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Measurement Scavenger Hunt

Ruben is packing a gear shed for a community clean-up. Help her choose tools, estimate and compare lengths, and solve measurement clues. Use 100 cm = 1 m. For the hunt, you can measure safe objects nearby with a ruler or tape measure; if you cannot measure, use the supplied object cards in Question 6.

Choose and estimate

Think about sensible units and tools before measuring.

1.Ruben wants to measure the length of a small hand brush. Which tool is the best choice: a 30 cm ruler or a tape measure several metres long? Explain briefly.

A 30 cm ruler
A tape measure several metres long

2.Estimate the length of a broom handle. Choose the most sensible estimate before measuring: 15 cm, 1 m, or 8 m.

15 cm
1 m
8 m

3.Ruben estimates that a folded tarpaulin is 90 cm long. She measures it as 1 m. How far away was her estimate from the measurement?

Measure, record and convert

Measure three safe objects nearby, such as a book, a lunchbox or a chair. Record your own results; answers will vary. Measure from one end to the other, starting at zero on the ruler or tape.

4.Hunt record: write the name of one object you measured, your estimate in centimetres, its actual length in centimetres, and the tool you used.

5.A box is 135 cm long. Write this length in metres and centimetres.

Broom handle — 120 cm

Brush — 24 cm

Folded tarpaulin — 175 cm

Bucket height — 32 cm

6.Using your own measurements or the object cards, which object is longest? Give its length in centimetres and metres-and-centimetres.

7.Which object card is shortest? How much longer is the broom handle than that object?

Solve the packing clues

Use your measurement skills to help Ruben pack the shed.

8.A shelf is 2 m long. A crate takes up 75 cm of it. How many centimetres of shelf space are left?

9.Ruben needs a length of cord measuring 1 m 40 cm. Which cord is the closest fit without being too short: 135 cm, 145 cm, or 160 cm?

135 cm
145 cm
160 cm

10.Put these lengths in order from shortest to longest: 1 m 5 cm, 98 cm, 1 m, 105 cm.

11.Ruben measures a table edge as 86 cm. She writes 0.86 m. Is this correct? Explain how you know.

12.A short rope is 45 cm long. A long rope is 1 m 20 cm long. How much longer is the long rope? Show a calculation or explain your thinking.

13.Write one measurement clue for another person to solve. Include a length in cm or m, and give the answer to your clue.

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