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Math Modeling and Measurement

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Math Modeling and Measurement

Help set up a picnic by comparing length, mass, capacity and time. Read each clue carefully. Use the diagrams to help you.

Measure and compare

1.A picnic rug is 8 hand-spans long. A small mat is 5 hand-spans long. How many hand-spans longer is the rug?
2.Why should everyone use the same-sized hand-span when comparing how long things are?
3.A drink bottle holds 1 litre. Which is a sensible estimate for a small cup: 200 millilitres or 2 litres?
  • 200 millilitres
  • 2 litres
4.The big bottle holds 8 cups of water. The small bottle holds 5 cups. How many more cups does the big bottle hold?
5.Choose the best tool to find how much juice a jug can hold.
  • A ruler
  • A measuring jug
  • Scales
6.Which picnic object would you measure across its rim in centimetres with a ruler: the rug or the cup?
7.The apple has a mass of about 150 grams. Is 150 grams more or less than 1 kilogram?
  • More than 1 kilogram
  • Less than 1 kilogram
  • Exactly 1 kilogram

Time for the picnic

8.The picnic starts at 12 o’clock. Set the clock to show 12 o’clock.
121234567891011
9.The picnic game begins at 1 o’clock and finishes at 2 o’clock. How long does the game last?
10.True or false: A kilogram is a unit used to measure how heavy something is.
TrueFalse
11.Make a measuring plan: choose one object near you, name a suitable tool or unit to measure it, and say what you would measure.

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  • Math Modeling and Measurement, page 1 of 3: Measure and compare

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  • Math Modeling and Measurement, page 2 of 3: Time for the picnic

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  • Math Modeling and Measurement, page 3 of 3: 11. Make a measuring plan: choose one object near you, name a suitable tool or unit to

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