Parts of a Metre
Measure This?
Which unit?
Words
Which is bigger?
100
A metre has 100 of these equal units
What is a centimeter?
100
What unit would you use to measure the length of an ant?
What is a millimetre (mm)?
100
1 m = 100 __ 1 metre = 100 ___
What is centimetres. 1 m = 100 cm
100

If a grizzly bear can grow to be 240cm in height and a brown bear can grow to be 1.5m, how much taller is a grizzly bear than a brown bear?

90 cm

100

Which is bigger? And by how much? 1 cm or 1mm?

What is a cm by 10 times as big

200
A metre has 1,000 of these equal units
What is a millimeter?
200
Which unit would you use to measure the height of a house?
What is a metre (m)?
200
1 m = 1,000 ____
What is millimetres. 1 m = 1,000 mm
200

The CN Tower is 553m tall and the Calgary Tower 0.191km. Which is taller and by how much?

The CN Tower is 362 metres taller than the Calgary Tower.

200

Which is bigger? And by how much? 1 km or 500 m?

What is 1 km, because 1 km is 1,000m and that is bigger than 500m

300
A centimetre is 10 of these units
What is a millimetre?
300
What unit would you use to measure how long your hair is?
What is a centimetre (cm)?
300
1 km = ____ m How many metres in a kilometre?
What is 1000. 1km = 1,000 m
300

Mr. Perlmutar has a vertical jump of 210 mm. Noelle can jump 4.8 centimetres higher than Mr.Perlmutar. How high can Noelle jump?

Noelle can jump 258 mm or 25.8 cm. 

300
Which is bigger? And by how much? 1 m or 1,000 mm
What is they are the same length because 1m has 1000mm
400
A kilometre has 1,000 of these equal units.
What is a metre?
400
Which unit would you use to measure the height of a horse?
What is metres (m) or cenitmetres (cm)... explain!
400
How many centimetres are in 1 and 1/2 metres (1.5m)?
What is 150cm = 1.5 m
400

George's house is 5.7km from his work. Femi lives 5671 metres from his work. Femi thinks he lives closer, is he correct?

Femi is correct. 5671m = 5.671 km, which is less than 5.7km. 

400

Which is bigger? And by how much? 1 m or 120 cm

What is 120cm because 1 m is 100cm

500
How many centimetres are in 3 metres?
What is 300 cm ( 1 m = 100 cm, so 3 m = 300cm)
500

Which unit would you use to measure the distance from our school to the Bahamas?

What is kilometres (km)?

500
How many m in 10 km. E.g., 10 kilometre run
What is 10km = 10 x 1,000m = 10,000m since 1 km = 1,000 m
500

Astrid grew 10 centimeters in 1 year. She is now 1.6 m tall. 1 year ago, her brother was 15mm shorter than her. How tall was her brother 1 year ago?

Her brother was 135cm one year ago.

500
Which is bigger? And by how much? 100m or 1km
What is 1 km because 1 km has 1000m which is bigger than 100m
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