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Step into Measuring!

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Step into Measuring!

Use the pictures and clues to compare lengths, heights, and how much containers hold. For the measuring activity, use the same non-standard unit each time, such as hand spans or paper clips.

The toy-train track

Matilda is making a track for her toy train. Look at the number line: each space is one step.

1.Matilda's track goes from 0 to 5. How many one-step spaces long is it?
2.The blue track reaches 2. The red track reaches 5. Which track is longer?
  • The blue track
  • The red track
  • They are the same length

Measure with hand spans

Choose one item you can reach safely, such as a book or a lunch box. Measure its length with hand spans. Start each span where the last one ended.

3.Write the item you measured and how many of your hand spans long it is. Your answer will depend on the item you choose.
4.Two children measure the same table. One uses small hand spans and one uses large hand spans. Will they get the same number? Choose an answer.
  • Yes, always
  • No, the number may be different

Pip's picnic

Pip the wombat is packing a picnic. Look at the containers and their fill levels.

Cup: half full

Bottle: full

Jug: empty

5.Which container holds the most? Which holds the least?
6.Pip pours some water into the empty jug. It now holds more than the cup, but less than the full bottle. Is the jug half full, less than half full, or more than half full?
  • Less than half full
  • Half full
  • More than half full

Measure around you

Find two safe, nearby objects. Compare their lengths using the same hand span or another non-standard unit.

7.Name the two objects you measured. Which one was longer?
8.If you measure a long object using equal-sized steps, you will need more steps than for a short object.
TrueFalse
9.Draw one non-standard measuring tool you used or could use, such as a hand span, a block, or a paper clip.

3 printable pages

  • Step into Measuring!, page 1 of 3: The toy-train track, Measure with hand spans

    Page 1

  • Step into Measuring!, page 2 of 3: Pip's picnic, Measure around you

    Page 2

  • Step into Measuring!, page 3 of 3: 8. If you measure a long object using equal-sized steps, you will need more steps

    Page 3

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