Lesson 1: MEASUREMENT

Questions to Answer:
1. What is Measurement?
2. What does Length mean?
3. What does Area mean?
4. What does Volume mean?
5. What does Mass mean?
6. What does Temperature mean? How to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice versa?
7. What does time mean?
8. What is an Angle? What is used to measure it?
English system of Measurement:
-inch
-yard
-foot
Metric System of Measurement:
-meter
-gram
-litre
International System of Measurement
-meter
-Kilogram
-second
Measures of Length
-the fundamental unit of length is meter (m)
Unit
Symbol
1 millimiter
1mm
1 centimeter
1cm
1 decimenter
1 dm
1 meter
1m
1 kilometer
1km

Fraction of a Meter
0.001 m
0.01 m
0.1 m
1m
1000m

Measures of Area
-the fundamental unit of area is square meter, or meter squared
Measure of Volume and Capacity
-The fundamental unit of volume is Liter (L)
Unit
Symbol
3
1 milliliter
mL or cm
1 liter (1 cubic decimeter)
L or dm3

Fraction of a Liter
0.001 L
1L

Measure of Mass
-fundamental unit is Kilogram (kg)
Unit
1 gram (cm3)
g (cm3)
1 kilogram (Liter)
kg (L)
1 tonne (cubic meter)
t (m3)

Symbol

Fraction of a Kilogram
0.001 kg
1 kg
1000kg

Measure of Temperature
-Can be measured by Celsius or Fahrenheit
-boiling point of water is 100 degrees celsius
Measure of Time
60 seconds
60 minutes
24 hours
12 months
365 days
366 days
10 years
100 years
1000 years

1 minute
1 hour
1 day
1 year
1year
1 leap year
1 decade
1 century
1 millennium

Measure of an angle
-unit is degrees
TEST TIME:
1. Give an example of a unit measurement for length, mass, area and volume.
2. Convert 2 km to meter
3. Convert 8.75 m to km
4. Convert 80 mm to m
5. Convert 0.9 m to mm
6. A boy ran a distance of 5.8 km. How many meters did he run?
7. Ben traveled a distance of 126 km in 2.5 hours. How many meters did ben travel? How
many minutes did it take him to travel 126 km?
8. How many decimal places should we move to convert m to mm? To the right or left?
9. Give the unit of measurement for:
A bucket of water
Thickness of a notebook
Weight of a basketball
Temperature of a child
Time
10. Convert 8 kg to g
11. Convert 3000 g to kg
12. Convert 4 degrees celcius to fahrenheit
13. Convert 80.5 fahrenheit to celcius

14. The Flight time from Manila to Davao is 1 hour and 40 minutes. If the plane leaves at
12:30 pm, what time will it arrive in davao?
15. How many kilometers in 1 mile?