1. Measurement
How will you measure up?

2. Measurement Chart We can measure… Using these tools… Customary units
Metric units
Time
Temperature
Volume
Capacity
Weight
Mass
Area
Linear measurement:
length, width, height, perimeter

3. Measurement Chart We can measure… Using these tools… Customary units
Metric units
Time
Clock, watch
day, hr, min, sec
sec
Temperature
Thermometer °F
°C K
Volume
Capacity
Beaker, graduated cylinder, measuring cups, volumetric flask, ruler
Cups, tsp, tbs
ft3
Liter
cm3
1mL = 1 cm3
Weight
Scale,
lbs
Kg m/s2
Mass
triple beam balance, spring scale oz
gram
Area
Ruler
in2, ft2, yd2 m2
Linear measurement:
length, width, height, perimeter
Inch, foot, yard, mile
meter

5. Customary equivalencies

6. G Q Q Q Q PP PP PP PP Big G How many cups in a quart?
How many pints in a gallon?
How many cups in a gallon? Q PP Q PP G cc cc cc cc Q Q PP PP cc cc cc cc

7. Convert metric measures simply by moving the decimal.
Metric Measurements
Length
Weight
Capacity
1 km = 1,000 m
1 kg = 1,000 g
1 L = 1,000 mL
1 m = 100 cm
1 g = 1,000 mg
1 cm = 10 mm
Convert metric measures simply by moving the decimal.

8. What are the standard metric units?
Questions Notes
What are the standard metric units?
Meter measures length or distance
- Liter measures volume or capacity
- kilogram measures weight or mass
We have standards so that we can calibrate measurements .
In ancient times some measurements were variable (1 cubit = 1 forearm, but whose arm?) With commerce came standard. In Germany they have poles and weights kept at the town hall that were the “standards”. Everyone in town would come to the town hall to use these standards to measure their goods.
Q: What if we didn’t have standards? What if the standard for weight was different at each grocery store?
M – just bigger than a yard; 3.3 ft ( a 10 ft pole is a 3 meter pole)
Cm – a little smaller than the width of your little finger
Mm – width of a pencil lead, or a fingernail
Km – 0.6 miles (over a ½ mile)
G – mass of 2 or 3 small paperclips or mass of a dollar bill
Kg = 2.2 lbs
L – just larger than a quart
mL – volume of 3 pennies

9. Prefixes Try this: Convert 3.2 ft to inches
Try this: Convert 3.2 meters to centimeters
Allow us to convert between large and small units easily
Notice that all I had to do was move the decimal – so much easier

10. Prefixes you already know
Centi
Century %
Milli
Millennium

11. How do I convert between metric units of measure?
Questions Notes
How do I convert between metric units of measure?
Kilo Hecto Deca Base Deci Centi Milli
King Henry Died By Drinking Chocolate Milk
1) Write out KHDBDCM. Put a dot over the prefix of
the given unit. Put another dot over the prefix of
the unit you are trying to find.
2) Notice the direction and number of “hops” you
have to make to get from the original prefix to the
other.
3) Move your decimal the same number of “hops” in
the same direction to get your answer.

12. Sports Application
The high-jumper cleared a height of 1.75 m. How many centimeters is this height?
A centimeter is 2 places to the right of a meter in the chart.
1.75 m = cm.
1 m = 100 cm. You are converting a bigger unit TO a smaller unit. Multiply by 100.
1.75 m = (1.75 • 100) cm
Move the decimal point 2 places to the right.
1.75 m = 175 cm

13. Using Powers of Ten to Convert Metric Units of Measurement
The CD case is 14 cm wide. 14 cm = _____ m
100 cm = 1 m, smaller unit TO bigger unit, so divide by 100.
14 cm = (14 ÷ 100) m
Move the decimal point 2 places to the left.
14 cm = 0.14 m
Make sure you are multiplying or dividing by the correct power of ten.
Caution!

14. Metric Conversion Practice
Convert.
1. A book is 24 cm long. 24 cm = ____ mm
2. The chain has a mass of 16 g. 16 g = _____ mg
3. The volume of the liquid was 12,000 mL.
12,000 mL = ____ L
4. Frank’s paper airplane glided 78.9 m. Sarah’s plane glided 85 m. How many more centimeters did Sarah’s plane glide?
240
16,000 12
610 cm

15. What metric unit would you use to measure length or distance?
METERS

16. What metric unit would you use to measure volume?
LITERS

17. What metric unit would you use to measure weight?
GRAMS

18. What metric unit would you use to the distance to the mall?
Kilometers

19. What metric unit would you use to the width of your paper?
Centimeters or Millimeters

20. What metric unit would you use to the weigh yourself?
Kilograms

21. What metric unit would you use for the amount of water to fill a tub?
Liters

22. What metric unit would you use for the amount of water to fill a pool?
Kiloliters