Measurement

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What am I Learning Today?

• Measurement

How will I show that I learned it?
Determine appropriate units of measure Measure
length to the nearest half, fourth, eighth and
sixteenth of an inch.
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Following Directions Lesson

• Take out a clean sheet of notebook paper.
• Place it in front of you on your desk.
• Fold your paper in half long ways hot dog
  style.

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Following Directions Lesson

• Open your paper up and place it holes to the top
  on your desk.
• Draw a line all the way down the crease on the
  paper with a marker.

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Following Directions Lesson

• Fold the paper in half the other way hamburger
  style.

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Following Directions Lesson

• Open the paper up with the holes to the top.
• Draw a line from the center of the paper to the
  margin closest to you.

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Following Directions Lesson

• Fold the paper again hamburger style.
• Then fold it over again in the same direction as
  you folded it last.

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Following Directions Lesson

• Open the paper up.
• Draw a line on each of the creases half way to
  the bottom margin.
• Then fold your paper back up like you last had it.

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Following Directions Lesson

• Fold the paper over one more time in the same
  direction as your last fold, making it even more
  slender.

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Following Directions Lesson

• Open the paper up.
• Draw lines on the four creases half as long as
  the last lines you drew, or ¼ of the way to the
  bottom margin.

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Following Directions Lesson

• Draw small lines on our paper in between each of
  the lines already on your paper and the left and
  right edges.
• Make the lines extend down and be half as long as
  the last lines drawn.

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Following Directions Lesson

• Next, draw lines on the left and right edges all
  the way down below the margin, half way between
  the margin and the bottom of the paper.
• How many lines have you drawn?
• What fraction represents the whole amount?

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Reading A Ruler

• You read each line as a fraction or portion of
  the total number 16.
• Remember, all fractions should be expressed in
  simplest form.

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What is this measurement?
1.
6 9/16 inches
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What is this measurement?
3 3/8 inches
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What is this measurement?
5 3/4 inches
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What am I Learning Today?

• Measurement

How will I show that I learned it?
Determine appropriate units of measure Convert
from one unit to another within one system of
measurement (customary or metric) by using
proportional relationships.
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Customary equivalencies
Fill in your organizer with the appropriate
equivalencies.
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Do you remember Gallon Man?
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Questions Answers
Questions Notes
Perimeter Single unit Area Squared
unit Volume Cubed unit
How are geometric units of measure labeled?
What is a conversion factor?
The unit rate How much for one? For example,
1 foot equals 12 inches .
1) Write a ratio using the conversion factor. 2)
Create a proportion using the measurement given
and a variable for the missing value. 3)
Find the cross product and solve for the
variable.
How do I convert between customary units of
measure?
How do I convert 3 quarts to cups?
1 x 4 3
x 12
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Customary Conversion Practice

• Convert 5 yards to inches.
• 2. Convert 16 tons to pounds.
• 3. Convert 11 quarts to cups.
• 4. A project requires 288 inches of tape. How
  many yards is this?

180 inches
32,000 pounds
44 cups
8 yards
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Customary Metric Measurements Customary Metric Measurements Customary Metric Measurements
Length Weight Capacity
1 km 1,000 m 1 kg 1,000 g 1 L 1,000 mL
1 m 100 cm 1 g 1,000 mg 1 L 1,000 mL
1 cm 10 mm 1 L 1,000 mL
Fill in your organizer with the appropriate
equivalencies.
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Questions Answers
What are the basic metric units?
- Meter measures length or distance - Liter
measures volume or capacity - Gram measures
weight or mass
What are the metric prefixes?
Kilo Hecto Deca Base Deci Centi
Milli King Henry Died By Drinking
Chocolate Milk
How do I convert between metric units of measure?

1. Write out KHDBDCM. Find the prefix of the given
   unit and the prefix of the unit you are trying to
   find.
2. Notice the direction and number of hops to get
   from the original prefix to the other.
3. Move your decimal the same number of hops in
   the same direction to get your answer.

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Converting between metric units is as easy as
moving a decimal!
kilo
hecto
deca
deci
centi
milli
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Metric Conversion Practice
1. A book is 24 cm long. 24 cm ____ mm 2.
The chain has a mass of 16 g. 16 g _____
mg 3. The volume of the liquid was 12,000 mL.
12,000 mL ____ L 4. Franks paper airplane
glided 78.9 m. Sarahs plane glided 85 m. How
many more centimeters did Sarahs plane glide?
240
16,000
12
610 cm