Parts of a Metre
Measure This?
Which unit?
Comparing Units to Benchmarks
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
What reminds you of the length of a cm?
What is pinky finger width
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
What reminds you of how long a metre (m) is?
What is _____? Justify your answer.
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
What could represent a millimetre (mm) in real life?
What is ------ ? justify your answer.
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
What reminds you of how long a kilometre (km) (=1,000m) is?
What is ----? justify your answer
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 Sauble Beach?
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
What reminds you that a cm is actually 10mm?
What is ----? justify your answer
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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