Length

1. How long is that?
How short is that?
How can we MEASURE it?
LENGTH

2. What unit of measurement would I use if I
wanted to measure how long my foot
was?
Centimetres - cm
Metres - m
Kilograms - kg
Grams - g

3. We would use centimetres. This foot is the same size
as your ruler – 30 centimetres, or 30cm in length.

4. What unit of measurement would I use to
measure the length of a tennis court?
This is your 30cm ruler.

5. We would use metres
15m
5m
This tennis court is 15m long and 5m wide.

6. Centimetres is written - cm
Metres is written like this - m
100cm equals 1m
1 2 3
3 rulers are 90 cm which is almost 1m
1 m is the length of the teachers ruler