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Reading and Calculating Electric Meters

The document explains the concept of place value in numbers and provides examples of how to determine the place value of each digit. It also covers the basics of electric meters, including how to read them, calculate electrical consumption, and the importance of monitoring electricity usage. Additionally, it discusses types of electric meters and offers guidelines for reading them accurately.
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Reading and Calculating Electric Meters

The document explains the concept of place value in numbers and provides examples of how to determine the place value of each digit. It also covers the basics of electric meters, including how to read them, calculate electrical consumption, and the importance of monitoring electricity usage. Additionally, it discusses types of electric meters and offers guidelines for reading them accurately.
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PLACE VALUE

 refers to the value of a digit


based on its position within a
number.
Place value chart helps us in finding the place value of
each digit based on its position in a number.
What is the place value of each digit?

3-
thousands
2- hundreds
6- tens
7- ones
Three thousand two hundred
sixty-seven
What is the place value of each digit?
87,534
8- ten
thousands
7- thousands
5- hundreds
3- tens
4- ones

Eighty-seven thousand five hundred


thirty-four
What is the place value of each digit?

2- hundred
thousands
3- ten thousands
9- thousands
6- hundreds
7- tens
7- ones

Two hundred thirty- nine thousand six


hundred seventy-seven
You’re my
flashlight

1. APPLIANCES
2. ELECTRIC METER
3. ELECTRICITY BILL
What electrical
appliances do
you have at
home?
Which of these
electrical
appliances
consumes the
most electricity?
Why do you think
these appliances
consumes most
electricity compared to
the other appliances?
Do you know how the staff
of CASURECO I read your
electric consumption every
month?
ELECTRIC KILOWATT-
HOUR METER
READING AND
INTERPRETING ELECTRIC
METER
At the end of the lesson, you are
expected to:

[Link] and interpret electric


meter
[Link] electrical
consumption
ELECTRICITY
a type of energy that consists of the
movement of electrons between two
points making it possible to generate
what is known as an electric current.
ELECTRIC METER

An electric meter is
a device that measures
the amount of electric
energy consumed by a
residence or a business.
TWO KINDS OF ELECTRIC METER:

Analog/ Dial Type Electric


Digital Electric Meter Meter
CLOCKWISE COUNTER CLOCKWISE
 Clockwise means
 Counterclockwise
in the same
direction as the in the opposite
way in which the direction to the
hands of a clock way in which the
move around. hands of a clock
move around.
DIAL

POINTER
GUIDELINES ON READING
ELECTRIC METER
1. Always read all the dials from right to
left, starting from Dial E to A.
2. If the pointer is directly over a number,
write down the number.
3. When the pointer is between two
numbers, the lower number is recorded.
4. If the pointer is between 9 and 0, write
9.
0 7 4 1 5

07415kWh
FORMULA:

PRESENT READING- PREVIOUS READING=


ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION

kWh
LET’S TRY!
The meter shows the
consumption of Cuneta’s Family
for the month of February and
March 2025. What is the
electrical consumption for the
month of March?
PRESENT READING

PREVIOUS READING
PRESENT READING- PREVIOUS READING=
ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION

00199kWh-00125kWh=74kWh
GROUP PROBLEM-SOLVING
CHALLENGE
__/ 20
PRESENT READING- PREVIOUS READING=
ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION

1. 03278kWh-03150kWh= 128kWh
2. 67,846kWh-00125kWh=
67,721kWh
3. 62,847kWh-00199kWh=
62,648kWh
As a child, how can
knowing how to read
your electric meter
help your family?
Why do you think it’s
important to check your
electric meter regularly at
home? What are the benefits?
Electricity is a non-renewable
energy. Can you give at least
three ways to conserve it?
Using your own words, what is
an electric meter?
1. KWH
2. 128 KWH
3. 1204 KWH
4. 2150 KWH
5. 1020 KWH
Assignment:
1. Read your electric meter.
2. Bring an old electricity bill.

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