Meter/Metre

'meter/or metre' is a Greek word that means...

• count

• length

• distance

• measure

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What do you call a device that measures heat?

• a thermometer

• a thermometre

• a thermomix

• a hotometer

What does the 'cent' part of the word 'centimetre' mean?

• ten

• one hundred

• one thousand

• one million

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does the 'milli' part of the word 'millimetre' mean?

(Note: there might be more than one right answer...)

• one

• one hundred

• one thousand

• one million

Answer explanation

The word 'milli' is short for 'Million', which in Roman times meant 'one thousand'. (That's why the Roman Numeral for 1000 is 'M').

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.1

One-hundred (a)   make one one metre.

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.1

The total length of a shape's border (or the length around a shape) is known as the...

• parameter

• perimeter

• telemeter

• area

If you could draw a line down the middle of a shape, and the measurements either side of that line are exactly the same, that shape is...

• sypmathetic

• parametric

• symmetrical

• geometric

Tags

CCSS.4.G.A.3

Which one of these means 'a device that measures how many times a day you move your feet'?

• perimeter

• stepometer

• fitbit

• pedometer

The distance across a circle is known as the (a)   .

A field of mathematics that is used to study things about the earth is...

• trigonometry

• geometry

• algebra

• biometry