Transcript Measurement Teacher-led slideshow to review units of measure for: • volume/capacity • length • weight Virginia Math SOL 4.10 – 4.12

Measurement
Teacher-led slideshow to
review units of measure for:
• volume/capacity
• length
• weight
Virginia Math SOL 4.10 – 4.12
Teacher Notes
• The answers to these questions are not
included.
• The purpose of this slideshow is to give
teachers and students a chance to
dialogue about the various units of
measure.
Virginia Math SOL 4.10 – 4.12
• The student will estimate and then use
actual measuring devices with metric and
U.S. Customary units to measure
• length–inches, feet, yards, millimeters,
centimeters, meters and kilometers;
• liquid volume–cups, pints, quarts, gallons,
milliliters, and liters; and
• weight/mass–ounces, pounds, grams, and
kilograms.
The length of
an eraser?
•Inches
•Feet
•Yards
•Meters
The amount of water
that will fill a tub?
•Milliliters
•Cups
•Pints
•Gallons
…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
•Kilometers
…the weight
of a letter?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
…the width of
a piano
key?
•Millimeters
•Feet
•Yards
•Kilometers
…the amount of water
that will fill
a washing machine?
•Milliliters
•Cups
•Pints
•Gallons
…the distance
between
Norfolk and Richmond
•Inches
•Feet
•Yards
•Kilometers
…the width
of an envelope?
•Inches
•Feet
•Yards
•Kilometers
…the weight of a
lady bug?
•Grams
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Kilograms
…the height of
a giraffe?
•Millimeters
•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
•Kilometers
•Milliliters
•Cups
•Liters
•Gallons
… the amount of coffee
that will fill
this container?
…the amount of
gasoline that will fill
this container?
•Milliliters
•Cups
•Pints
•Quarts
•Liters
•Gallons
… amount of gasoline
to fill this tank?
•Cups
•Pints
•Quarts
•Gallons
…the weight of one
bunch of bananas
•Grams
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Kilograms
The weight of a small
slice of
watermelon?
•Grams
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Kilograms
…the weight of a
small frog?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
•Milliliters
•Cups
•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
•Meters
…the weight of
one noodle?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
…the weight of
one grape, jelly bean,
or paperclip?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
…the weight
of a bag of apples?
•Grams
•Ounces
•pounds
•Kilograms
…the weight of a
pencil?
•Grams
•Pounds
•Kilograms
•Tons
…the weight of
an ear of
ear of corn?
•Millimeters
•Inches
•Feet
•Meters
…the weight of
one pepper?
•Tons
•Ounces
•Pounds
•kilograms
…the amount
of coffee
in a mug?
•Grams
•milliliters
•gallons
•Kilograms
…the thickness
of a wallet?
•meters
•feet
•centimeters
•yards
…the height of a
•Pounds
•Inches
•Feet
•Pints
can of spray paint?
•milliliters
•kilometers
•inches
•millimeters
The thickness
of a
Compact Disc
(CD)
…the weight
of a mouse?
•Ounces
•Pounds
•Kilograms
•centimeters
…the amount of
liquid a spoon
can hold?
•Pounds
•Millimeters
•milliliters
•Pints
…the weight of
3 packed
Suitcases?
•Kilometers
•grams
•Kilograms
•Pints
…the amount of
liquid that would
fill a barrel.
•Cups
•milliliters
•Gallons
•Grams
…the height of
a desk?
•Millimeters
•Inches
•Feet
•Kilometers
The length of an
ear of corn?
•Millimeters
•Inches
•Feet
•Meters
…the amount
of water to
fill a swimming
pool?
•Milliliters
•Cups
•Pints
•Liters
•Gallons
..the length of
a clothesline?
•Centimeters
•Inches
•Yards
•Kilometers
The amount of
water that would
fill a bottle cap?
•Milliliters
•Quarts
•Liters
•Gallons