If you want to buy a jeans but you don’t know

your waist line or size, and there is no available

fitting room, what will you do to know the fit
jeans for you?
 How about if you want to buy shoes
and you are not allowed to fit it, what
will you do to know the right size for
you?
In the school, what is
this?
Measure
ment
Objectives
- Define measurement.
- Identify the different quantities in
measurement.
- Measure object/s using prehistoric
way of measurement.
- Value the importance of
measurement.
What two words come into your
mind if you hear or see the word
measurement?

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What is Measurement?
- It is the process of comparing an
unknown quantity with a standard.
- The assignment of a numerical value
to an object’s physical property.
Note: we assign units to the numerical
quantity to convey the relative
magnitude of the property.
 HISTORY OF MEASUREMENT
The earliest recorded systems of weights and
measures originate in the 3rd or 4th millennium BC.
Even the very earliest civilizations needed
measurement for purposes of agriculture, construction and
trade.
Early standard units might only have applied to a
single community or small region, with every area
developing its own standards for lengths, areas, volumes
and masses.
 Starting in the 18th century, modernized,
simplified and uniform systems of weights
and measures were developed, with the
fundamental units defined by ever more
precise methods in the science of metrology
.
 Early Babylonian and Egyptian records
and the Hebrew Bible indicate that length
was first measured with the forearm, hand,
or finger and that time was measured by the
periods of the sun, moon, and other
heavenly bodies.
 Prehistoric
ways of
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units of length referred to above and the
Mesopotamian cubit were used in the 3rd
millennium BC and are the earliest known
unit used by ancient peoples to measure
length.
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System There are three systems of
of measurement, the English
Measure system, Metric system, and
ment International system of units.
Sometimes called as Engineer’s System and was developed in
ENGLISH SYSTEM England in the 20th century.
This is also called as FPS system or Foot-Pound-Second.

English system was replaced by the Metric System which was

developed in France. This system id divided into CGS and MKS
system.
METRIC SYSTEM CGS (Centimeter, Gram, Second) system sometimes called as
Gaussian System of Measurement.
MKS (Meter, Kilogram, Second), this is the international accepted
system of unit.
 System of
Measurement
QUANTITY ENGLISH SYSTEM GAUSSIAN SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

Length Foot (ft) Centimeter (cm) Meter (m)

Mass Pound (lb) Gram (g) Kilogram (kg)

Time Second (s) Second (s) Second (s)

Amount of substance - Mole (mol) Mole (mol)

Temperature Fahrenheit (°F) Celsius (°C) Kelvin (K)

Electric current - Ampere (A) Ampere (A)

Luminous intensity - Candela (cd) Candela (cd)

 System of
Measurement
QUANTITY
QUANTITY
ENGLISH
SYSTEM
GAUSSIAN SYSTEM
INTERNATIONAL
SYSTEM

Length Foot (ft) Centimeter (cm) Meter (m)

- Quantity or Physical quantity is a physical property of a
QUANTI material or system than
Mass can (lb)
Pound be quantified by(g)measurement.
Gram Kilogram (kg)
- It can be expressed as a value and a unit.
TY - Time
Quantities can be classified
Secondas
(s)to scalarSecond
and vector.
(s) Second (s)

Temperature - Mole (mol) Mole (mol)

SCALAR QUATITY is a quantity which can be expressed in
terms of magnitude. Fahrenheit (°F)
Electric current Celsius (°C) Kelvin (K)
VECTOR QUANTITY is a quantity expressed by magnitude
and direction.
Luminous intensity - Ampere (A) Ampere (A)

Amount of substance - Candela (cd) Candela (cd)

Quanti Quantity can also classified as Fundamental and Derived quantity.
ties
QUANTITY ENGLISH SYSTEM GAUSSIAN SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

Length Foot (ft) Centimeter (cm) Meter (m)

FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITY
Mass BASIC
Pound (lb) FUNDAMENTAL
Gram (g) QUANTITIES
- Is also called as basic quantity.
Kilogram (kg)

Time - It can be determine

Second (s) directly
Second or
(s) by meansSecond
of (s)
Temperature
specified instruments.
- Mole (mol) Mole (mol)

Electric current Fahrenheit (°F) Celsius (°C) Kelvin (K)

Luminous intensity - Ampere (A) Ampere (A)

Amount of substance - Candela (cd) Candela (cd)

 Fundamental
Quantities
QUANTITY DEFINITION

Length It is a physical quantity for measuring space.

