How can I use a gradulated cylinder to measure the volume of an irregular object?

Answer 1

Fill the irregular object with water from the graduated cylinder, keeping track of how much water you started with and how much is left when the object is filled. The difference will be the volume of the irregular object.

Answer 2

There are several ways.

The best is probably to fill the cylinder with enough to cover the object (set the object by the cylinder to see how much) but not overflow when you put it in, then write down that amount, carfully lower the object in, write down the new volume, do the math. A simple subtraction.

put the object in the cylinder, fill the cylinder with water until full, then pour off into another cylinder and take the difference between the volume of the cylinder with the object & the water and the amount of water poured off.

If you only have 1 cylinder, try this: Use a string to dangle the object just below the top of the container, fill with water, remove object, measure water volume, do the math.

Simple. YAWN! NEXT!

Answer 3

Put the object in the cylinder. Add water to the cylinder untl the object is submerged. Note the volume and call that measurement A. Remove object from cylinder, leaving the water in place. Take another measurement and label that number B.

A - B will equal the volume of the irregular object.

Answer 4

Graduated cylinder, I assume. Put the object in the cylinder, fill it up with water (making sure the object isn't floating by holding it down with a pin or something). Now remove the object and compare the height of the water with it in to the height with it out. The difference will be the volume of the object.

Of course, the object better not be water soluable ;).

If the object can be melted, you might also go to someone with an oven and ask them to melt the object inside of your graduated cylinder. You could just read the volume from the position of the top of the melted object.

Finally, there's bribery. If anyone else knows the volume (like your teacher) you could say to him or her "I have this fine graduated cylinder which I will give to you if you tell me what the volume of the irregular object is." See what happens.

Answer 5

Volume Of An Irregular Object

Answer 6

put the object in the cylinder, then fill the cylinder with water level with the top of the object. Read the measurement on the graduated cylinder. Take the object out and see what the new level is. Subtract the new level from the original level and the difference is the volume of the object. This was discovered by Archimedes the Greek scientist while he was taking a bath. He ran naked through the town yelling Eureka. weird.

Answer 7

Place the object in the cylinder and fill the cylinder with water to some level above the object. Note the volume. Remove the object and note the volume of water left. Subtract the smaller number from the larger and you'll have the volume of the object.

Answer 8

1.fill the cylinder partially with water
2.note the reading
3.immerse the irregular object in the cylinder
4.note the reading of water level
5.reading4-reading2 will give you the volume of the object

Answer 9

no matter what the shape of the object you can fill something up with water ,put the object in the water( if it floats press the object down in tell ur finger is JUST touching the water)and let the water pour in to the graduated cylinder...what ever the amount of water in the cylinder is, is your volume....( u must get ALL the water that pours out)

Answer 10

pour in 10 ml of water and then put in your object. Subtract the new measure with 10 ml. This is the volume of the object. If your object is to big, try measuring the mass on a triple beam balance and convert to volume.