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Do you think 200 ml of water and 200 ml of oil will occupy the same space in a glass?

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Important Questions on Measurement

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A man is walking at a speed of 12 km/hour. After every kilometer he takes rest for 4 minutes. How much time (in minutes) will he take to cover a distance of 8 kilometers ?
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Walking at 45th of his usual speed, a man is 12 minutes late for his office. What is the usual time taken by him to cover that distance?
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A train leaves station A at 8 am and reaches station B at 12 noon. A car leaves station B at 8:30 am and reaches station A at the same time when the train reaches station B. At what time do they meet?
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If Shivan walks at the rate of 19 kmph. How much time (in min) will he take to cover 665 m?
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A takes 2 hours 30 minutes more than B to walk 40 km. If A doubles his speed, then he can make it in 1 hour less than B. How much time (in hours) does A require for walking a 40 km distance?
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A and B are at a distance of 1.7 km apart and they start running towards each other at a speed of 8 m/s and 9 m/s respectively. After how much time, will they meet each other?
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A boy increases his speed to 95 times of his original speed. By this he reaches his school 30 minutes before the usual time. How much time he takes usually?
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Walking at 60% of his usual speed, a man reaches his destination 1 hour 40 minutes late. His usual time (in hours) to reach the destination is:
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Differentiate between the following:

Celsius and Kelvin scale.

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The average speed of a bus is 212 times the average speed of a tractor. The tractor covers 266 kms. in 19 hours. How much distance will the bus cover in 16 hours?
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For an accurate measurement of time in sports, we use a _____.
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If the temperature in Celsius scale is 50°, its value in Fahrenheit scale will be 
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How did people measure time in the early days?
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The usual SI unit of temperature is Celsius.
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Discuss how man started measuring time.
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Which property of matter is used in the measurement of temperature?
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The distance between the Earth and the Sun is 14,90,00,000 km. The speed of light is 3×108 m/s. The sun stops giving out light now, how much longer will we be able to see the Sun?
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A man travels on a scooter from A to B at a speed of 30 km/h and returns back from B to A at 20 km/h. The total journey was performed by him in 10 hr. Find the distance from A to B.
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Why do we need to measure time? Name the types of devices used to measure time from ancient times to present time. Which one of them gives the most accurate time? 
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The lengths of mercury thread in a mercury thermometer are given here. Length in melting ice =20 mm, length in steam above boiling water =170 mm, length in liquid P=50 mm. What is the temperature of liquid P?