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- Place 5 skinnies along the edge of a meterstick.
- The length of 5 skinnies is what fraction of a meter?
- Write this fraction as a decimal fraction.
- Write this fraction as a common fraction in two different ways.
- Lee Yah measured several distances to the nearest tenth of a meter using skinnies and a meterstick. Write the lengths to the nearest tenth of a meter as a decimal fraction.
- Look at the measurements in Lee Yah's table. Which length is the shortest?
- Which length is the longest?
- Nicholas found 0.9 m and 1.2 m on the metersticks below.
- Which is longer, 0.9 m or 1.2 m?
- How much longer? How do you know?
- Which is longer 1.5 m or 0.8 m? How do you know?
- With your partner, locate the distances Lee Yah measured in Question 4 on a pair of metersticks. List the lengths in order from shortest to longest.
- Describe five distances that are shorter than 2 meters.
- Measure each length to the nearest tenth of a meter.
- Put your measurements in order from shortest to longest.
