Measurement Vocabulary

the space that a 2-D shape covers or occupies; measured in square units

• width

• perimeter

• capacity

• area

a measure of volume equal to the volume of a unit cube (what we measure volume in)

• cubic unit

• area

• length

• width

The amount of surface a shape or region covers.

Measured in square units.

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• capacity

The distance around a shape. The sum of the side lengths.

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• capacity

​ (a)   centimeters =​​ ​ 1 meter

• 100

• 12

• 36

• 6

• 10

• cubic centimetre

• cubic metre

• litre

• millilitre

A unit used to measure length.

• millimetre

• centimetre

• metre

• kilometer

A unit to measure length. Written as m.

1 m = 100 cm

1 m = 1000 mm

• millimetre

• centimetre

• metre

• kilometer

A measure of how much a container holds. Measured in litres or millilitres.

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• capacity

The amount of space occupied by an object or the amount of space inside an object.

Can be measured in cubic centimetres or in cubic metres.

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• capacity