Measurement

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Measurement

• Following the GLEs and LEAP Format

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Types of Questions

• Perimeter and area
• Elapsed time
• Appropriate units of measure
• Estimation and calculation
• Using a calendar
• Comparison

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Perimeter

• What is perimeter?
• What do you need to know to calculate perimeter?
• What is the perimeter of the following shape

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Perimeter (Cont.)

• Which of the following has the same perimeter as
  the shape on the previous slide

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Perimeter (Cont.)

• If the perimeter of the shape is 25 ft., what is
  the length of the right side?

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Area

• What is area?
• What do you need to know to calculate area?
• You may get an easy question like this
• What is the area in units?

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Area (Cont.)

• This is what you are most likely to see
• Calculate the area.

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Area (Cont.)

• Another way you will see this type of problem
• The bathroom floor is 12 feet long and 9 feet
  wide. What is the area of the bathroom floor?

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Elapsed Time

• Basketball practice begins at 330pm. Practice
  lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes. What time does
  practice end?
• The movie was over at 930pm. The movie was 2
  hours and 30 minutes long. When did the movie
  start?

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Elapsed Time (Cont.)

• How much time is there between the end of
  Finding Nemo and the beginning of The Little
  Mermaid?

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Strategies for Elapsed Time

• Use a clock in the room.
• Draw a timeline.
• Add and subtract time, but remember to regroup
  using 60 minutes in an hour.

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Using Area and Elapsed Time

• Some questions will give you a surface area
  that is a fraction of a bigger area. They will
  give you a time that it will take for the
  original surface area and ask you to calculate or
  estimate the time to finish the remaining area.

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Does this look familiar?

• Willie was hanging wallpaper on the south wall
  in his living room. It took him 20 minutes to
  cover this much of the wall. About how long will
  it take for Willie to finish the wall? About how
  long will it take Willie to wallpaper the entire
  wall?

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Another way

• Kathy was painting a wall. She painted this
  much in 10 minutes. About how long will it take
  Kathy to finish the wall?

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Appropriate Units

• Jake wants to know how much water it takes
  to fill the bath tub. Which unit is best for him
  to use?
• Quarts
• Gallons
• Cups
• Pints

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Appropriate Units (Cont.)

• Which of the following is the most
  reasonable distance for a person to ride a bike
  in 20 minutes?
• 2 miles
• 2 yards
• 2 inches
• 2 feet

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Calculation

• Kelly was 2 feet 7 inches tall when she was 3
  years old. Since then, she has grown 2 feet 4
  inches taller. How tall is Kelly now?
• How tall would Kelly be now if she had grown 2
  feet 6 inches instead of 2 feet 4 inches?

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Using a Calendar

• Tyler left for summer vacation on Monday, June
  7. Katie left to go to Florida two weeks after
  Tyler left. Brian left three days after Katie.
  When did Brian leave for vacation?

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Comparison

• Which list shows the units of length in order
  from smallest to largest?
• Meter, millimeter, centimeter, kilometer
• Centimeter, meter, millimeter, kilometer
• Millimeter, centimeter, meter, kilometer
• Kilometer, millimeter, centimeter, meter

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Comparison (Cont.)

• Which list shows the units of length in order
  from smallest to largest?
• Mile, inch, foot, yard
• Foot, yard, inch, mile
• Yard, inch, foot, mile
• Inch, foot, yard, mile

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Comparison (Cont.)

• Which list shows the units of capacity in order
  from smallest to largest?
• Quart, pint, gallon, cup
• Cup, pint, quart, gallon
• Gallon, quart, pint, cup
• Pint, quart, cup, gallon

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Comparison (Cont.)

• Which is the smallest metric unit for capacity?
  Liter or milliliter?
• Which is the smallest metric unit for weight?
  Gram or kilogram?

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Comparison (Cont.)

• Which list shows the units of weight in order
  from smallest to largest?
• Ounce, pound, ton
• Ton, ounce, pound
• Pound, ounce, ton
• Ounce, ton, pound

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Measure It

• Measure to the nearest inch.

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Math Reference Sheet

• 1 foot 12 inches
• 1 yard 3 feet
• 1 pound 16 ounces
• 1 meter 1000 mm
• 1 meter 100 cm
• 1 kilometer 1000m
• 1 liter 1000 mL
• 1 kilogram 1000 g

• 1 pint 2 cups
• 1 quart 2 pints
• 1 gallon 4 quarts