Section A (30 marks) 45 minutes

Each question below is followed by four answers A, B, C and D. There is only

one correct answer. Choose the correct answer and shade your answer in the
objective sheet provided. Answer all the questions.

1. Figure 1 shows a body part of a human. Which of the following statements is

not true regarding the human’s body part?

Figure 1

A. The body part was used for measuring during olden days.
B. The body part can be used to measure distance between cities.
C. The body part gives a measurement of one span.
D. The body parts of humans are of different sizes.

2. Which one of the following is never used by humans for measuring?

A. Stride.
B. Rope
C. Hair.
D. Measuring tape.

3. ………………. is the measurement between two points.

A. Mass
B. Area
C. Distance
D. Volume

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 Figure 2

4. Based on Figure 2, which of the following statements are not correct?

A. The stone has volume.

B. The difference in volume of water tells the area of the stone.
C. The stone displaces the water.
D. Volume of a stone can be measured using a measuring cylinder.

5. Which of the following statements are true?

I Distance is the measurement between two points.
II Distance is usually quoted as numerical values and unit.
III Distance tells how far two objects are from one another.
IV Distance is not a physical quantity.

A. I and II only.
B. I, II and III only.
C. I, II and IV only.
D. I, II, III and IV.

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 Figure 3

6. Figure 3 shows two objects P and Q which are immersed into a measuring
cylinder containing a known volume of water. If the volume of object P is 50
cm3 what is the volume of object Q?

A. 10 cm3.
B. 50 cm3.
C. 80 cm3.
D. 100 cm3.

7. Which of the following is suitable to measure the volume of a marble?

A. A rope.
B. A box.
C. A spring balance.
D. A measuring cylinder containing a known volume of water.

8. Which of the following statements are correct?

I Every person has different size of body parts.
II Measuring using body parts gives inconsistent results.
III A ruler is a standard measuring tool.
IV A rope and ruler can be used to measure distance.

A. I, II and III only.

B. I, III and IV only.
C. II, III and IV only.
D. I, II, III and IV.

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Figure 4

The volume of the object shown in Figure 4 can be measured with the aid of
……………….
A. a two-inch nail.
B. a measuring beaker containing a known volume of water.
C. a measuring tape.
D. a ruler.

10.

Figure 5

Calculate the area for the unshaded box.

A. 24 cm2.
B. 56 cm2.
C. 14cm2
D. 42cm2

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Figure 6
Figure 6 shows two tiles. If 9 pieces of tile Q are required to totally cover tile
P, what is the area of the tile P?
A. 9 cm2
B. 18 cm2.
C. 81 cm2.
D. 27 cm2.

12. The leaf of a papaya plant does not have a regular shape. Its surface area can be
measured by using ……………….

A. a measuring cylinder.
B. a spring balance.
C. a string and ruler.
D. a known size of grids.

13. The circumference of a tree trunk can be measured with …………….

I finger span.
II a string and ruler.
III a measuring tape.
IV stride.

A. I and II only.
B. I and III only.
C. I, II and III only.
D. I, II, III and IV.

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 Figure 7

14. Figure 7 shows the eye position when taking a reading of a

measurement. Which of the following is the correct position of eye?

A. I only.
B. I and III only.
C. II only.
D. I, II and III..

15.Which of the following statements about water are true?

I Water has no definite shape.

II Water always takes up the shape of its container.
III The volume of water can be measured using a measuring cylinder.
IV Water has a definite volume.

A. I and III only

B. I, II and III only
C. II and IV only
D. I, II, III and IV

16.Which of the following is not a reason for measuring the volume of an

irregular solid using a measuring cylinder with known volume of water?

A. The length, width and height of an irregular solid cannot be determined.

B. A solid cannot take up the shape of its container.
C. An irregular solid needs to be wet in order to be measured.
D. A solid can displace water.

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Figure 8

Puan Aishah drove her car and dropped by at Kajang to buy durian. After one
hour of driving, she dropped by at Seremban to buy a drink. Based on Figure 8,
what is the distance between Kajang and Seremban?

A. 100 km.
B. 125 km.
C. 50 km.
D. 25 km.

Figure 9

18. Three flasks with different shapes were filled with equal amount of water as
shown in Figure 9. What will happen to the water?

A. The water can only be filled into flask P.

B. The water will spill out of flask Q and R.
C. The volume of water will change according to each flask’s capacity.
D. The water will take up the shape of each flask.

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 Figure 10

19. Arrange the leaves in Figure 10 above from the smallest to the biggest surface
area.

A. A,C,D,B.
B. A,B,D,C.
C. A,D,B,C.
D. C,B,D,A.

20. Which of the following is not a physical quantity?

.A Length.
.B Shape.
.C Distance.
.D Height.

