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Understanding Length Tools Worksheet
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Understanding Length Tools Worksheet
Help plan a safe mountain hike by choosing suitable tools, units and calculations. Show your working where needed.
1.Choose from: 30 cm ruler, tape measure, trundle wheel. Match each job to the most suitable tool.
- Measure the length of a hiking boot
- Measure around a hiker’s waist for a pack belt
- Measure the length of a walking track
- Tape measure
- 30 cm ruler
- Trundle wheel
2.Write mm, cm, m or km for each measurement: (a) the thickness of a map, (b) the length of a hiking pole, (c) the height of a lookout platform, (d) the distance along a mountain track.
3.The group checks its equipment. Complete: (a) 3 m = cm; (b) 450 cm = m cm; (c) 2,000 mm = m; (d) 1.6 km = m.
4.Matilda-Mae wants to measure a 24 cm-wide trail snack box. Which is the most reasonable estimate: 2 cm, 20 cm or 2 m? Explain briefly why.
5.The scale shows distances from the starting point. Which marked distance is halfway between 400 m and 800 m?
6.Oliver needs to measure the 18 m length of a safe clearing. Should he use a 15 cm ruler, a tape measure or a trundle wheel? Give one reason for your choice.
7.Mei’s route is 1 km 250 m to the lookout, then another 850 m to the campsite. What is the total distance in metres?
8.A hiker says, “The 2,400 m track is 24 km long.” Is this correct? Write the correct length in kilometres and explain the conversion.
9.A trail sign is 1.35 m tall. State an appropriate tool to measure its height and write 1.35 m in centimetres.
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