NAME ______________________________ DATE _______________

HOMEWORK

When and How Do You Measure Length?

Ask an adult to tell you about at least four situations in which he or she measures length. Write each situation in one of the boxes. Answer the following questions about each situation.

  • • Did you need to measure exactly or estimate?

  • • If you estimated, how did you estimate?

  • • What tools did you use?

Situation 1: Situation 2:
Situation 3: Situation 4:

NOTE

Students think about when measurement is used in the real world by adults.

MWI Linear Measurement


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Investigations 3 in Number, Data, and Space®, Student Activity Book Unit 1 Arrays, Factors, and Multiplicative Comparison Unit 2 Generating and Representing Measurement Data Unit 3 Multiple Towers and Cluster Problems Unit 4 Measuring and Classifying Shapes Unit 5 Large Numbers and Landmarks Unit 6 Fraction Cards and Decimal Grids Unit 7 How Many Packages and Groups? Unit 8 Penny Jars and Towers