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The document discusses methods for measuring density by calculating the mass and volume of various objects, including the Earth, drawing pins, bricks, and matches. It provides specific examples and questions to guide the reader in determining the density of these items. The document emphasizes the importance of measurements and calculations in understanding the concept of density.

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The document discusses methods for measuring density by calculating the mass and volume of various objects, including the Earth, drawing pins, bricks, and matches. It provides specific examples and questions to guide the reader in determining the density of these items. The document emphasizes the importance of measurements and calculations in understanding the concept of density.

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1 Making measurements

Measuring density 5 The Earth has a mass of 6 x 1024kg and a radius


of about 6400 km. What is the density of the Earth
The easiest way to determine the density of a substance (in kg/m3)? The volume of a sphere is given by the
is to find the mass and volume of a sample of the equation V = |w3, where r is the radius.
substance. 6 40 drawing pins (thumb tacks) like those shown
For a solid with a regular shape, find its volume by in Figure 1.10 have a mass of 17.55g. What is the
measurement (see Section 1.1). Find its mass using a volume (in mm3) of one pin when they are made of
balance. Then calculate the density. metal with a density of 8.7 g/cm3?

Questions
3 A brick is shown in Figure 1.9. It has a mass of
2.8 kg.

Figure 1.1 0: A pair of drawing pins (thumb tacks).

7 A young girl from the Kayan people in northern


Thailand wears a neck ring made of brass (Figure
1.11). It looks as if there are 21 individual rings but
the ring is actually one continuous length of brass
fashioned (bent) into a coil. The height of the brass
coil is 12 cm and its average circumference is 40 cm.
Neck rings are usually only removed to be replaced
with a bigger one as the girl grows. However, we
can estimate the mass of this neck ring without
removing it.

Figure 1.9: A brick labelled with its dimensions.

a Give the dimensions of the brick in metres.


b Calculate the volume of the brick.
c Calculate the density of the brick.
4 A box full of 35 matches has a mass of 6.77 g.
The box itself has a mass of 3.37 g.
a What is the mass of one match in grams?
b What is the volume (in cm3) of each match.
A match has dimensions of 42 mm x 2.3 mm x
2.3 mm?
c What is the density of the matches?
d How do you know if these matches will float? Figure 1.11: A Kayan girl wearing a neck ring.

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