Nonstandard Units Measuring

___________ would be the BEST nonstandard tool for measuring the volume of an octagonal prism.

Select all of the nonstandard tools that could be used to measure the volume of a sphere.

• beans

• rice

• pattern blocks

• ruler

• sand

Pennies could be used as a nonstandard tool to measure the width of a hexagon.

• true

• false

Students are using unifix cubes to measure the leaf in the picture above. List three other nonstandard units of measurement that the students could use to measure different size leaves to compare length.

Which nonstandard units of measurement COULD NOT be used to measure the length of a shape?

• hand span

• yarn

• sand

• cotton balls

Alana wants to measure the length, width, and height 2D and 3D shapes found around the classroom. She cannot find her ruler anywhere! What nonstandard units of measurements could be used instead?

I want to measure the volume of an ice cream cone, but I only have Hershey kisses? Would this be an accurate unit of measurement? Why?

How many inches long is the object?

• 12 inches

• 7 inches

• 3 inches

What does it mean to measure?

• To find length using standard or nonstandard units.

• To find a number close to an exact amount.

• How long or how far away something is.

• A metric unit for measuring length.

What is the length of the crayon?

• 3 cm

• 3 m

• 3 in.

• 3 yds.