Measurement Lessons

What is length?

• the amount of matter in an object
• the amount of space an object takes up
• the distance between two points
• the amount of stuff in an object

What is mass?

• the distance between two points
• the amount of matter (stuff) in an object
• the amount of space an object takes up
• the distance between three points

What units do we use to measure length?

• meters (m)
• milliliters (mL)
• grams (g)
• cubic centimeters (cm³)

What units do we use to measure mass?

• milliliters (mL)
• liters (L)
• centimeters (cm)
• grams (g)

How many millimeters are there in a centimeter?

• 1
• 10
• 100
• 1000

What is the length of this crayon? (Hint: the object is NOT aligned to the zero mark.) 

• 7.1 in
• 7.0 cm
• 7.1 cm
• 7.6 cm

What is the length of the line?

• 2.0 cm
• 2.3 cm
• 2.1 cm
• 3.0 cm

What is the mass?

• 272.1 cm
• 270.2 g
• 272.1 g
• 270.1 g

What is the mass?

• 190.0 g
• 194.0 g
• 190.4 g
• 90.4 g

What is the mass?

• 272.5 cm
• 272.5 g
• 272.5 mL
• 272.5 cm³