.

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    Physics and Measurement

    Measuring Volume
     All physical bodies around you occupy a certain amount of space.
     Different materials occupy different space.
     The space occupied by a body is called the volume of the body.

    Definition: The volume of a body is the space occupied by the body. The SI
    unit of volume is cubic meter (𝑚3 ).

    The volume of an object can also be expressed in cubic decimeter (dm3),


    cubic centimeter (cm3), cubic millimeter (mm3) and so on.
    Example
    How many cm3 are there in 0.8m3?
    Measuring Volumes of Regular Shaped Solid Bodies
     Solids have definite shape and volume. The shape of a solid can be regular
    or irregular.
     Measuring volume of regular - shape solid is performed in a similar way as
    a surface area. The length, width and height of the body need to be
    measured.
    I. Volume of a rectangular block

     The volume (V) of a rectangular block


    having length (l), width (w) and height (h)
    is given by:
    V=l×w×h
    V= lwh
    Example:
    A chalk box has a length of 4cm, a width of
    5cm and height of 6cm.

    a) What is the volume of the chalk box?


    b) How many unit chalks are needed to fill it,
    if each unit chalk is 2cm3?
    II. The volume of a cube

     A cube is rectangular block having all its sides equal. That means
    length = width = height = l

    Therefore: Volume=𝑙 3
    Measuring Volume of Liquids

     Liquids have no definite shape. When you pour liquids into differently
    shaped containers, they will have the shape of their containers. However
    liquids have definite volume.
     Since liquids take the shape of their containers, the volume of a liquid is
    determined by considering their containers.
     The volume of a liquid can be measured by graduated measuring
    cylinder.

    graduated measuring cylinder.


    Measuring Volume of Liquids

    Example:

    1. A small swimming pool is 600 cm long, 300 cm wide and 200 cm deep.
    What is the volume of the water contained in the pool in cubic meters (m3)?
    Measuring the Volume of an Irregular shaped Body

    To determine the volume of irregular shaped bodies


     Step 1: Pour some amount of water into the measuring cylinder. Record
    its volume and let it be V1
     Step 2: Put an irregular- shaped body into the measuring cylinder. Record
    again the volume of water and irregular shaped body. Let it be V2
     Step 3: volume of the irregular shaped body (V) = V2 – V1
    Measuring the Density of a Substance

    Density is the amount of mass in a unit volume. Or, it is the ratio of mass to
    its volume. The symbol which stands for density is a Greek letter ‘ρ’ read as
    roe
    𝑚
    Density=
    𝑉

    m=Mass
    V= Volume

     The SI unit of density is kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m3). For example
    the density of water is 1000kg/m3.
    Measuring the Density of a Substance

    Different substances have different densities.


    Check point

    1. What substances have higher densities than iron?


    2. What substances are denser than water?
    3. What is the substance that has the greatest density of all?
    4. What is the density of water in: a) Kg/m3 b) g/cm3 ?
    Measuring the density of an irregular shaped solid body

     To measure the density of an irregular-shaped solid body, you need to


    measure the mass and the volume of the irregular shaped solid body.
     Measure the mass using a beam balance.
    Example

    shows a cylinder graduated in cm3. When an irregularly-shaped piece of


    metal is placed in the cylinder the water level rises as shown. If the mass of
    the metal is 150 g, what is the density of the solid metal?

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