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Tired Weight
Take your class out to visit your automobile and use the tires to compute the weight of the vehicle. This is done by measuring the surface of the tire meeting the ground and the air pressure. This is a fun lesson in the relationship...
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Measurement: Lesson 2
Fourth graders find the perimeter of a geometric shape by adding the lengths of the sides. They find the area of a square or rectangle by counting square units. Students use multiplication to find the area of a rectangle. They estimate...
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Metrics 2 Word Search Puzzle
In this math worksheet, students look for the words in the puzzle that are related to the theme of measurement. Spelling skills are worked on.
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Shadow Chasing
The students compare themselves and their shadows to various objects big and small. Students use their data to set up proportions to solve.
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Area of a Square
In this geometry worksheet, 6th graders find the area of four squares with given measurements. Students use metric units to calculate the area of each given square.
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Converting Meters and Kilometers (B)
In this measurement worksheet, 4th graders convert meters to kilometers in 24 problems. They use the measurement guide at the top of the page and use the proper abbreviations as shown in each answer.
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Oranges and Stopwatches
Students measure various attributes of an orange. They discuss the attributes of an orange that can be measured, develop a list of attributes and describe how they can measure it, and rotate through four stations measuring the volume,...
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Capacity Conversions
In this conversions instructional activity, students convert smaller metric units to larger units, using the work space provided. Answers are included on page 2.
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Converting Meters and Millimeters (A)
In this converting measurements worksheet, students use the millimeter to meter conversion tool to help them convert the given measurements. Students solve twenty four problems.
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What's Our Length
In this measuring length worksheet, students use centimeter cubes to measure the length for each illustrated picture. Students write the number of centimeters for each picture and add the centimeters for both items. Students write the...
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A Fashion Extravaganza
Learners decide what body measurements they need to make garments such as a pair of pants. They make a list, and work with a partner to take and record those measurements in centimeters. They discuss the use of centimeters.
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The Centimeter Zoo
For this measuring distance worksheet, students use a centimeter ruler to measure the distance between the dots for the animals in the zoo.
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Burger King Investigation
Students study data on the nutritional value of Burger King meals in order to discover its nutritional value and also to compare the meals, using mathematical computation, to the recommended daily diet. In this data handling lesson,...
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How do You Stack Up? Revisited
Students estimate the thickness of coins. For this stack up lesson, students stack pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. They calculate and record the thickness of each coin. Students stack coins and estimate the height of the stack.
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Drip, Drip, Drip or The Case of the Leaky Faucet
Students explore the cost of wasted water. In this math lesson, students conduct an experiment in which they collect data on how much water is lost when a faucet leaks. Students figure the cost of the water that was wasted.
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Baseball Proportion
Eighth graders measure regular baseball bats and souvenir bats in centimeters. They determine how tall a person would be to be in proportion to the souvenir bat, create a poster depicting the person, and explain the proportional...
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Conversions at Sea
Learners demonstrate problem solving skills. Students complete word problems requiring unit conversions. They convert both metric and standard units. Learners must determine necessary information to solve problems.
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Sliding Along
Third graders use a ruler that has a bag tie slider attached to it to measure a number of items. While measuring, they complete a "Sliding Along" worksheet and a "Sliding Synthesis Journal." In the journal entry, they include what they...
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Centimeters and Millimeters
In this centimeters and millimeters worksheet, students learn to use a ruler to measure lines and distances. Students then use the illustrated rulers to measure the lines in centimeters and millimeters.
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The Shadow Knows - Measuring A Telephone Pole
Third graders attempt to determine the height of a telephone pole or tree without climbing to the top.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Stanley Jonas Travel Problem
Students convert from one system of linear measure to another, graphing data from a table to a coordinate graph, using a graph to make predictions.
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Fractional Units
For this fractional parts worksheet, students solve 30 problems in which they calculate the fractions for unit blocks, clock faces and metric measures.
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Baseball Proportion: Student Worksheet
Here is a simple and clever activity which illustrates the concept of mathematical proportion and size quite effectively. In it, two pupils hold baseball bats: one is a regulation-size bat, the other is a miniature souvenir bat. The...