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OBJECTIVE
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After
completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• cite examples of the uses of various parts of our body
and senses to measure length;
• state the limitations of the use of body parts and
senses for measurement and justify the need for a standard
to measure anything exactly;
• describe the Indian and various other measurement systems
used in the ancient times;
• define a physical quantity with examples;
• differentiate between fundamental and derived units;
• write S.I. units of different fundamental physical
quantities;
• use multiples and submultiples of different units;
• define the least count of a measuring instrument;
• name the various devices and instruments used to measure
length, mass and time stating the standard in each case;
• measure area of regular and irregular figures;
• measure volume of regular and irregular solids.
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