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MEASUREMENT
-It is a unit used in measuring
something.

-A size, length, or amount

known by measuring
something
 Measuring
with
Non-standard
Units
 BABYLONIANS and
EGYPTIANS
Standards of Measurement
-Measurements were
done in terms of body
parts.

(digit, palm, span, foot)

Joan wants to know which
of these shapes has the
largest area. No ruler or
tape measure is available.
What can you suggest that
she should do?
 TABLE OF CONVERSION –
METRIC SYSTEM
(LENGTH)
1,000 millimeters (mm) = 1 meter

100 centimeters (cm) = 1 meter

10 decimeters (dm) = 1 meter (m)

1,000 meters = 1 kilometer

1. Length of your robotics
notebook
2. Length of your pencil
3. length of a paper clip
4. width of a strand of hair
5. length of a bond paper
Give the best unit of mesurement
for each.
1.height of your teacher
2.distance from your house to
your school
3.length of your classroom
4.distance from Manila to Baguio
5.length of the blackboard
Complete the following :
1. 8 km = _________________ m

2. 14 m = _________________cm

3. 50 m = _________________ dm

4. 8000mm = _________________cm

5. 90 dm = _________________m
Choose the units from
your everyday world
that can be used to
measure the area of
the cover of the book.
Calculator eraser
water string
pin rice grains
ID card
coin chalkboard
vinegar paper
MEASURE
IT!
 Success
isn’t measured by your
wins but by the size of
the challenge you
overcame.