Feet, Yards, Inches,

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Feet, Yards, Inches, Miles
F Y I M

• Kyle Wood
• 4th Grade

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Essential Questions

• What are the standard units that measure length?
• How do I convert from unit to unit?

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Feet

• The height of a piece of notebook paper
• The length and width of the floor tiles

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Inches

• Your knuckle
• The thickness of your reading book
• The thickness of your writing notebook

12 inches 1 foot
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Yards

• The width of a doorway
• The height of 3 cubbies

36 inches 1 yard 3 feet 1 yard
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Miles

• The distance to the high school

5,280 feet 1 mile 1,760 yards 1 mile
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Which would you use to measure

• the length of a car?

MI.
IN.
FT.
YD.
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Which would you use to measure

• the length of your pencil?

FT.
YD.
MI.
IN.
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Which would you use to measure

• the length of the field?

IN.
FT.
YD.
MI.
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Which would you use to measure

• the distance from here to your house?

IN.
FT.
YD.
MI.
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How do you convert from one unit to the other?

• 48 inches ___ feet

• A problem may give you one unit and ask for
  another.
• Here you need to convert, or change, the number
  given to the one that you need.

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How do you convert from one unit to the other?

• 48 inches ___ feet

12 inches 1 foot

• Write the correct fact under the problem.
• If the numbers are stacked, DIVIDE,
  
• If they are across from each other, MULTIPLY.

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Try this one!!!

• 9 ft. ___ yd.
• 3 ft. 1 yd.
• 9/3 3

• I know 3 feet 1 yard.
• The numbers are stacked, so I divide.
• 9 divided by 3 equals 3.
• 9 feet 3 yards

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Try this one!!!

• 3 yds. ___ in.
• 1 yd. 36 in.
• 3 X 36 108

• I know 36 in. 1 ft.
• The numbers are across from each other, so I
  multiply.
• 3 times 36 equals 108.
• 3 yds. 108 in.

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CORRECT!!!
CORRECT!!!
CORRECT!!!
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WRONG!!!
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CLOSE, BUT THERES A BETTER ANSWER!!!