1. Measuring using… INCHES FEET YARDS MILES
Do you measure up?!
Measuring using…
INCHES
FEET
YARDS
MILES

2. STANDARD SYSTEM - INCHES
Look on your ruler – each of the big numbers on it represents an inch.
Which of these would you measure in inches?:

3. City roads or distances between places
STANDARD SYSTEM - FEET
What would we measure in feet?
Our height
A pencil
City roads or distances between places

4. Ways to remember our units…
1 inch =
About from the top of
Your thumb to the knuckle
1 foot =
About a license plate
1 yard =
About the width of
A normal doorway
1 in.
1 ft.
1 yd.

5. What about long distance?!
What if you want to measure from your house to a friend’s house?
What unit
would you
use?