Measurement Module
Measurement Module
A Learning Module
in
Mathematics 7
How measurement
developed?
How to convert
measurements from
one unit to another?
Welcome to your
learning module…
In this module, you will be able to demonstrate understanding of the key concepts of
measurement.
You will learn to formulate real-life problems involving measurements and solve these
using a variety of strategies.
This module consists of a Pre-Test, Eleven Lessons, each including Check Your Own
and Historical Note, Wrap up and a Post Test.
Lesson 4: Perimeter
Lesson 5: Area
4. Convert measurements from one unit to another in both Metric and English systems.
1. 40 ○C 2. 185 ○F
3. 176 ○F 4. 158 ○F
5. 20 ○C
1. triangle 20 cm ________
2. square __________ 36 m
3. rhombus 25 cm _________
4. decagon 50 cm _________
5. octagon 20 mm _________
1. 2.
3. 4.
5.
1. 12 to 36 2. 45 to 105
3. 42 to 49 4. 81 to 729
5. 24 to 512
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
In the early times, parts of the human body were used as units of measurements,
such as hand, the foot, the span, and the cubit.
At the end of the 18th century, and with the advance of scienceand technology, a
more convenient system of measurement was developed-the Metric System. Scientist
from many countries were convened by the French Academy of Science to establish
international standards of measures.
Two systems of measurement have evolved: the English System and the Metric
system, which is based on the decimal system, uses the place value concept.
In ancient times, a
cubit is the length of a
pharaoh’s arm. The
Egyptians made extremely
accurate measurements in
building the Great Pyramid
at Giza using the cubit. In
the Bible, the measures of
Noah’s Ark were likewise
given in cubits.
The English system of measurement is based on the British Imperial System. Its
units evolved from nonstandard units of measure in medieval times like the foot, yard
and inch.
Since the English system does not use a baseunit and prefixes, it requires a lot
of memorization and is not convenient to use. Each unit has a separate name. For
instance, 1 foot = 12 inches and 1 yard = 3 feet. In order to convert one unit to another,
you need to know the conversion factor or the number of units that another unit is equal
to.
1. yard - 2. kilometer -
3. ton - 4. pint -
5. ounce - 6. kilogram -
1. mile - 2. cup -
3. decade - 4. milligram -
5. foot - 6. Celsius -
7. quart - 8. liter -
Length is the measurement of distance from one end to another. The metric unit
of length is the meter. The tape measure, ruler and meter stick are used to measure
length.
Basic Conversions
TABLE 1
TABLE 2
Length (English)
(5 ft.) x 12 = 60 in.
Cross Conversion
TABLE 3
English To SI Metric
inches (in.) x 2.54 centimeters (cm)
feet (ft.) x 0.305 meters (m)
yards (yd.) x 0.914 meters (m)
miles (mi.) x 1.61 kilometers (km)
TABLE 4
SI Metric to English
centimeters (cm) x 0.3937 inches (in.)
meters (m) x 3.28 feet (ft.)
meters (m) x 1.09 yards (yd.)
kilometers (km) x 0.62 miles (mi.)
2. 841 m to kilometers–
3. 8 yd to meters–
4. 4.5 m to decimeters –
5. 20 m to centimeters –
B. Solve.
1. A boy runs a distance of 5.5 kilometers. How many meters does he run?
2. Nelda walked 210 meters to her classmate’s house and they walked 325 meters to
school. How many kilometers were covered by Nelda alone?
3. Joshua walks 340 meters while Niel walks 0.70 kilometers. What is the difference
between their paces in centimeters?
“Peri” means around and “metre” means measure; hence perimeter literally
means the measure around.
Perimeter (as a measure) is the sum of the measures of the sides of a polygon.
The formula for finding the perimeter of plane figures can be determined.
A. Perimeter of a Triangle
a = 4 cm c = 6 cm
P=a+b+c
P = a + b+ c
b = 5cm
=4+5+6
= 15 cm
A rectangle table cloth has a width of 2.5 m and a length of 4 m. How many
meters of lace trimmings should be bought to make its borders?
4m
=8+5
C. Perimeter of a Square
A decorative mat is a square. One side is 50 cm. How long an edging is needed
to put borders on it?
50 cm
P = 4s
P = 4 (50)
= 200 cm
Notice that for any type of polygon, finding the perimeter is simply
measuring the distance around it or using the more convenient
formula.
1. 2. 15cm
10 m 10 m
25cm 25cm
10 m 10 m
15cm
3. 11cm 4.
