2007-10-13 23:32:19 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Fill a beaker full of water, drop rock into water, save water that gets displaced, and measure that!!
2007-10-13 23:35:05 · answer #1 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
half fill a container with water and work out it,s volume using the dimensions of the container. Put the piece of rock into the water and using the new measurement of the level of the water to work out the new volume. Deduct the first from the last answer and there you have the volume of the rock. The volume of a container is base area X the height.
2007-10-14 00:16:06 · answer #2 · answered by ANF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Archimedes had a great method. Fill a container with water up to a known volume (say 250 ml) Put your rock in and note the increase. This is the volume of the rock, since the volume of water displaced is equal to the volume of the rock.
2007-10-13 23:36:53 · answer #3 · answered by alias_russia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put the rock into the tank. Fill the tank with the rock in it with water and see to it that the rock is completely submerged inside the tank. Determine the volume of the tank. Take out the rock and determine again the volume of water inside the tank without the rock on it. Deduct the volume of water in the tank without the rock from the volume of water with the rock in it. The difference will then be the volume of the rock.
2007-10-13 23:44:38 · answer #4 · answered by Jun Agruda 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Place the rock in a container of water, measure the water level. then remove the rock and re-measure the water level the difference in levels is equal to the volume of the rock =L x B x Height. Have a great day.
2007-10-13 23:39:41 · answer #5 · answered by wheeliebin 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
put a certain volume of water in a measuring cylinder. note down the level of the water. drop the rock in. measure the new volume. final volume - initial volume = the volume of the rock.
2007-10-13 23:37:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's really simple. Take a tumbler or a big vessel(if it is a big rock) and keep it in another bigger vessel. Then pour water in it upto its brim (i.e. its whole height) and then gently put the rock in the inner vessel with water and let the water overflow. Now remove the inner vessel and then put the water overflowed from the bigger vessel into a measuring cyclinder and Voila! you have the volume of the peice of the rock by calculating the volume of the water overflowed!
2007-10-13 23:48:14 · answer #7 · answered by shivam_max 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may use the process called volume displacement.
You may use a container, say a beaker, or tubing, where you can determine its volume. fill it with water and determine the volume of the water inside this container. put it on top of a bigger container. put that rock that you want to get thoe volume of in the container with water. naturally water will be spilled over the bigger container. now measure the volume of that spilled water. that should be more or less same with the rock's volume.
2007-10-13 23:44:17 · answer #8 · answered by jen ol 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Measure the volume of water displaced when the rock is submerged in the water.
2007-10-14 10:50:01 · answer #9 · answered by Como 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Place the largest rock available into a quantity of champagne , measure the quantity displaced then drink the result. This experiment should then be repeated at least 20 times to ensure accuracy. Ah! don't you wish all maths could be this much fun?
2007-10-13 23:56:07 · answer #10 · answered by friSbee 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