Group Number: _________

Date Perform: ___________________________________

PACING
Laboratory Activity No.1

OBJECTIVES:
1. To determine individual pace factor.
2. To measure and calculate the distance of your own pace factor.

MATERIALS AND INTRUMENTS NEEDED:

1. Range Pole
2. Steel Tape,
3. Markers (hubs, paint, chalk, crayons or any object they may use to in marking).

INTRODUCTION, THEORY AND PRECAUTIONS:

1. The ends of the assigned courses should be marked with either hubs, marking pins, or by chalk marks
on pavements.
2. Range Poles are set or held behind the end points to serve as guide or markers during actual pacing.
3. A steel tape should be used on laying out or measuring the actual lengths of courses assigned for
pacing.
4. When taping, two measurements should be made for any lines and the mean recorded will be its actual
length.
5. The length of a single steps is termed as pace. It may be measured from heel to heel or from toe to toe.
Also each two paces or a double step is called stride.

Fig 1-1 Length of a pace

6. Pacing consist of counting the number of steps in a required distance and is best done by walking with
natural steps.
7. Pacing is used on when approximate results are satisfactory such as for estimating distance used for
sketching and in reconnaissance surveys. Pacing is also used as a means of checking distance
measured by more accurate methods.
8. To keep one on the line while pacing, it is a good practice to fix one’s eye on a distant object on the
range behind the pole at the farther end of the line being paced.
9. A partial pace at the end of the line should be figured out to the nearest one-fourth pace.
10. The accepted precision for measuring distance by pacing usually varies from 1/200 to 1/500.
11. Reject measurements that vary from the mean by more than three percent (3%).
 12. If the computed relative precision of the set of measurement is greater than one part in two hundred,
the measurements should be repeated.

PROCEDURE:
A. Individual Pace Factor
Step 1: Select a straight and level course, measure at least 90 meters and mark the starting point with A and
the ends mark B. Records the decided measurement from point A to B below.

Step 2: From the definition of pacing, walk over the course at a natural pace or gait from point A with heel or
a toe point over the point, then count the number of paces to reach point B.

Step 3: For succeeding trials, walk from B to A, then A to B, do this until it reach 5 trials. Record the result in
the table 1.1 below accordingly.

Step 4: Complete table 1.1 of observed filed data.

Taped Distance Meter: ___________ (m)

Table 1.1 : Observed field Data

TRIAL LINE NUMBER OF PACES
1 AB
2 BA
3 AB
4 BA
5 AB

Step 5 : Determine / Compute the Mean number of paces and write the result below. To get the mean
number of paces by adding all the number paces from trial 1 to the last trial and divided by the
number of trials you complete.

Mean number of Paces: ________________

Step 6: Compute the Pace Factor, Write your answer below. In solving the pace factor use the formula given.

measure∨known lenght of the line

Pace Factor=
mean number of paces

Pace Factor: _________________ (m/pace)

B. Measuring Distance by Pacing

Step 1: Define or establish the end points of another level course whose length is to be determined by
pacing. Designates these end points as C and D.
Step 2 : For the First trial , walk over the course from C to D at a natural pace and record the number of
paces. Then, walk from D to C and again record the number of paces.
Step 3 : Repeat the above procedure until all five trials are completed.
Step 4 : After the field data is recorded , makes an actual taping of the course CD to determine the taped
distance.
Step 5: Refer to the accompanying sample format for the recording observed field data.
 Table 1-2
NUMBER PACE TAPED RELATIVE
TRIAL LINE MEAN
OF PACES DISTANCE DISTANCE PRECISION
1 CD
2 DC
3 CD
4 DC
5 CD

COMPUTATION:
1. Computing Pace Factor (PF)
a) Get the sum of the number of paces for the five trials performed on course AB then compute the mean
number of paces.
b) Divide the known or taped length of course AB by mean number of paces for AB to determine the pace
factor.

2. Computing Paced Distance (PD)

a) Get the sum of the number of paces for the five trials performed on course CD and compute the mean
of paces.
b) Multiply the mean number of paces for CD by the pace factor to obtain the pace distance

3. Computing Relative Precision (RD)

a) Determine the difference between the taped distance of CD and pace distance of CD
b) Divide the difference by the taped distance of CD and reduce the numerator to unity to determine the
relative precision

CONCLUSION:
RECOMMENDATION:

Note: All computation, conclusion, and recommendations of each experiment must be written in a separate paper.
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