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Reading Scales ©

2. 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) ©
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3. 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
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why we use standard (as opposed to non-standard) units for measuring
the different metric units of measurement
strategies for reading scales
some examples to model how to read unlabelled intervals
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