Mass It is the measure of amount of matter an object contains.

Time It is the interval between two successive events.

Temperature It is the measure of the average kinetic energy of the molecules.

Electric current It is the measure of the flow of electrons from negatively charged to positively
charged body.

Luminous intensity It is the measure of the brightness of light at its source.

Amount of substance It is the number/ amount of atoms or molecules that make up the substance.
 - are the quantities that result from
Derive the combination of two or more
d fundamental quantities.
- commonly, it can be done with
Quanti
application of mathematical
ties operations.
 Derived
Quantities
QUANTITY DEFINITION

Area It is the product of two measures of length.

Volume For regular shaped solid, it can be measured the three measures of length.
And in terms of liquid, it can be measured by the product of mass and density.

Speed It is the ratio of length and time.

Acceleration It is the ratio of speed and time.

Density It is the ratio of mass and volume.

Force It is measured by finding the product of mass and acceleration.

 Activity 2. Fill the missing unit/s of the quantity in specific
System of Measurement.
QUANTITY ENGLISH SYSTEM GAUSSIAN SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM

Length 1(ft)
Foot Centimeter (cm) 4 (m)
Meter

Mass Pound (lb.) 2 (g)

Gram Kilogram (kg)

Time Second (s) Second (s) 5 (s)

Second

Amount of substance - Mole (mol) Mole (mol)

Temperature Fahrenheit (°F) 3 (°C)

Celsius Kelvin (K)

Electric current - Ampere (A) Ampere (A)

Luminous intensity - Candela (cd) Candela (cd)

 Activity title:
Measure by
the Past
…and I, Thank
you
- Give one scenario that shows the application of
system of measurement. And how is it important
in our life to have a system of measurement?
- How will you relate the system of measurement
in your other subjects;
 Statistics and probability,
 Practical Research, and
 Physical Education
CONVERSION
OF UNITS
Conversion of units requires the use of one
or more conversion factor. A conversion
factor is the ratio of the desired unit with a
given unit. The conversion factor is always
expressed in a fractional form where the
numerator quantity is equivalent to the
denominator quantity.
CONVERSION
TABLE
MASS
1 kg 1000 g
1g 1000 mg
1 lb 453.6 g
1 kg 2.2 lb
1 lb 16 oz
CONVERSION
TABLE LENGTH
1 km 1000 m
1m 100 cm
1m 1000 mm
1m 39.37 in
1m 3.28 ft
1 in 2.54 cm
1 yd 3 ft
1 ft 12 in
1 mile 5280 ft
1 mile 1609 m
1 fathom 6 ft
CONVERSION
TABLE
TIME
1 min 60 s
1 hr 60 min
1 da 24 hr
1 wk 7 da
1 yr 12 mon
1 yr 365 da
1 dec 10 yr
1 century 100 yr
1 millennium 1000 yr
CONVERSION
TABLE
VOLUME
1L 1000 mL
1L 1.06 qt
1 mL 1 cc
1 cu m 1000000 cu cm
1 cu m 264.17 gal
1 cu m 1000 L
1 cu ft 7.48 gal
ET US TRY!!!
Convert the following to its desired unit:
1. 240 in to yd
2. 150 g to oz
3. 12 mon to s
4. 13 L to cc
5. 4.03 x 107 in to mile
 Assessment
TRUE OR FALSE
In ¼ sheet of paper, write True if the statement is correct and False if
you are not convinced in the statement.

1. Measurement is the process of comparing an unknown quantity with

a standard.
2. Cubit is the earliest known units used by ancient peoples to measure
length.
3. The basic fundamental quantities are mass, time, and temperature.
4. Weight is the amount of matter and object contains.
 Assignment
Surveying at home: Using two ancient ways of
measurement, measure the length of the following items/area
in your house:
- Dining table
- Your bed
- Floor area of your living room or sala
Take a photo while you are measuring, make a collage
including the result of your measurement, and send your photo
collage on our class’s GC.
Have you measures all the
blessings you get from God?

How would you measure it?