Physical quantities and measurement

What unit of measurement would you use to measure a pencil?

• Inches 
• Feet
• Yards
• Miles

1 meter=

• 100 inches
• 100 centimeters
• 1 centimeter
• 1 inch

What tool would you use to measure this real life object?

• measuring tape
• yardstick
• ruler
• measuring cup

The height of the classroom ceiling.

• 3 km
• 3 cm
• 3 m

The length of a paper clip.

• 3 km
• 3 m
• 3 cm

Vocabulary How far an object is from end to end.

• Length

• Weight

• Mass

• Measurement

4 km = ___ meters

• 40

• 0.4

• 4,000

• 400

48,000 mm = ___ meters

• 480

• 48

• 4.8

• 4,800

How many meters (m) = 1 kilometer (km)?

• 1
• 10
• 100
• 1,000

What do we use a meter stick to measure?

• volume
• distance/length
• mass
• weight