Circle the type of glassware that is the most precise.

Question

a. 10 mL graduated cylinder

b. 100 mL graduated cylinder

c. 100 mL beaker

Explain why.

Answer 1

Precision is a measure of reproducibility. You cant tell which is most reproducible without actually doing the measurements. One would predict that the 10 ml graduated cylinder would be the one because the graduations are more finite and of greater resolution.