20 m
17 cm 17 cm 16 m
4cm 9m
Area refers to the number of square units on a flat surface. The metric unit of
area is square meter. The sextant is a measurement tool used to survey land area.
Basic Conversion
TABLE 5
TABLE 6
English to SI Metric
square inches (in2) x 6.452 square centimeters (cm2)
square feet (ft2) x 0.093 square meters (m2)
square yards (yd2) x 0.836 square meters (m2)
square miles (mi2) x 2.59 square kilometers (km2)
TABLE 7
SI Metric To English
square centimeters (mm2) x 0.16 square inches (in2)
square meters (m2) x 10.764 square feet (ft2)
square meters (m2) x 1.195 square yards (yd2)
square kilometers (km2) x 0.386 square miles (mi2)
Solve.
1. Noel is buying a lot which measures 7680 square meters. How many hectares of land
is he buying?
2. Mrs. Aquino is selling a piece of land in Malasiqui which measures 3 hectare. If the
selling price is P 60 per square meter, how much she will receive from the sale of her
land?
3. A realtor is selling a 6 hectare land for P3 000 000.00 How much does a square
meter cost?
Weight is often used in daily life, from commerce to food production. The base SI
unit for weight is the kilogram (kg) which is almost exactly equal to the mass of one liter
of water. For the English System of Measurement, the base unit for weight is the pound
(lb). Since both these units are used in Philippine society, knowing how to convert from
pound to kilogram or vice versa is important. Some of the more common Metric units
are the gram (g) and the milligram (mg) while another commonly used English unit for
weight is ounces (oz).
Basic Conversion
TABLE 8
TABLE 9
Weight (English)
Cross Conversion
TABLE 10
English to SI Metric
ounces (oz) x 28.35 grams (g)
pounds(lb) x 0.454 kilograms (kg)
short ton (t) x 0.907 metric tons (t)
TABLE 11
SI Metric to English
grams (g) x 0.0353 ounces (oz)
kilograms (kg) X 2.2046 pounds(lb)
metric tons (t) x 1.102 short ton (t)
A. Convert
1) 6 g =________mg
2) 8 kg =________ g
3) 700 mg =________g
4) 5080 kg =________lbs
5) 381 g =________kg
B. Solve.
1) Mang Nestor bought the following fruits from the market: 2.25 kg of mangoes, 2.5
kg of dalandan, and a small pineapple weighing 0.50 kg. How many grams of
fruit did he buy in all?
2) The maximum total weight allowed in an elevator is 3000 lbs. Six people with
weights 57kg, 90kg, 84kg, 92kg, 103kg, and 88kg enter the elevator at the same
time. What total weight will the elevator still allow before it rings overweight.
3) A Danes Cheese Spread contains 390 mg of sodium. How much sodium does it
contain in grams?
Basic Conversions
TABLE 12
TABLE 13
Solution:
(30 quarts) x 0.25 = 7.5 gal
Cross Conversions
TABLE 14
English to SI Metric
fluid oz. (fl. oz) x 29.57 milliliters (mL)
Gallon x 3.785 Liters (L)
cubic ft3.) x 0.028 cubic meter (m3)
cubic yards (yd3) x 0.765 cubic meter (m3)
TABLE 15
SI Metric to English
milliliters (mL) x 0.034 fluid oz. (fl. oz)
liters (L) x 0.264 gallon
cubic meter (m3) x 35.315 cubic ft3.)
cubic meter (m3) x 1.308 cubic yards (yd3)
1. 4 gal = ________ L
2. 60 tbsp = ________cup
3. 6 floz = ________ mL
The hotness or coldness of the day is felt on the skin. The instrument used for
measuring temperature is the thermometer.
The Celsius and Fahrenheit scales are the most commonly used temperature scales
worldwide. But in the field of Science, there is another scale used. The third scale is
Kelvin, denoted by K.
K = ○C + 273.15
9
= (5 x 15○) + 32○
= 27○ + 32○
= 59○ F
○C 5
= 9(○F - 32○)
5
= 9 (230○ - 32○)
5
= 9 (198○)
=110○ C
1) 41○F 2) 59○ F
3) 113○ F 4) 275○F
5) 761○ F
1) 25○C 2) 105○ C
3) 520○ C 4) 95○C
5) 160○ C
Primitive man used to tell time by the position of the sun, the stars and the
moon and the behavior of animals. They used the sundial, the water clocks and the
hourglass for hundreds of years until the invention of the mechanical clocks, the stately
grandfather clocks, the quarts and digital watches and more recently, the atomic clocks.
