FORM 1 CHAPTER 7

BASIC MEASUREMENTS

Karmen Thum B. App. Sc

(Maths & Econ) USM

LENGTH

* 1 km = 1 000 m x 100 cm
= 100 000 cm
* 1 km = 100 000cm x 10 mm
= 1 000 000 mm
Convert
(a) 3 1 m to cm
4

(b) 26 cm 2 mm to mm

(c) 62.3 cm to m

(d) 1 km 25 m to km

(e) 85 mm to cm and mm

(f) 7 3 m to m and cm
4

(g) 0. 52 km to cm.

FORM 1 CHAPTER 7
BASIC MEASUREMENTS

Karmen Thum B. App. Sc

(Maths & Econ) USM

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division involving Length

CHANGE ALL THE MEASUREMENTS TO THE SAME UNIT FIRST
(a) 15 m 42 cm + 6 m 25 cm

[21 m 67 cm]

(b) 24. 9 cm + 4 mm

[25.3 cm]

(c) 6 cm - 2. 015 cm

[3. 985 cm]

(d) 33. 52 m - 16 cm

[33.36m]

(e) 4 km 20 m x 5

[20 km 100 m]

(f) 6.5 mm x 8

[52mm]

(g) 18. 2 cm 5

[3.64cm]

(h) 15 km 280m 4

[3km 820m]

Problem Solving involving Length

A piece of black thread is 2 m 64 cm long and a piece of red thread is 2. 4 m long.
Find their total length.
[5. 04m]

FORM 1 CHAPTER 7
BASIC MEASUREMENTS

Karmen Thum B. App. Sc

(Maths & Econ) USM

MASS
1. Mass is the amount of matter in an object.
2. Mass is usually measured in grams (g), kilograms (kg) and tonnes in metric units.

onvert

(a) 2. 45 kg to g

[2450g]

(b) 3 106 kg to tonnes

[3.106 tonnes]

(c) 15 030 g to kg and g

[15kg 30g]

(d) 67.05 tonnes to tonnes and kg

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division involving Mass

(a) 8 tonnes 350 kg + 6 tonnes 740 kg

[15 tonnes 90kg]

(b) 13 kg 70 g - 4 kg 520 g

[8kg 550g]

(c) 5 tonnes 410 kg x 6

[32 tonnes 460kg]

(d) 20 kg 250 g 6

[3kg 375g]

FORM 1 CHAPTER 7
BASIC MEASUREMENTS

Karmen Thum B. App. Sc

(Maths & Econ) USM

Problem Solving
An empty vessel weights 530 g. When filled with sugar, it weights 2. 58 kg. Find, in
kg, the mass of the sugar.
[2. 05 kg]

TIME

Convert
(a) 5 1 days to hours
4

[126 hours]

(b) 6 minute 18 seconds to seconds.

[378 seconds]

(c) 36 months to years

[3 years]

(d) 309 minutes to hours and minutes

[5 hours and 9 minutes]

FORM 1 CHAPTER 7
BASIC MEASUREMENTS

Karmen Thum B. App. Sc

(Maths & Econ) USM

Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division involving Time

(a) 5 minutes 42 seconds + 3.5 minutes

[9 minutes 12 seconds]

(b) 14 weeks 2 days - 6 weeks 5 days

[7 weeks 4 days]

(c) 22. 3 minutes - 24 seconds

[21 minutes 54 seconds]

(d) 8 days 15 hours x 5

[3 days 24 hours]

(a) 7 hours 12

[35 minutes]

Problem Solving involving Time

A bus took 6 hours 45 minutes to travel from Seremban to Ipoh. It took another 2
hours 19 minutes to travel from Ipoh to Butterworth.
Calculate the total time taken to travel from Seremban to Butterworth. [9 hours 4
minutes]

TWELVE-HOUR AND TWENTY- FOUR-HOUR SYSTEM

1. Time can be expressed in the 12-hour system or 24-hour system.
2. In the 12-hour system, a.m. is used for the time between midnight and noon
whereas p.m. is used for the time between noon and midnight.
12-hour system
24-hour System

FORM 1 CHAPTER 7
BASIC MEASUREMENTS

Karmen Thum B. App. Sc

(Maths & Econ) USM

Changing Time in the 12-hour System to the 24-hour System and vice versa

Change each of the following to the 24-hour system.

(a) 8. 15 a.m.

(d) 10. 45 p.m.

(b) 11. 00 a.m.

(e) 12. 20 a.m.

(c) 4. 35 p.m.

Change each of the following to the 12-hour system.

(a) 0925 hours

(c) 1705 hours

(b) 1235 hours

(d) 0045 hours

Find the interval between 09.15 a.m. and 3. 45 p.m. on the same day.
[6 hours 30 minutes]

Find the interval between 11. 30 p.m. on Tuesday and 4. 15 a.m. on Wednesday.
[4 hours 45 minutes]

FORM 1 CHAPTER 7
BASIC MEASUREMENTS

Karmen Thum B. App. Sc

(Maths & Econ) USM

Find the time which is 4 hours 50 minutes after 2120 hours, in the 12-hour system.
[2.10 am, the next day]

A show starts at 8. 45 a.m. and ends at 3. 20 p.m. How long is the show?
[6 hours 35 minutes]