CHAPTER 9

Measurement

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 9.2
Measuring Area and Volume

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 Objectives
1. Use square units to measure area.

2. Use dimensional analysis to change units for

area.

3. Use cubic units to measure volume.

4. Use English and metric units to measure

capacity.

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 Measuring Area
Square unit
A square, each of whose sides is one unit in length.

One square unit 1 square inch, 1 square centimeter,

1 in.² 1 cm²

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 Example: Measuring Area

What is the area of this region?

Solution:
We count 12 square units.
c
Therefore, the area is 12 square units.

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 Square Units of Measure:
The English System

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 Square Units of Measure:
The English System
1 square foot (ft²) = 144 square inches (in.²)

1 square yard (yd²) = 9 square feet (ft²)

1 acre (a) = 43,560 ft² or 4840 yd²

1 square mile (mi²) = 640 acres

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 Example: Using Square Units to
Compute Population Density
After Alaska, Wyoming is the least densely populated
state. The Population of Wyoming is 568,158 and its area
is 97,814 square miles. What is Wyoming’s population
density?
Solution:
We compute the population density by dividing
Wyoming’s population by its area.
Population density = population 568,158 people

area 97,814 square miles
Using a calculator and rounding to the nearest tenth, we
obtain a population density of 5.8 people per square mile
of area.

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English and Metric Equivalents for Area

1 square inch(in²) = 6.5 square centimeters (cm²)

1 square foot (ft²) = 0.09 square meter (m²)

1 square yard (yd²) = 0.8 square meter (m²)

1 square mile (mi²) = 2.6 square kilometers (km²)
1 acre = 0.4 hectare (ha)

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 Example: Using Dimensional Analysis
on Units of Area

A property in Italy is advertised at $545,000 for 6.8

hectares.
Find the area of the property in acres.

Solution:
To convert 6.8 hectares to area, we use a unit fraction
with acres in the numerator and hectares in the
denominator.
6.8 ha 1 acre 6.8
6.8 ha    acres 17 acres
1 0.4 ha 0.4
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 Example Continued
What is the price per acre?
Solution:
The price per acres is the total price $545,000 divided
by the number of acres, 17.

$545,000
price per acre   $32,059/acre
17 acres

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 Measuring Volume

Volume refers to the amount of space occupied by a three-

dimensional figure.
In order to measure this space, we begin by selecting a cubic
unit.
1 cubic foot (ft³) = 12³ = 1728 cubic inches (in.³)
1 cubic yard (yd²) = 27 cubic feet (ft³)

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Example: Measuring Volume

What is the volume of this

solid?
Solution:
We determine the volume
by counting the number of
cubic units contained
within the unit.
Here we see how the cubic
units fit within the region.
There are 18 cubic units.
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 Capacity
Capacity : The amount of fluid that a three-dimensional object
can hold.
English Units for Capacity

1 cup = 8 ounces

4 quarts = 1 gallon (gal)

1 gallon = 128 ounces (oz)
Volume in Cubic Units Capacity
1 cubic yard about 200 gallons
1 cubic foot about 7.48 gallons
231 cubic inches about 1 gallon
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 Example: Volume and Capacity in the English
System
A swimming pool has a volume of 22,500 cubic feet.
How many gallons of water does the pool hold?

Solution:
7.48 gal
We use the unit fraction: 3
.
1 ft
3 22,500 ft 3 7.48 gal
22,500 ft    22,500 ( 7.48 ) gal  168,300 gal
1 1ft 3

The pool holds approximately 168,300 gallons of

water.

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Units of Capacity in the Metric System

Symbol Unit Meaning

kL kiloliter 1000 liters
hL hectoliter 100 liters
daL dekaliter 10 liters
L liter 1 liter ≈ 1.06 quarts
dL deciliter 0.1 liter
cL centiliter 0.01 liters
mL milliliter 0.001 liter

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 Volume and Capacity in the Metric
System

Volume in Cubic Units Capacity

1 cm³ = 1 mL

1 dm³ = 1000 cm³ = 1L

1 m³ = 1 kL

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 Example: Volume and Capacity in the
Metric System
An aquarium has a volume of 36,000 cubic
centimeters. How many liters of water does the
aquarium hold?
Solution:
1L
We use the unit fraction: 3
1000 cm

3
3 36,000 cm 1L 36,000
36,000 cm    L 36 L
1 1000 cm 3
1000

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