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Measuring with Non-Standard Units
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Measuring with Non-Standard Units
Tane and Zoe are getting the lighthouse ready for visitors. Use the little paper-clip units shown in each row. Each box is one paper clip long. Keep the units in a straight line as you measure.
Look at the measurements
Each filled box represents one paper clip unit.
Object: pencil
■ ■ ■ ■
Object: visitor book
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Object: shell
■ ■ ■
Object: torch
■ ■ ■ ■ ■
1.The pencil measures 4 paper clips. How many paper clips long is the visitor book?
2.Which object is shortest: the pencil, visitor book, shell or torch?
- Pencil
- Visitor book
- Shell
- Torch
3.Put the pencil and torch measurements together. How many paper clips long are they altogether?
4.Complete the sentence: The visitor book is paper clips longer than the pencil.
Measure carefully
Remember: start at one end, and place each unit end to end.
5.Tane measures a key using paper clips. Which way should he place them?
- With gaps between them
- End to end with no gaps
- On top of each other
6.Zoe measures a postcard with blocks. She counts 5 blocks. Tane measures it with smaller blocks and counts 8. Can both counts be right? Explain why.
7.True or false? If you measure the same object with the same-sized units, you should get the same count when you line the units up carefully.
TrueFalse
8.Tane says the torch is longer than the visitor book because 5 is more than 6. Is he right? Write the correct comparison.
9.Draw a small object being measured with three blocks placed end to end. Show no gaps and no overlaps.
10.At the lighthouse, Zoe wants to measure a small shell. Name one small non-standard unit she could use, and say how she should line the units up.
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