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Units for Measuring

Units for Measuring. Length Surface Area Area Volume. M3. Measuring Perimeter. When you find the distance around the classroom or around the outside of the playground, you are finding the perimeter. The units for measuring perimeter are called. Linear units!. Examples of Linear Units.

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Units for Measuring

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  1. Units for Measuring Length Surface Area Area Volume M3

  2. Measuring Perimeter • When you find the distance around the classroom or around the outside of the playground, you are finding the perimeter. • The units for measuring perimeter are called Linear units!

  3. Examples of Linear Units miles inches feet meters centimeters

  4. Measuring Area • The floor of a classroom might be covered in tile or carpet. • That tile or carpet illustrates the area of the floor. • Area is not length; it is an amount of surface. • The units for measuring area are called Square units!

  5. Measuring Surface Area • The surface area of a three-dimensional figure is the total area of its outside covering or surfaces. • When finding the amount of paper needed to wrap a present, you are measuring the surface area of a box.

  6. Measuring Area & Surface Area Square feet • Examples of units for measuring area are called: Square units! Square inches Square meters

  7. Measuring Volume • If you were to fill up the classroom with cubes and then count them, you would be finding the volume of the room. • The units we use to measure volume are Cubic units

  8. Volume: Examples of cubic units Cubic feet Cubic meters cubic inches

  9. Time for a notebook page!

  10. Which unit is best? Use your notebook to help you. • Ben bought a used car for driving back and forth to work. Which unit is best for measuring the length of Ben’s car? • A. cubic meters • B. square centimeters • C. meters • D. cubic inches

  11. Which unit is best? • Karen wanted to paint the walls of her bedroom. Which unit is best for measuring the area she wants to paint? • A. cubic centimeters • B. square feet • C. inches • D. yards

  12. Which unit is best? • Ella wanted to fill her closet with boxes . Which unit is best when filling up the inside her closet? • A. cubic feet • B. square inches • C. yards • D. square miles

  13. Which unit is best? Danielle is wrapping her sister’s birthday present box. Which measure of the box will help her to find how much wrapping paper to buy? • volume • surface area • capacity • miles

  14. Which unit? Dana covered his bedroom floor with a carpet. Which unit of measure describes how much carpet he used? • cubic meters • square meters • meters • centimeters

  15. Which unit? Maeva is on the track team. Which unit of measure describes the distance around the track of her school? • cubic meters • square meters • meters • cubic centimeters

  16. Which unit? Burt lives in Toledo. He is going to visit his grandmother in Pittsburgh. Which unit is best for measuring the distance between the two cities? • cubic meters • square meters • square feet • miles

  17. Which unit? Dawn bought a new suitcase for her vacation. Which measure will help her to find the amount of space inside the suitcase? • volume • surface area • area • length

  18. The Joke The joke you just told isn’t funny one bit. It’s pointless and dull, wholly lacking in wit. It’s so old and stale, it’s beginning to smell! Besides, it’s the one I was going to tell. Anonymous

  19. The end!

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