Metres and centimetres

What are the

measuring units for
length ?
✘We measure mass in mm,
cm, m, and Km.

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What are the
measuring units for
length ?
✘1km = 1000 m
✘1m = 100 cm
✘1cm = 10 mm

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What measures mass?
We measure length using rules or measuring
tapes
 What are mm and cm used to measure?

They are used to measure smaller objects

✘ Mm. measures very small objects like the
length of insects and the length of eye
lashes.
✘ Cm. measures small things like the length
of a pencil or the length of a feet.

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 What are m and km used to measure?

They are used to measure smaller objects

✘ m. measures bigger objects like the length
of buildings.
✘ km. measures very big objects like the
length of a shore or a distance between two
cities.

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 m and km.

If 1 m = 100 cm
Then:
✘ of a m =
50 cm
✘ of a m =
✘ of a m = 25 cm
✘ of a m = 10 cm
75 cm
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 Famous fractions of mass

If 1 km = 1000 m
Then:
✘ 2 of a m =
250 cm
✘ 8 of a m =
✘ 7 of a m = 825 cm
✘ 1 of a m = 710 cm
175 cm
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Can you write these lengths in m & cm?

5m
525 cm

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Can you write these length in m & cm?

4m
475 cm

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 Can you put in order from the smallest to the largest

5m 7 3m 25 cm

Then the correct order is

3m 25 cm 5m 7

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 Can you put in order from the smallest to largest

325 m 6m 3

Then the correct order is

3 325 m 6m

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The end

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