MEASUREMENT
The objects and the distance can be measured using the standard and
the non-standard ways.
The non-standard ways are not very accurate and would change from
person to person.
The standard methods are accurate and we can change the unit of the
length according to the units that we need.
WHAT IT TOOLS TO UNITS OF
MEANS MEASURE MEASUREMENT
MEASURING
The distance
from one point INCHES(in),FEET,(ft)
to another YARD(yd),
RULER,
From the end to MILLIMETRE(mm),
LENGTH MEASURING
opposite end CENTIMETRE(cm),
TAPE
HOW LONG METRE(m),
SOMETHING ? KILOMETRE(km),
HOW HEIGH ?
HOW WIDE?
MEASURING
POUND,TON,
HOW HEAVY AN WEIGHTING
WEIGHT GRAM(g),
OBJECT SCALE
KILOGRAM(kg)S
IS?
MEASURING
HOW MUCH
MEASURING LITRE (l),
CAPACITY SPACE A SOLID
CUPS MILLILITRE (ml)
OBJECT
TAKES UP
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ACTIVITY 1
Specify the units you will use to measure the following:
1) Milk in a glass -_____
2) Height of a building -_____
3) Weight of a notebook -_____
4) Distance from Delhi to Shimla-______
5) A toothpaste tube -___________
6) A cough syrup in a bottle-_______
7) Height of a scale/ruler -_______
8) The height of a child -_______
9) Weight of an elephant -_______
10) Water in a bucket -_______
11) The length of a house-_______
12) The capacity of a petrol tank-_______
13) The distance between your eyes-_______
14) A teaspoon of honey -_______
ACTIVITY 2
Q1 Put on the closest measure.
a) Height of a mineral water bottle: 30 cm/90 cm
b) Amount of water in a bathing mug: 100 ml/10 L
c) A television set weighs: 10 kg/100 g
d) Your school bag weighs: 2 kg/20 kg
e) Capacity of a soup bowl: 5 1/500 ml
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f) Your height: 50 cm/120 cm
g) A small bottle of eye drops: 200 ml/20 ml
h) Length of an eraser: 30 cm/3 cm
i) A mouse weighs: 250 g/5 kg
j) Distance travelled by a bus in 1 hour: 900 cm/50 km
Q2 Match the Correct Length
Draw lines to match each picture with how long it can be.
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ACTIVITY 3
MEASURE THE LENGTHS OF FOLLOWING OBJECTS USING
CENTIMETRE SCALE
(1) Pencil-
(2) Sharpner -
(3) Notebook -
(4) Eraser-
(5) Lunch box-
(6) Laptop-
ACTIVITY 4
Measure the following objects /line segments using a
scale.
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ACTIVITY- 5
MEASUREMENT ABOUT ME !!
( Using measuring tape / scale (centimeter scale) to Measure)
My hand is ____________cm/inch long.
My foot is ___________cm/inch long.
From my knee to my foot my leg is ___________cm/inch long.
From my elbow to my wrist my arm is___________cm/inch long.
My whole arm is ___________cm/inch long
My whole leg is ___________cm/inch long.
ACTIVITY 6
DRAW THE LINE SEGMENTS OF THE FOLLOWING LENGTHS.
a)12cm c) 7 ½ cm
b)13 cm d) 4 ½ cm
MEASUREMENT OF LENGTH
1 km = 1000 m 1 m = 100 cm 1 cm = 10 mm 5
Express in m
a) 1 km = ____________m e) 23 km 50 m = ____________ m
b) 5 km = ____________ m f) 44 km 430 m =____________ m
c) 9 km 500 m =________m g) 59 km 83 m = ____________ m
d) 17 km 800 m =____________m
Express in cm
a) 1 m = ____________ cm e) 8 m 10 cm =____________ cm
b) 3 m =____________ cm f) 6 m 5 cm = _____________cm
c) 7 m =____________ cm g) 7 ½ m =____________ cm
d) 9 m 50 cm =__________ cm
Express in mm
a) 1 cm = _________mm e) 800 cm = _________ mm
b) 8 cm = _________mm f) 9 ½ cm =_________ mm
c) 19 cm = _________mm g) 13 ½ cm =_________ mm
d) 50 cm = _________mm
MEASUREMENT OF WEIGHT
Express in g f. 7 kg 140 g = _________ g
a. 1 kg = _________ g g. 8 ½ kg =_________ g
b. 7 kg =_________ g h. 7 ¼ kg = _________ g
c. 14 kg = _________ g i. 11 ½ kg =_________ g
d. 3 kg 500 g = _________ g j. 2 kg 230 g =_________ g
e. 6 kg 250 g = _________ g
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MEASUREMENT OF VOLUME
Express in ml
a) 1 l = ____________ ml
b) 11 l = ___________ ml
c) 210 l = ___________ml
d) 3 l 500 ml = ___________ ml
e) 7 l 250 ml = ___________ ml
f) 19 l 50 ml =___________ ml
g) 9 ½ l = ___________ml
h) 21 ¼ l = ___________ ml
i) 11 ¾ l =___________ml
ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION
1) Add 10 m 68 cm and 15 m 25 cm
m cm
10 68
+ 15 25
2) Add 28 km 676 m and 55 km 283 m
km m
28 676
+ 55 283
3) Subtract 32 kg 125 g from 72 kg 276 g
kg g
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4) Subtract 43 l 345 ml from 26 l 400 ml
l ml
1) Add the following.
a) 8 km 400 m and 4 km 150 m
b) 7 l 860 ml and 5 l 109 ml
c) 13 kg 108 g , 19 kg 833 g and 32 kg
d) 77 cm 6 mm and 51 cm 9 mm
2) Subtract the following.
a) 20 cm 3 mm from 46 cm
b) 3 kg 250 g from 85 kg 172 g
c) 2 l 440 ml from 13 l 750 ml
d) 15 km 134 m from 170 km 169 m
THINK AND ANSWER
1) A school bus travels 35 km 600 m in a day. Convert the distance
travelled in metres.
2) A roll of rope has 70 m 30 cm of rope. How much is the length in cm?
3) A fruit-seller sold 78 kg 35 g of apples in a week. How many grams of
apples would this be?
4) A carton of toys weighs 46 kg 150g. How much is the weight of toys in
grams?
WORD PROBLEM
1. Aman travelled 64 km 285 m on Saturday and 108 km 715 m on
Sunday. Find the total distance travelled by Aman.
2. For a party, 12 L 500 ml of juice was prepared. 3 L 650 ml of juice was
consumed. What is the quantity of juice left?
3. A fruit basket was prepared with 2 kg 500 g of apples, 3 kg of
mangoes and 5 kg 350 g of pineapples. What was the total weight of
the fruit in the basket?
4. The height of Paul's teacher is 1 m 75 cm. Paul's height is 1 m 28 cm.
How much taller is the teacher than Paul?
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Mark the least number of weights required
How many more grams to make 1 kilogram?
a) 800g +________=1Kg
b) 600g +________=1Kg
c) 300g +_________=1Kg
THINK AND ANSWER
Q.1) How many 500 g packets are needed to make 7 kg?
Q.2)How many 500 g packets are needed to make 9 kg?
Q.3)How many 250 g packets are needed to make 3 kg?
Q.4)How many 250 g packets are needed to make 2 kg 500g?
