1. Metric Measurement Lesson
Agriscience Education
Jacob Davis

2. Metric Ruler
There are 2 types of metric rulers we are going to cover in this lesson: the centimeter (cm) ruler and the millimeter (mm) ruler.
Study the rulers on the next slide and note the differences between the two.

3. Metric Ruler cm 1 mm 10

4. Metric Ruler The centimeter ruler increases in increments of one.
The millimeter ruler increases in increments of ten.
Other than that basic difference, the two rulers are identical.
1 cm = 10 mm.

5. Centimeter Ruler .1 .2 .3 .4 .6 .7 .8 .9 .5 cm 1

6. Centimeter Ruler .1 .2 .3 .4 .6 .7 .8 .9
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9 cm .5
1.5 1 2

7. Millimeter Ruler 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 5 mm 10

8. Millimeter Ruler 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 mm 5 15 10 20

9. Which kind of metric ruler is this?cm 1 2

10. Which kind of metric ruler is this?mm 10 20

11. Metric Measurement Quiz
Take out a sheet of paper.
Title it Metric Measurement Quiz.
Write your name and today’s date in the upper right hand corner.
Number down the left hand side of your paper from 1 to 10.
Write the measurement on the following slides next to the corresponding number on your paper. P.S. Don’t forget to write cm or mm beside your answer.

12. Metric Measurement Quiz - cont.1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3

13. Metric Measurement Quiz - cont.6 7 8 9 10 20 30 40

14. Metric Measurement Quiz - Answers
22 mm
26 mm
30 mm
35 mm
39 mm