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 Figure 11

21. Which of the following statements are correct about the polygon shown in
Figure 11?

I The polygon is a triangle.

II The polygon has three sides.
III The area of the polygon can be calculated using formula.
IV The polygon has width and height.

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. I, II and III only
D. I, II, III and IV

Figure 12

22. The area of the shape shown in Figure 12 can be measured using ……..……..

A. a ruler.
B. a measuring tape.
C. grids of known size.
D. fathom.

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 Figure 13

23. The surface area of the rectangle shown in Figure 13 is ……………

A. 800 cm2.
B. 8 m3 .
C. 8m2.
D. 8 m.

24. Physical quantities of an object are measured and expressed as ……….....

A. shape and size.
B. numerical values and units.
C. volume and loudness.
D. speed and acceleration.

25. The importance of measuring area is ………………

A. to measure the size of an object.
B. to know how big a surface is.
C. to know how heavy an object is.
D. to find out how wide the object is.

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 Figure 14

26. The total surface area of the cube shown in Figure 14 is __________

A. 4 cm2.
B. 8 cm2.
C. 24 cm2.
D. 16 cm2.

27. Which of the following statements are correct?

I Area is the measurement of total surface.

II Volume tells the amount of mass in an object.
III Volume tells how much space is occupied by an object.
IV Area of an irregular surface can be measured by using grids.

A. I and II only.
B. I, II and III only.
C. I, III and IV only.
D. I, II, III and IV.

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 Figure 15

28. Calculate the volume of water in the aquarium shown in Figure 15.

A. 200 m3.
B. 1200 m3.
C. 120 m3.
D. 600 m3

Figure 16

29. A student pinned down a butterfly using a grid as shown in Figure 16. What
would be the purpose of the student?

A. To kill the butterfly.

B. To measure the size of the butterfly.
C. To see how long the butterfly can live without food.
D. To preserve the butterfly.

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 Figure 17

30. Figure 17 shows a kettle with ten glasses. If all the content of the full kettle is
required to fill all the glasses until they are full, which of the following
statement is correct?
A. The kettle is heavier than the glasses.
B. Two kettles are required to fill all the glasses.
C. The volume of the kettle is ten times bigger than the volume of each
mmnnglass.
D. Water in the kettle needs to be boiled first.

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Section B (20 marks) 30 minutes.

Instruction: Write the answers in the space provided. Answer all questions.

1. In an investigation, 5 students measured the distance between two flag poles by

using their stride. Figure 18 below shows the results of their investigation.

Pupil Number of stride

Hannah 32
Sharifah 29
Adam 28
Zu-Vyn 31
Jarred 30

Figure 18

a) What is your observation based on the results shown in Figure 18?

(1 mark)

b) Give your inference based on your answer in a).

(1 mark)
c) State the constant variable in this experiment.

(1 mark)
d) Give two other methods of measuring that can give a more accurate result.

(i) (1 mark)

(ii) . (1 mark)

(1 mark)

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 Figure 19

2. Mrs. Grace uses cards of different sizes to measure the area of a table. Figure
19 shows the table and cards she used for measuring.

a) What is the area of the table?

(1 mark)

b) How many of each card is required to fully cover the table?

i) Card A : (1 mark)

ii) Card B : (1 mark)

c) State the following variables.

i) Constant variable : (1 mark)

ii) Manipulated variable : (1 mark)

iii) Responding variable : The number of cards required for measuring.

(1 mark)

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3. Figure 20 shows an experiment which is carried out using a measuring
apparatus, a string, a stone and a cork. Observe the figure and answer the
following questions.

Figure 20

a) What is the aim of the experiment?

(1 mark)

b) State the:

i) Initial volume of water in A : (1 mark)

ii) Volume of water and stone in B: (1 mark)

c) Calculate the volume of the cork.

(1 mark)
d) What is the maximum volume that can be measured using this apparatus?

(1 mark)

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 Results

Plasticine Volume of water (ml)

Initial Final
A 50 90
B 50 90
C 50 90
D 50 90
E 50 90
F 50 90

Figure 21

4. Figure 21 shows six plasticines of various shapes but having the same weight.
Each plasticine was put into a measuring cylinder with known volume of
water. The volume of each plasticine was recorded as shown in the above
table.

a) What is the purpose of this investigation?

(1 mark)
b) What is your observation?

(1 mark)
c) What is your inference?

(1 mark)

d) Give the

i) manipulated variable : (1 mark)

ii) constant variable : (1 mark)

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