Topic 15 Vocabulary

What is a unit?

• A tool used to measure and compare things.

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What is length?

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• The distance from one end of something to the other.

What item is about 1 inch?

• a car

• a TV

• a quarter

• a shoe

Label where you measure the width and height.

a

b

height

width

What item is about 1 centimeter?

• a pinky finger

• a cat

• a tree

• a football field

What item is about 1 foot?

• the sun

• a ruler

• a door

• Ms. Thomas

What item is about 1 yard?

• a baseball bat

• a soccer goal

• a football field

• a shoe

What item is about 1 meter?

• a cat

• a car

• a guitar

• a soccer goal

Match each item with the unit that is best to measure it with.

• a football field

• inches

• a water bottle

• feet

• a worm

• centimeters

• a couch

• yard

Match each measurement with the item it is closest to.

• fingernail

• 4 inches

• hamburger

• 1 cm

• river

• 120 yards

• soccer field

• 10 miles