What is bigger
A car or a Car
Car
A car or a Toy Car
Toy Car
What would you use to measure a pen?
a ruler
If there are 12 inches in 1 foot and 3 feet in 1 yard, how many inches in 1 yard?
36 in.
Do I use this ruler to make an estimate or to check an estimate?
check an estimate
A bus or a car
a Bus
A ruler or a yardstick
Ruler
What would you use to measure a table?
yardstick
How do you use a ruler to measure?
I line up one end of the object at the zero on
the ruler and then look at the number on the ruler at the other end of the object.
If the pool was 24 feet wide, how many yardsticks would it take to measure it?
8 yardsticks
A driveway or a freeway
A freeway
A textbook or sticky note
Sticky note
What would you use to measure a bus?
measuring tape
How can you measure a large object with a ruler?
You would use the ruler and mark where it ends and then place the ruler at that point and continue until you have the object measured.
A scientist found a dinosaur nest that was 9 feet long. How many yards is that?
3 yards
A house or a tent
House
A table or a chair
chair
What would you use to measure a finger?
a ruler
How do you know which tool to use to measure?
The size of the object determines which tool I would need to use.
The head of an Allosaurus was about 3 feet. How many yards long is that?
1 yard
Me ( I am 5'2) or my husband (He is 5'7)
Husband
A lime or a grapefruit
lime
What would you use to measure an airplane?
measuring tape
Why do you need to know how to compare lengths?
It is important to know how to compare lengths because I can use the skill when I need to know who threw the ball farther, which baseball bat to use, and who is taller.
The Emeus Crassus was a bird that did not fly. It was
1 yard and 2 feet tall. How many feet tall is that?
5 feet