Metric and Customary Measurements

What might you measure using millimeters?

• The distance to school.

• An insect.

• The length of a car.

• The length of a football field.

What would you use a RULER for?

• To measure length.

• To measure mass.

• To measure volume.

• To measure time.

What would you use a TRIPLE-BEAM BALANCE for?

• To measure length.

• To measure mass.

• To measure volume.

• To measure time.

What is true of volume? Mark all that apply.

• Amount of space an object takes up.

• You calculate it by multiplying width, length and height.

• Its unit is cubic centimeter.

• To find the density of an object.

The metric system is a measurement system based on the number 12.

• false

• true

Mass is a measure of the amount of space in an object.

• true

• false

_________ inches = 1 foot

• 2

• 6

• 12

• 8

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________ feet = 1 yard

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 9

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

________ feet = 1 mile

• 1,760

• 100

• 1,000

• 5,280

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________ quarts = 1 gallon

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1