Time is measured by the rotation of the earth on its axis (making one full day)
1
and its complex revolution (making one year in 365 4 days. This means that in the time it
1
takes the earth to circle the sun once, the earth makes 365 turns on its axis. Fourth
4
one-fourths make up one day (added to February) so that leap years occur every four
years.
TABLE 16
1 hr 10 min
+ 1 hr 35 min
2 hrs 45 min
6 May, Oxford
1) 36 min =________sec
3) 29 da =________hr
4) 48 mo =________ yr
5) 750 da =________min
An angle is formed by the union of two rays or two line segments that have a
common endpoint called the vertex. The rays or line segment are called the sides of the
angle.
The figure on the left below shows the angle with the vertex B, whose sides
contains points A and C. It is denoted asABC, which read as “angle ABC.” An angle can
also be identified by the letter of its vertex such asB as sown at the left, or by a numeral
such as 1 shown at the right. The symbol stands for angle.
1)
B
C
A protractor has two scales; the inner scale and the outer scale. To determine
the measure of an angle when the interior of the angle opens toward the right, we use
the inner scale. To determine the measure of an angle which opens toward the left, we
use the outer scale.
B C
1. Place the center of the protractor at the vertex (point B) of the angle.
2. Align the diameter of the protractor (marked 0 degree or 180 degrees) with BC one
→
side of ABC.
→
3. Read the degree measure of the angle whose other side BC crosses the protractor.
This reading gives the measure of the angle in degrees.
1. 2.
3. 4.
5.
Ratio is the comparison of two quantities of the same kind, such as two groups
of students, two kinds of vehicles, two sets of books, and so on.
Rate is a comparison of two quantities which have different units. Ratio is also
used to express rate.
Solution:
120 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 60 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠
= = 60 kilometers per hour
2 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 1 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟
Therefore, (n x 1) + (n x 2) + (n x 3) = 450 m2
n + 2n + 3n = 450 m2
6n = 450 m2
450 m2
n= 6
n = 75 m2
n x 1 = 75 m2 x 1 = 75 m2
n x 2 = 75 m2 x 2 = 150 m2
n x 3 = 75 m2 x 3 = 225 m2
450m2 = 450 m2
A. Find the ratio of each of the following pairs quantities. Use the colon (:) and
express the answer in lowest terms
3. 24 months to 2 years
B. Find the unit rate for each of the following. Use the word per.
2. 60 meters in 20 seconds
C. Solve.
1. The ratio of gravel to sand to cement in a concrete mix is 3:2:1. Find the number of
kilograms of each to make 1500 kg of the mix.
2. Nena has 180 pieces of coins in her coin bank. The coin bankconsists of 1-peso, 5-
peso and 10-peso coins, and they are in the ratio of 5:4:1 respectively, (a)how many of
each kind of coin are there? (b)how much money does Nena have?
A. Read each item carefully. Encircle the letter of the best answer for each item.
a. centimeters c. kilometers
b. meter d. yard
a. time c. volume
b. length d. weight
a. 0○C c.32○ F
b. 100○ F d. 212○F
a. 1 440 c. 4 140
b. 441 d. 1 044
a. 8○C c. 9○C
b. 10○C d. 11○ C
a. 0.00875 c. 0.0875
b. 0.875 d. 8.750
a. 0.25 b. 0.250
c. 25 d. 2.5
a. 408 b. 480
c. 804 d. 840
Solve.
1) A bus left the terminal at 6:30 a.m. and traveled nonstop. It arrived at a gas
station at 9:30a.m. How long did the bus travel before it made the stop?
3) A rope, 270 meters long, is cut into three pieces whose lengths are in the ratio
1:2:3. What is the length of each piece?
4) The sum of 4 numbers is 80. The numbers are in the ratio 2:4:6:8. What are the
four numbers?
5) The temperature at 2pm was 36.5○ C. By 6 pm. it had dropped by 4.8 degree○C.
What was the temperature at 6 pm on the Fahrenheit scale?
6) A boy carries his school bag weighing 3.12 kilograms. How much weight in
grams is he carrying?
8) Mark’s car can go 5.8 kilometers on 1 L of diesel. The capacity of the car’s fuel
tank is 48 L. How far can he drive on a full tank?
10) John jogs 250 meters in 5 minutes everyday. How many meters does he jog per
minute on the average?
