Converting Units of Measurement for Length (cm,m,km)

What does length means?

• Length is the measurement of how long something is. It refers to the distance from one end of an object to the other. 

• Length is how tall something is from bottom to top. This means that length only measures height, ignoring how long an object might be.

  
  

• Length is the heaviness or weight of an object. This definition suggests that length is about how much something weighs, which is not correct.

  
  

What are the three basic units of measurement for length?

• decimeter, millimeter, decameter
  

• centimeter, meter, kilometer

• hectometer, decameter, centimeter

What thing/s that are 1 cm long? Choose one or more answer.

• pencil and marker

• pinky finger

• big paper clip 

How far do you think a kilometer would be?

• 1 000 children standing and stretching their two arms together

• a half-sized soccer field

• an olympic swimming pool

How many cm are there in 2 m?

• 2 cm

• 2 000 cm

• 2 00 cm

How many m are there in 5km?

• 500 m

• 50 000 m

• 5 000 m

A kilometer (km) is a unit of length in the metric system that is equal to _______.

• 100 meters

• 1 000 meters

• 10 000 meters

What unit of measurement/s is/are used in measuring the height of a person?

• meter and centimeter

• meter

• kilometer

Centimeters are the ______ unit of measurement among the three basic unit of measurement. (cm,m,km)

• basic

• largest/biggest

• smallest

We use what operation in converting larger unit to smaller unit of measurement?

• Addition

• Division

• Multiplication