
QUIZ 1.1 MEASUREMENTS, ERROR AND VARIANCE
Quiz by Aurora Ramos
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Stephen bought a new weighing scale. It shows that he is 1 kg less than his actual mass. Describe the accuracy and precision of the weighing scale.
Which shows the closeness of a value to the real value?
A brand of soda claims that a bottle contains 500 ml. After measuring three bottles the volume using graduated cylinder, the masses were 497 ml, 503 ml, and 501 ml.
Which of the following is used to adjust an instrument so its measurement can be close to the real value?
Which of the following is the most accurate instrument in measuring mass?
According to an internet site, the average Filipino is 163 cm in height. Which of the following is equal of this value in the English system?
A baby was born 6.6 pounds. How many kilograms is the baby’s mass?
Reynaldo has a banana plantation that has a length of 4 x10^2 meters and width of 8 x10^2 meters. What is the area of his plantation?
What are the values being compared in percentage difference?
A cube of iron measures 2.00 cm on each edge and has a mass of 62.9 g. Calculate its density in kg/m3
Calculate the uncertainty of the data below using variance and standard deviation.Â
A physics student measured the distance traveled by a cart moving horizontally in 30 seconds. Using the same stopwatch for each trial, he got the following data:
       1.2 m       0.9 m         1.0 m        0.8 m           1.3 m