1. Lesson 23a: SWBAT solve addition word problems involving metric length.

2. Let’s create a Metric Units of Length poster!
Tear the paper strip so that it is a meter long. Put your name on the strip.
Let’s create a Metric Units of Length poster!

3. What pattern do we notice going across our list?
1 m = 100 cm
100 cm = 1 m

4. meters
centimeters

5. What pattern do we notice going across our list?
1 km = 1,000 m
1,000 m = 1 km

6. kilometers
meters

7. 3 cents + 2 quarters

8. 5 km m

9. 4 m 300 cm – 1m 100 cm

10. John has 3 meters of string
John has 3 meters of string. He cut off a piece that was 50 centimeters long and give it to his friend. How long is the piece of string that John has left?