Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of City of Malolos
Marcelo H. Del Pilar National High School
Bagong Bayan, City of Malolos, Bulacan
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS
GENERAL PHYSICS 1

EXPERIMENT NO. 1: UNITS AND MEASUREMENT

OBJECTIVES:
Solve measurement problems involving conversion of units, expression of measurements in scientific
notation
Differentiate accuracy from precision
Differentiate random errors from systematic errors
Use the least count concept to estimate errors associated with single measurements
Estimate errors from multiple measurements of a physical quantity using variance
Estimate the uncertainty of a derived quantity from the estimated values and uncertainties of directly
measured quantities
Estimate intercepts and slopes—and their uncertainties—in experimental data with linear dependence
using the “eyeball method” and/or linear regression formula

ACTIVITIES:

I. Direction: Think deeper and use critical thinking. Answer the following items.
1. Three experimental mass values of a certain objects were obtained: 54.66 g, 54.67g, and 54.668 g.
If the accepted mass of the object is 54.6678 g, are the measurements accurate? Are they precise?
Explain your answer.

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2. Four students performed an experiment to measure the density of aluminum (27g/ml). Which data is
accurate but not precise?

Rosanne John Joyce Jellie

2.924 g/ml 2.316 g/ml 2. 649 g/ml 2.701 g/ml
2.923 g/ml 2.527 g/ml 2.731 g/ml 2.699 g/ml
2.925 g/ml 2.941 g/ml 2.695 g/ml 2.702 g/ml
2.926 g/ml 2.136 g/ml 2.742 g/ml 2.698 g/ml

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Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of City of Malolos
Marcelo H. Del Pilar National High School
Bagong Bayan, City of Malolos, Bulacan

II. Direction: On the space provided, write the following numbers in scientific notation.
__________________________1. 2,650,000,000
__________________________2. 0.00000265
__________________________3. 3,409,000
__________________________4. 0.000765
__________________________5. 0.00000000456

III. Direction: Do the following conversion using dimensional analysis.

a. 4.00 in2 to cm2

b. 19.79 g to mg

c. -14 ⁰C to ⁰F

d. 10 yards to inches

e. 375 K to ⁰F

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Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of City of Malolos
Marcelo H. Del Pilar National High School
Bagong Bayan, City of Malolos, Bulacan

IV. Direction: Determine what type of errors in measurements (Systematic Error, Random Error,
or Gross error)
______________1. A plastic tape measure becomes slightly stretched over the years, resulting in
measurements that are slightly too high.
______________2. Scale that doesn’t read zero when nothing is on it.
______________3. Taking a volume read in in a flask and you read the value from different angle each
time.
______________4. A person thinks that the ¾” mark on a ruler is the 2/3” mark
______________5. Measuring wind velocity depends of height and time at which a measurement is
taken.
______________6. The experimenter forgets to push the tare button before contents are placed in the
container.
______________7. The experimenter did not notice that the sample is spilling.
______________8. Measuring length with metal ruler will give a different result at a cold temperature
than hot temperature due to thermal expansion
______________9. The experimenter did not follow the correct procedure in measuring the sample
______________10. The experimenter used an inappropriate measuring device

V. Direction: On the space provided, write your complete solution neatly and box your final
answer.

1. Coach Sally brought 32L of water to the football game and she divided the water equally between 8
coolers. How many milliliters of water did Coach Sally put in each cooler?

2. At science camp, the kitchen served half of their strawberries with breakfast. After dinner, they put
the remaining 5,270 g of strawberries. Did science camp start with?

3. Erin has 95 minutes to complete a test at school. The test starts at 1:59 PM and Susan has volleyball
practice at 4:00 PM. How much time will Erin have between the end of the test and the beginning of
volleyball practice?

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4. Alastair and Noah go hiking. Noah brings 7/10 liter of water while Alastair brings 500 mL of water.
How many more milliliters of water did Noah bring than Alastair?

5. A barrel of juice is filled by 306 bottles of 0.7 liters. How many bottles of 300 mL would be filled with
the same amount of juice?

6. Assume there are 100 million passenger cars in the UAE and that the average fuel consumption is
20mi/gal of gasoline. If average distance traveled by each car is 16,900km/year, how much gasoline in
liters would be saved per year if the average fuel consumption could be increase to 25mi/gal?

7. You want to buy additional land with the shape of rectangle that has a width of 2,500 cm and length
is 0.065 km. How much in peso you need to pay if the price is PhP150,000/hectare?

8. Peter planted 220kg of potatoes and harvested twelve times more of them. How many tons of
potatoes has he harvested?

9. How much water in hectoliters flows within one hour through the pipe with a diameter of 42mm at an
average flow rate of 1.5 m/s?

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Marcelo H. Del Pilar National High School
Bagong Bayan, City of Malolos, Bulacan

10. The hose has an inside diameter of 4c and is 25 m long. How long from the opening of the tap will it
takes for the water to flow from the other end of the hose if there is 30L of water per second pressed
into it?

CONCLUSION:

What can you conclude with the topics and measurements?

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Telephone No.: (044) 795-5343
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