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Chapter Six

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Measurements

Our environment has various things. Those things differ in
terms of volume, length and mass. In this chapter, you will
learn how to measure length, mass and volume of different
objects. You will also learn how to use those measurements.

Types of measurements

Measurement is the size, length or amount of something,
which is represented by numbers and units. There are two
types of measurements, namely standard measurements and
non-standard measurements.

Standard measurements

These are the approved measurements which are similar wherever
they are used.

Study the following picture and then read the description that
follows.

Figure 1 Measuring length using a ruler

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