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Measuring We measure things to see how big or heavy they are or how much liquid they can hold Length – how long, short, tall or high something is Weight – how heavy or light something is Capacity – how much liquid something can hold (Volume – how much liquid something is hloding) © www.SaveTeachersSundays.com 2013 images © 2013 www.clipart.com or www.clkr.com

Scales Each measuring tool has something called a scale on it Scales have some numbers on them, but some of the numbers are missing So before you can use the different measuring tools, you need to know how to read these scales 50 10 20 1 0.2 25 0.8 0.4 0.6 20 40 60 80 100 © www.SaveTeachersSundays.com 2013 images © 2013 www.clipart.com or www.clkr.com

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