Class 6 Science — Chapter 5: Measurement of Length and Motion
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What you'll learn
- ▸Non-Standard Units of Measurement
- ▸The Need for Standard Units
- ▸SI Units of Length and Conversions
- ▸Correct Procedure for Measuring Length
- ▸Measuring the Length of a Curved Line
- ▸Conventions for Writing Units
Chapter Summary
--- PAGE 1 --- Chapter 5 Measurement of Length and Motion Deepa, a curious eleven-year old girl, lives in a town in the state of Haryana. The new school year has started. Deepa needs a new uniform since she has grown taller. Her mother takes her to a cloth shop. She asks for a two-metre cloth piece. The shopkeeper measures the cloth using a metal measuring rod. Then, the tailor takes her measurements using a flexible measuring tape. Her mother instructs the tailor to increase the length of her uniform by *char angula* (four fingers width). 0677CH05 Are the tape and rod similar to the scale that the elder sister has in her geometry box? What did mother mean by *char angula*? 0 cm l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1…
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Did you know?
- 💡 Ancient Egyptians measured lengths using their "cubit," the distance from elbow to fingertip.
- 💡 The first metre was based on Earth's size, from the North Pole to the Equator.
- 💡 The official metre used to be a metal bar stored in a vault near Paris, France.
- 💡 A single strand of spider silk is often less than one-thousandth of a millimetre thick.
- 💡 Today, the metre is defined by the speed of light in a tiny fraction of a second.
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