My six year old has a homework question that says draw something that is the same mass as you.
Firstly what is mass in terms that I can explain to a six year old.
Secondly what is a likely household object or something around us that would be the same mass?
I was hopeless at maths in school!
2006-09-26 08:45:53 · 11 answers · asked by T 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Mass = weight/ g
where g is the gravitational acceleration (for earth approx 9.8 ms^2)
So everything on earth that weighs the same has the same mass.
Probably a bookcase weighs the same!!
2006-09-26 08:56:33 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For your six year old mass is the same as weight.
(Scientifically it's not the same. For your purpose, the mass of anything stays the same, while its weight depends on where it is. On earth it will be a certain no. of kg. On the moon it would weigh only 1/6 (I think). In other words weight is dependent on the gravitational pull on it.
2006-09-26 15:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by migdalski 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mass is simply how much "stuff" something is made up of.
As for something of the same mass, I really don't know. It's been years since I was 6, and I was pretty small for my age. Perhaps a desk or dresser?
2006-09-26 15:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by Joseph Q 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At his age, mass is weight. Find something that weighs the same as him and have him draw a picture of it.
2006-09-26 15:58:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mass is how much matter there is an object something that would way the same would b something like a couch
2006-09-26 15:55:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a plastic tablecloth or a long piece of paper and tell him to lie down on it and trace him. if a picture of himself isnt the same mass what is?
2006-09-26 15:55:22 · answer #6 · answered by LUV ALL SPORTS 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something like a great dane dog, they are about the same size as a 6 year old when its sat down.. maths not my strong point either!!!
2006-09-26 15:53:58 · answer #7 · answered by salomissi 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something that weighs around the same as him, about the same size.
2006-09-26 15:48:15 · answer #8 · answered by darcilynn83 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mass = Weight, period. The size is irrelevant.
2006-09-26 15:57:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
should be something with the same weight as him.... maybe a chair....a toy.... or a small bedside table.....it should not be too complicated.... he's 6 years old
2006-09-26 15:54:50 · answer #10 · answered by ♦cat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