PRE-TEST
A. Convert each of the following to the indicated unit.
1. 187 cm = 1.87 m 2. 49 m = 4 900 cm
3. 523 km = 523 000 m 4. 3 520 m = 3.52 km
5. 455 kg = 455 000 g 6. 750 mg = 0.75 g
7. 320 g = 320 000 mg 8. 1200 g = 1.2kg
9. 1 230 L = 1 230 000 mL 10. 10, 870 mL = 10.87 L
B. Express each Fahrenheit reading in degrees Celsius and vice-versa.
1. 40 ○C 2. 185 ○F
○F 9 5 ○
= (5 x ○C) + 32○ ○C = (F - 32○)
9
9 5
= (5 x 40○) + 32○ = (185○ - 32○)
9
5
= 72○ + 32○ = 9 (153○)
= 104○ F =85○ C
3. 176○F = 80○ C 4. 158○F =70○ C
5. 20 ○C = 68○ F
C. Fill-in the correct number in these conversion exercises.
1. 575 da = 828 000 min. 2. 3 600 mo = 300yr
3. 2 400 min = 40hr 4. 2 500 yr = 250decades
5. 3 000 yr = 3 millennium
1. triangle 20 cm 60 cm
2. square 9m 36 m
3. rhombus 25 cm 100 cm
4. decagon 50 cm 500 cm
5. octagon 20 mm 160 mm
E. Find the ratio of each of the following. Use the colon and express the answer in
lowest terms.
12 1
1. 12 to 36 = 36 = 3 = 1 :3 2. 45 to 105 = 3:7
5. 24 to 512 = 3:64
1. 2.
3. 4.
LENGTH
A. Convert each of the following to the indicated unit.
1. 5.3 ft. to meters = 1.6165 m
2. 841 m to kilometers = 0.841 km
3. 8 yd to meters = 7.312 m
4. 4.5 m to decimeters = 45 dm
5. 20 m to centimeters = 2,000 cm
1. A boy runs a distance of 5.5 kilometers. How many meters does he run?
Solution:
2. Nelda walked 210 meters to her classmate’s house and they walked 325 meters to
school. How many kilometers were covered by Nelda alone?
Solution:
+ 325 m
535 m
3. Joshua walks 340 meters while Niel walks 0.70 kilometers. What is the difference
between their paces in centimeters?
Solution:
70 000 cm
- 34 000 cm
36 000 cm
1. 2. 15cm
10 m 10 m
25cm 25cm
10 m 10 m
15cm
P = 4S P = 2L + 2W
P = 40 m = 50 cm + 30 cm
P = 80 cm
3. 11cm 4.
20 m
17 cm 17 cm 16 m
4cm 9m
P = S1 + S2 + S3 + S4 P = S 1 + S2 + S3
= 17 cm + 17 cm + 11 cm + 4 cm = 16 m + 20 m + 9m
P = 49 cm P = 45 m
1. Noel is buying a lot which measures 7680 square meters. How many hectares of land
is he buying?
Solution:
2. Mrs. Aquino is selling a piece of land in Malasiqui which measures 3 hectare. If the
selling price is P 60 per square meter, how much she will receive from the sale of her
land?
ans. Mrs. Aquino will receive an amount of P 1 800 000 from the sale of her land.
Solution:
3. A realtor is selling a 6 hectare land for P3 000 000.00 How much does a square
meter cost?
Solution:
6) 6 g =6 000 mg
7) 8 kg =8 000g
8) 700 mg =0.7 g
9) 5080 kg =2 306.32lbs
B. Solve.
1) Mang Nestor bought the following fruits from the market: 2.25 kg of mangoes, 2.5
kg of dalandan, and a small pineapple weighing 0.50 kg. How many grams of fruit
did he buy in all?
Solution:
2) The maximum total weight allowed in an elevator is 3000 lbs. Six people with
weights 57kg, 90kg, 84kg, 92kg, 103kg, and 88kg enter the elevator at the same
time. What total weight will the elevator still allow before it rings overweight.
Solution:
57 kg + 90 kg + 84 kg + 92 kg + 103 kg + 88 kg = 514 kg
Solution:
VOLUME
Use conversion to answer the following.
1. 4 gal = ________ L
3. 6 floz = ________ mL
TEMPERATURE
2) 41○F 2) 59○ F
○C 5 5
= 9(○F - 32○) ○C = 9(○F - 32○)
5 5
= 9 (41○ - 32○) = 9 (59○ - 32○)
5 5
= 9 (9○) = 9 (27○)
= 5○ C = 15○ C
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3) 113○ F = 45○ C 4) 275○F = 135○ C
5) 761○ F = 405○ C
2) 25○C 2) 105○ C
○F 9 9
= (5 x ○C) + 32○ ○F = (5 x ○C) + 32○
9 9
= (5 x 25○) + 32○ = (5 x 105○) + 32○
= 77○ F = 221○ F
5) 160○ C = 320○ F
TIME
Fill-in the correct number in these conversion exercises.
