Here are 10 One-word Answer Type Questions from the chapter “How Wide is this Desk?” based on your provided PDF. Each question is followed by its answer and explanation:
Topic: How Wide is this Desk?
1. Question: What do we use to measure the length of objects?
Answer: Scale
Explanation: A scale is a tool used to measure the length, width, or height of objects.
2. Question: What is the standard unit of length?
Answer: Metre
Explanation: Metre is the standard unit used to measure length and distance.
3. Question: What do we call smaller units of a metre?
Answer: Centimetre
Explanation: Centimetre is a smaller unit of length; 100 centimetres make one metre.
4. Question: Which sense organ helps us to guess the length of an object?
Answer: Eyes
Explanation: Our eyes help us estimate or guess the length of objects without measuring.
5. Question: What is the length of an eraser usually measured in?
Answer: Centimetre
Explanation: Small objects like erasers are measured in centimetres.
6. Question: What is the non-standard method of measurement used in olden times?
Answer: Handspan
Explanation: In earlier times, people used handspan (distance from tip of thumb to little finger) to measure things.
7. Question: What do we call the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the little finger when stretched?
Answer: Handspan
Explanation: Handspan is an old way of measuring the width of small objects.
8. Question: Which is more accurate – handspan or scale?
Answer: Scale
Explanation: Scale gives a correct and uniform measurement, while handspan varies from person to person.
9. Question: What is used to measure long distances, like the length of a playground?
Answer: Metre
Explanation: For long distances, the unit metre is used because centimetre would be too small.
10. Question: What is the difference between the guessed length and the actual measured length called?
Answer: Error
Explanation: The difference between what we guess and what we actually measure is called an error in measurement.
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