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Metric System Conversion Factors
In this metric system conversion worksheet, students use dimensional analysis to convert metric and English units. There are 5 metric to metric problems and 10 metric to English problems.
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The Metric System
Students practice converting metric measurements by completing the activities listed in this lesson. They first practice measuring common objects. They then convert metric measurements using the included worksheet.
Intel
Metric Madness
Scholars learn about the metric system and produce a presentation on how to convert within the metric system. They then develop a brochure in support of legislation requiring the use of the metric system.
Balanced Assessment
Pen Pals
It's always nice to hear from friends. Your budding mathematicians read letters from pen pals and convert customary measurements into metric units and vice versa. They also write letters to an imaginary pen pal using metric units.
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Cooking Up Something Good
Students compare and convert units of measurement within the United States customary system and within the metric system by baking cookies. Students discuss how to double the cookie recipe, how to make only half of the recipe, and how to...
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Metric Conversions: Appropriate Units of Measurements
For this math worksheet, students choose the appropriate unit of measurement in 12 problems. Students then convert metric units to larger or smaller measurements and also change metric to standard measurements.
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Measuring Lesson Plans and Metric System Conversions
Students may review measurement, and metric system conversions by measuring one another and the world around them.
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Review Sheets: Introductory Physical Science
This hybrid worksheet connects mathematics to a science class. Learners practice solving problems that involve making a variety of conversions. An assortment of questions hits all the calculations needed for a middle school or beginning...
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Measurement
Learners explore the concept of measurement. In this measurement activity, students discuss what specific measurement tools such as an odometer measure. Learners recite a measurement poem. Students make a foldable with conversion units...
Ohio Literacy Resource Center
Converting Units of Measure
Follow six steps to implement this series of metric worksheets. Here, mathematicians exhibit their knowledge of problem solving, while converting units of measurement and label their answers with the applicable unit name.
Skills Workshop
Ratio, Scale, and Proportion
Converting units is an excellent example of how math relates to our everyday tasks. The resource prompts mathematicians to use baking, cooking, and other daily activities to discover how to make larger quantities of each ratio or recipe.
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Let's Graph It!
Students graph the height of others in centimeters and inches, find the slope of line in order to calculate the conversion factor between centimeters and inches.
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Shape and Space: Transformations
Students explore transformations. In this mathematical transformations lesson, students define quadrilaterals, convert centimeters to meters, and complete a transformations worksheet.
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Sea Ice: Cracking the Egg Code
Young scholars study the egg code to learn about sea ice. In this sea ice lesson, students discuss and view a diagram to learn about the egg code when describing sea ice and its thickness. Young scholars work in groups to play a game...