3) 29 da = 696hr
4) 48 mo = 4 yr
1. 2.
3. 4.
5.
RATIO
A. Find the ratio of each of the following pairs quantities. Use the colon (:) and
express the answer in lowest terms
3. 24 months to 2 years
24 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 24 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 1
= = 1= 1:1
2 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 24 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠
2. 60 meters in 20 seconds
60 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 3 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠
= = 3 meters per second
20 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠 1 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑
C. Solve.
1. The ratio of gravel to sand to cement in a concrete mix is 3:2:1. Find the number of
kilograms of each to make 1500 kg of the mix.
(n x 3) + (n x 2) + (n x 1) = 1 500 kg
3n + 2n +1n = 1 500 kg
6n = 1 500 kg
n = 1 500 kg
6
n = 250
n x 3 = 250 x 3 = 750
n x 2 = 250 x 2 = 500
n x 1 = 250 x 1 = 250
2. Nena has 180 pieces of coins in her coin bank. The coin bank consists of 1-peso, 5-
peso and 10-peso coins, and they are in the ratio of 5:4:1 respectively, (a)how many of
each kind of coin are there? (b)how much money does Nena have?
A. (n x 5) + (n x 4) + (n x 2) = 180
5n + 4n + 1n = 180
10n = 180
n = 180
10
n = 18
n x 5 = 18 x 5 = 90
n x 4 = 18 x 4 = 72
n x 1 = 18 x 1 = 18
B. 90 x P1 = P90
72 x P5 = P360
18 x P10 = P 180
POST-TEST
A. Read each item carefully. Encircle the letter of the best answer for each item.
a. centimeters c. kilometers
b. meter d. yard
a. time c. volume
b. length d. weight
a. 0○C c. 32○ F
b. 100○ F d. 212○F
a. 1 440 c. 4 140
b. 441 d. 1 044
a. 8○C c. 9○C
b. 10○C d. 11○ C
a. 0.00875 c. 0.0875
b. 0.875 d. 8.750
a. 0.25 b. 0.250
c. 25 d. 2.5
a. 408 b. 480
c. 804 d. 840
1) A bus left the terminal at 6:30 a.m. and traveled nonstop. It arrived at a gas
station at 9:30 a.m. How long did the bus travel before it made the stop?
Solution:
9: 30
- 6: 30
3: 00
2) Alex reviews for his long test tomorrow. He spent 2hrsand 15 minutes reviewing
Math and 1 hr and 30 minutes reviewing English. How many total hours did Alex
spend reviewing?
Solution:
1 hr 30 min
+ 2 hrs 15 min
3 hrs 45 min
3) A rope, 270 meters long, is cut into three pieces whose lengths are in the ratio
1:2:3. What is the length of each piece?
Solution:
(n x 1) + (n x 2) + (n x 3) = 270 m
n + 2n + 3n = 270 m
6n = 270 m
n = 270 m
6
n = 45 m
n x 1 = 45 m x 1 = 45 m
n x 2 = 45 m x 2 = 90 m
n x 3 = 45 m x 3 = 135 m
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4) The sum of 4 numbers is 80. The numbers are in the ratio 2:4:6:8. What are the
four numbers?
Solution:
(n x 2) + (n x 4) + (n x 6) + (n x 8) = 80
2n + 4n + 6n + 8n = 80
20n = 80
n = 80
20
n =4
nx2=4x2=8
n x 4 = 4 x 4 = 16
n x 6 = 4 x 6 = 24
n x 8 = 4 x 8 = 32
5) The temperature at 2pm was 36.5○ C. By 6 pm. it had dropped by 4.8 degree○C.
What was the temperature at 6 pm on the Fahrenheit scale?
Solution:
9
36.5○ C ○F = (5 x ○C) + 32○
9
- 4.8○ C = (5 x 31.7○) + 32○
= 89.06○ F
6) A boy carries his school bag weighing 3.12 kilograms. How much weight in
grams is he carrying?
Solution:
Solution:
8) Mark’s car can go 5.8 kilometers on 1 L of diesel. The capacity of the car’s fuel
tank is 48 L. How far can he drive on a full tank?
Solution:
5.8 km x 48 = 278.4 km
ans. 150 m
Solution:
P = 4S
600 m = 4S
600 m = S
4
150 m = S
10) John jogs 250 meters in 5 minutes everyday. How many meters does he jog per
minute on the average?
Solution:
250 meters
= 50 m/min
5 minutes
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