Grade 6 AIS Math Vocab Group 4

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Length

Back

Distance. How far from end to end. Or from one point to another.

Example: the length of this guitar is about 1 meter.

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Volume

Back

The amount that something can hold.

Usually it means volume.

Example: This glass has a capacity of 300 mL (but is actually holding only 160 mL)

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Weight

Back

How heavy something is.

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Time

Back

Time is the ongoing sequence of events taking place.

The basic unit of time is the second. There are also minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years.

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Convert

Back

To change a number, value, or expression from one form to another.

Example: convert 12 inches to millimeters

12 inches × 25.4 mm/inch = 304.8 mm

Example: we can convert the fraction ½ to the decimal 0.5

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Unit

Back

A quantity used as a standard of measurement.

It is how much makes up "1" of the measurement.

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Relative Size

Back

Understanding how big or small one unit is compared to another.