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Measurement of height:
  1. Measure the height of your classmate using hand span and then by using a metre scale.
  2. For this, ask your classmate to stand with his back against a wall.
  3. Make a mark on the wall exactly above his head.
  4. Now, measure the distance from the floor to this mark on the wall with your handspan and then with a metre scale.
  5. Let all other students measure this length in a similar way.
  6. Record all observations in the table.
Who measured the height?Height in handspans
Height in
\(cm\)
   
   
  
 
 
Why do you think there is a difference in the reading?
 
There is a difference in the reading because everybody's hand is . A  refers to the length of one's hand and it . It is because the length of one person's hand  as the other person. A metre scale is used to measure the height of a person because it has a of measurement.