Measurement

​Measurement Practice

​Emma is 14 feet from a gate, while Noah is 206 inches from it. Who is closer to the gate?

​If you were teaching your friend, what would you tell them to do first before solving this problem?

Poll

What would you tell them?

• Measure both distances with the same units

• Change Emma’s distance from feet to yards

• Change Noah's distance from inches to meters

​Here is what we could tell them:

To find out who is closer, we’ll have to measure both distances with the same units. This means we can turn Emma’s distance from feet to inches or we can turn Noah’s distance from inches to feet.

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Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

Which does NOT show the correct conversion?

• I yard is 3 feet

• 1 foot is 12 inches

• 1 yard is 36 inches

• 24 inches is 3 feet

Fill in the Blanks

1 foot equals

inches.

Multiple Choice

6 feet = ____ inches.

• 12

• 72

• 36

• 48

​Now that we know we need to measure both distances from the same unit:

Let’s start with Emma. 14 feet equals how many inches? Feet is a larger unit than inches. That means if we’re moving from feet to inches, we’re going to need to​ do what?

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Poll

If we are converting from a larger unit to a small unit, we need to?

• Multiply

• Divide

Feet is a larger unit than inches. That means if we’re moving from feet to inches, we’re going to need to multiply. We remember that one foot equals 12 inches. That means we need to multiply the 14 feet that Emma was standing away from the gate by 12 inches in every foot.

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Multiple Choice

14 feet x 12 inches = _____ inches

• 168 inches

• 156 inches

• 180 inches

• 144 inches

If 14 feet equals 168 inches. Emma is standing 168 inches from the gate. Noah is standing 206 inches from the gate.

Subject | Subject

​Let's go back to our original question: Who is closer to the gate?

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Poll

Who is closer?

• Emma

• Noah

​Is there another way we could have solved this problem?