Estimating Lengths with Everyday Objects

Estimating Lengths with Everyday Objects

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

5th - 6th Grade

Hard

Created by

Thomas White

FREE Resource

The video tutorial teaches how to estimate the dimensions of objects without measuring tools by comparing them to everyday items with known sizes. It uses examples like the height of a kitchen worktop, the length of a pen, and the height of a door to guide viewers in estimating the length of a mobile phone. The tutorial emphasizes using centimeters for small objects and rules out unlikely measurements by comparing them to familiar objects.

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why might you need to estimate the size of an object?

Because you want to confuse others.

Because you want to be inaccurate.

Because you have a measuring tool.

Because you don't have a measuring tool.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in estimating the size of an object?

Guessing randomly.

Asking someone else.

Using a calculator.

Comparing it to another object.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the approximate height of a kitchen worktop?

2 meters

1 meter

3 meters

15 centimeters

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How long is a typical pen?

100 centimeters

2 meters

15 centimeters

1 meter

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the approximate height of a door?

1 meter

15 centimeters

2 meters

3 meters

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which unit is more appropriate for measuring the length of a mobile phone?

Inches

Meters

Kilometers

Centimeters

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If a pen is about 15 cm long, how long is a mobile phone likely to be?

10 cm

100 cm

3 meters

1 meter

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