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Hey! 13th has arrived! I’ m
off on my holiday!
BUT WHEN THEY REACHED THE VILLAGE, THEY WERE SURPRISED AT WHAT THEY SAW…
Hello Soman! I’ m Hmm… So this place does have a Hahaha! I see you’ re upset with the lack
Raju, your telephone, eh? Good to hear that! of modern transport. Okay! I have a
neighbour! Your little adventure for you and your friends!
mother called me You make a bullock cart and I’ ll give you
up and told me that two of my bullocks to run it! How does
you would be coming that sound, eh?
here for the
Wow! Great! But we will need some tools!
holidays!
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SOON JC AND HIS FRIENDS GET TO WORK…
Phew! This is hard work!
Y OF USELESS WORK.
BUT AFTER A WHOLE DA
Hmm…How could
this happen? Oh yes!
Why didn’ t I think
of it before! Let
me ask Gizmo
the answer.
Hahaha…Okay! Tell me, are you all of exactly the same height
height?
AND THEY Formerly, people used only their hands and feet to
TEACH JC... measure things. CUBIT was the length from the elbow
t
bi
cu
fingertips But it was soon realized, that
to the fingertips. t
foo
everyone’ s measurements turned out to be different
different.
So, your ancestors thought up a standard way of
measurement
measurement. That’ s the system people use today!
Of course! Why?
Of course!!! Why didn’ t I think of that? So today we’ ll take our cricket bat and measure all
blocks with the length of the bat. We’ ll cut the
pieces of wood again, but all two bats long instead
of five feet! Got it?
AND SO THE WORK BEGINS BUT THERE ARE STILL SOME ISSUES...
Hmm…You
are a very
intelligent
boy JC! You
go now!
Happy
Go-carting!
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MOTION AND MEASURING
MEASURINGDISTANCES
DISTANCES
SOME TIME LATER, JC DECIDED HIS WRIST-BAND WAS NEEDED ONCE MORE…
A B C
While measuring an object, always place the scale horizontally along the
measuring
length of the object. Also, stick the scale to the object you are measuring.
How do we
attach
Okay…Shoot!
the wheels?
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MOTION AND
AND MEASURING
MEASURING DISTANCES
DISTANCES
Rectilinear Motion
Hmm…That’ s simple. First understand that the wheels and I
motion
move differently. I mean we follow different types of motion.
Periodic Motion
round This is called
Yeah. The wheels move round and round.
MOTION And I move in a straight line
CIRCULAR MOTION. line. This
is called RECTILINEAR MOTION
MOTION.
PERIODIC MOTION is another type of motion which gets repeated after a fixed period of time.
Definitely not!
Bye! I will
miss you all.
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TYPES OF MOTION
S UREMEN
EA T
M O CURVED
SURFACE
F
D
DIS
TI O N A N
THREAD
TANCES
CUBIT
CUBIT was THREAD is used
the length from to measure a
the elbow to M O curved surface.
the fingertips.
1 m = 100 cm
1 cm = 10 mm
RULER
III. JC is not too sure about the answers here. Help him pick the odd one out.
1. The different tools to measure length are:
a. A metre scale
b. A tape
c. A metre rod
d. A barometer
2. In ancient times, people used the following as units of measurement:
a. The length of a foot
b. The width of a finger
c. The distance from one ear to another ear
d. The distance of a footstep
3. The following are examples of periodic motion:
a. Motion of a pendulum
b. A branch of a tree moving to and fro
c. The surface of drums (tabla) being played
d. Stirring of spoon in a pan
e. Motion of a child on a swing
4. The following are examples of rectilinear motion:
a. The motion of a vehicle on a straight road
b. Flitting of a butterfly
c. The falling of a stone
d. March-past of soldiers in a parade
5. The following are examples of circular motion:
a. Weaving on the loom
b. The hands of a clock
c. Spinning of a charkha
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