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Question
Guess the lengths to draw these things. Ask your friend to draw the same. After you make the drawing use a scale to measure the length. Whose drawing showed a better guess?
| Guess its length and draw |
Measure of your drawing |
Measure of your friend’s drawing |
| An ant of length less than 1 cm |
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| Pencil of length about 7 cm |
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| A glass 11 cm high with water up to 5 cm |
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| A bangle of perimeter 20 cm |
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| A curly hair of length 16 cm |
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Solution
| Guess its length and draw |
Measure of your drawing |
Measure of your friend’s drawing |
| An ant of length less than 1 cm |
0.8 cm | 1.4 cm |
| Pencil of length about 7 cm |
6.4 cm | 7.2 cm |
| A glass 11 cm high with water up to 5 cm |
10.5 cm and 4.6 cm | 8 cm and 4.5 cm |
| A bangle of perimeter 20 cm |
18.9 cm | 20.2 cm |
| A curly hair of length 16 cm |
15 cm | 16.6 cm |
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