Display the table in Question 10 in the Student Guide. Ask a few students to help complete the table. See Figure 3.
- What is the relationship between a centimeter and a meter? (A centimeter is 1/100 of a meter or a meter is 100 times larger than a centimeter.)
- Where do you see that relationship in this table? Show me an example. (Possible response: 4000 quarters is 7 m or 700 cm. 7 is 1/100 of 700 or 700 is 100 times larger than 7.)
- What is the relationship between a centimeter and a millimeter? (A millimeter is 1/10 of a centimeter or a centimeter is 10 times larger than a millimeter.)
- Where do you see that relationship in this table? Show me an example. (Possible response: 10,000 dimes is 13,500 mm or 1350 cm. 1350 is 1/10 of 13,500 or 13,500 is 10 times larger than 1350.)
- What is the relationship between a millimeter and a meter? (A millimeter is 1/1000 of a meter or a meter is 1000 times larger than a millimeter.)
- Where do you see that relationship in this table? Show me an example. (Possible response: 4000 quarters is 7000 mm or 7m. 7 is 1/1000 of 7000 or 7000 is 1000 times larger than 7.)
