Grade 5 Measurement Vocabulary

A unit used to measure length.

one-tenth of a cm

one-thousandth of a m

• millimetre

• centimetre

• metre

• kilometer

A unit used to measure length. Written as cm.

1 cm = 0.01 m

1 cm = 10 mm

100 cm = 1 m

• millimetre

• centimetre

• metre

• kilometer

A unit to measure length. Written as m.

1 m = 100 cm

1 m = 1000 mm

• millimetre

• centimetre

• metre

• kilometer

A unit used to measure long distances. Written as km.

1 km = 1000 m

• millimetre

• centimetre

• metre

• kilometer

The amount of surface a shape or region covers.

Measured in square units.

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• capacity

The distance around a shape. The sum of the side lengths.

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• capacity

A measure of how much a container holds. Measured in litres or millilitres.

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• capacity

The amount of space occupied by an object or the amount of space inside an object.

Can be measured in cubic centimetres or in cubic metres.

• perimeter

• area

• volume

• capacity

A unit to measure the capacity of a container.

We write it as mL.

1000 mL = 1 L

1 mL = 1 cm3

• cubic centimetre

• cubic metre

• litre

• millilitre

A unit to measure the capacity of a container.

We write it as L.

1 L = 1000 mL

• cubic centimetre

• cubic metre

• litre

• millilitre