Measurement

Teacher-led slideshow to review units of measure for: • volume/capacity • length • weight

Virginia Math SOL

3.14

Teacher Notes

• The answers included. to these questions are not • The purpose of this slideshow is to give teachers and students a chance to dialogue about the various units of measure. • Give students an opportunity to justify their answer choices and explain their reasoning.

Virginia Math SOL SOL 3.14

• The student will estimate and then use actual measuring devices with metric and U.S. Customary units to measure • length –inches, feet, yards, centimeters, and meters; • liquid volume –cups, pints, quarts, gallons, and liters; and • weight/mass –ounces, pounds, grams, and kilograms.

The length of an eraser?

•Inches •Feet •Yards •Meters

•Cups •Pints •Gallons

The amount of water that will fill a tub?

…the length of your finger?

•Yards •Centimeters •Feet •Meters

…the weight of this backpack when filled with books?

•Grams •Ounces •pounds •Kilograms

The width of a cell phone?

•Inches •Feet •Yards

…the weight of a letter?

•Grams •Ounces •pounds •Kilograms

…the width of a piano key?

•Centimeters •Feet •Yards

•Ounces •Cups •Pints •Gallons

…the amount of water that will fill a washing machine?

…the length of an airplane

•Centimeters •Inches •Feet •Yards/Meters

…the width of an envelope?

•Inches •Feet •Yards

…the weight of a lady bug?

•Grams •Ounces •Pounds •Kilograms

…the height of a giraffe?

•Centimeters •Inches •Meters

…the weight of a killer whale?

•Grams •Ounces •Pounds •Kilograms

…the length of a crayon?

•Centimeters •Feet •Yards •Meters

…the height of a school bus?

•Centimeters •Inches •Yards/Meters

•Cups •Liters •Gallons

… the amount of coffee that will fill this container?

…the amount of gasoline that will fill this container?

•Ounces •Cups •Quarts/Liters •Gallons

… amount of gasoline to fill this tank?

•Cups •Pints •Ounces •Gallons

…the weight of one bunch of bananas

•Grams •Ounces •Pounds •Kilograms

The weight of a small slice of watermelon?

•Grams •Ounces •Pounds •Kilograms

•Grams •Ounces •pounds •Kilograms

…the weight of a small frog?

•Ounces •Gallons •Pints •Quarts

The amount of root beer in this float?

…the length of a goldfish?

•Centimeters •Inches •Feet •Yards/Meters

…the length of a pencil?

•Inches •Feet •Yards

…the weight of one noodle?

•Grams •Ounces •pounds •Kilograms

…the weight of one grape, jelly bean, or paperclip?

•Gram •Ounce •pound •Kilogram

…the weight of a bag of apples?

•Grams •Ounces •pounds •Kilograms

…the weight of a pencil?

•Grams •Pounds •Kilograms •Tons

…the length of an ear of ear of corn?

•Inches •Feet •Meters

•Ounces •Pounds •kilograms

…the weight of one pepper?

…the amount of coffee in a mug?

•Ounces •Liters •Gallons •pints

…the thickness of a wallet?

•meters •feet •inches •yards

•Pounds •Inches •Feet •Pints

… the height of a can of spray paint?

•Yards •meters •inches •feet

The width of a case for a Compact Disc (CD)

•Ounces •Pounds •Kilograms •centimeters

…the weight of a mouse?

…a large spoon can hold about one

•Quart •Pint •Ounce •Gallon

…the weight of a piece of luggage?

•Pounds •Gallons •Ounces •Feet

•Cups •Ounces •Gallons •Grams

…the amount of liquid that would fill a barrel.

…the height of a desk ?

•Centimeters •Inches •Feet •Meters

The weight of an ear of corn?

•Ounces •Pounds •Feet •Kilograms

•Cups •Pints •Liters •Gallons

…the amount of water to fill a swimming pool?

..the length of a clothesline?

•Centimeters •Inches •Pounds •Yards/Meters