OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

• Read scales for rulers and measuring cylinders.
• Measure the length of various objects
• Read- of the volume of liquids using measuring cylinders.

Instructions to find the value of each division:

Rules for finding the value of each division on a ruler:

• Count the number of divisions between two consecutive numbers on the scale
• In the above image of a ruler, there are 10 divisions between 2 consecutive numbers
• Finally divide 1by 10 to get 0.1. Thus the value of each division is 0.1cm

Some useful alternative to practical [ atp]  tips for  Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 and 0971 (9-1) :

• Always keep your line of sight perpendicular to the scale being read to avoid pparallax error.
• Repeat and take averages to improve the accuracy of the results.

Paper 2 / Multiple choice Topic Questions / Extended Curriculum

Following are downloadable pdfs that you may use for free

1.2.1-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-time-Set-4-solution-and-ms.pdf

1.2.1-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-time-Set-4-qp.pdf

1.2.1-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-time-Set-3-solution-and-ms.pdf

1.2.1-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-time-Set-1-solution-and-ms.pdf

1.2.1-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-time-Set-2-ms.pdf

1.2.1-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-time-Set-2-solution-and-ms.pdf

1.2.1-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-time-Set-3-qp.pdf

1.1.0-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-length-Set-2-ms.pdf

1.1.0-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-length-Set-2-qp.pdf

1.1.0-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-length-Set-1-qp.pdf

1.2.1-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-time-Set-1-qp.pdf

1.1.0-IGCSE-Physics-Topic-Questions-pdf-Measuring-length-Set-1-ms.pdf