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Exercise 1

Read the situation below and answer the question.

Amir, Kiran and Meng did an investigation yesterday in laboratory. Each of them
had different type of magnets. Amir’s magnet was labeled as Magnet A, while
Kiran’s magnet was labeled as Magnet B. Meng’s magnet was labeled as Magnet C.
They wanted to compare the strength of magnets by counting the number of paper
clips that attracted by the magnets. They used the same paperclips. So, they had
conducted an investigation. They recorded the data in the table.
Result:
Magnets Number of paper
clips

Magnet A 3

Magnet B 7

Magnet C 2

Table 1

1. Based on the data in the Table 1, state the number of paper clips attracted
by the magnets:
i) Magnet A:
ii) Magnet B:
iii) Magnet C:
2. Which is the strongest magnet?

3. Which is the weakest magnet?

4. What is your conclusion?

Magnet is the strongest because it attracts paper clips.