All about Measurement Identify and selecting appropriate units

All about Measurement Identify and selecting appropriate units of Measurement for length, volume, weight, and time 2 nd Grade Jamie Kuzmicki 3 -15 -2010

How would you measure? Room In Feet Distance from In Miles How much a In pounds Time from In hours house to school? dog weighs? 3 pm to 4 pm? Homework sheet What do you use? Practice Fun Website

Time Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, Years, Decade, Century, Millennium 1 minute = 60 seconds 1 hour = 60 minutes 1 day = 24 hours 1 week = 7 days 1 month = 4 to 5 weeks 1 year = 12 months, 52 weeks Using Time

Linear - Length Inches, feet, yards, miles Conversions: 1 foot = 12 inches 1 yard = 3 feet 1 miles = 5, 280 feet Measuring small the length of small objects to long distances like from one city to another. Measure Me!

Volume Ounces, cup, pint, quart, gallon 1 cup = 8 ounces 1 pint = 2 cups 1 quart = 2 pints 1 gallon = 4 quarts Used while cooking and measuring liquids or medicines

Weight Ounces, pounds, ton 1 pound = 16 ounces 1 ton= 2, 000 pounds Used to tell which one is larger or weighs more.

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