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Spelling, grammar and neatness are important components of report writing. Word processing or typing is required.

Tables and graphs should be well organised and clearly labelled. They should be able to stand as separate entities. Scaling of graphs should be done in such a manner that the graph is not crowded in a corner or on the side but covers a major part of the sheet. The divisions on the graph paper should coincide with whole numbers of the units plotted along the axis.

Do not copy the full calculator readout in your report but only significant figures. If you have measured a length as 3.43 mm in your calculations you divide this by three, then your calculator displays 1.14333333, but at most 1.14 is significant!!