Academy of MATH
Measurement Student Reference Sheet
Levels 1 to 5
LENGTH
A quarter is about 1 inch wide
A comic book is
about 1 foot tall
A teacher’s desk is about 1 yard wide
There are 5,280 feet in one mile
There are 1,760 yards in one mile
The Metric System uses different units:
A dime is about
1 centimeter wide
A teacher’s desk is about 1 meter tall
Scale drawings are usually used for very long distances like maps.
maps. A key is given: In this case one inch equals ten miles from the key so
the key shossthe 3 inches from point A to point B is equal to 30 miles of driving.
miles of
WEIGHT/MASS
A cookie weighs about an ounce
A textbook weighs about a pound
The Metric System uses different units:
A penny has a mass (weight) of about a gram
A brick has a mass (weight) of about a kilogram
PERIMETER and AREA
The Perimeter- the size all around an object- is found
By adding all the sides together.
The desk shown has a Perimeter of 16 units. This is
because 5 + 5, the two long sides, = 10. 3 + 3, the
two short sides, = 6. 10 + 6 = 16. If the units are in
feet, the Perimeter is 16 feet.
It is the same for the Metric System. If the units are
in meters, then the Perimeter is 16 meters.
CAPACITY
Capacity is how much a container of any type can hold.
It takes 8 ounces to make a cup, 2 cups to make a pint, 4 cups
to make a quart, and 4 quarts to make one gallon.
TEMPERATURE
Temperature can be measured on more than one scale. Fahrenheit (F) is popular in the United States
while countries that use the Metric System prefer the Celsius (C) scale.
Although the scales are different, the
day is nice and warm at 800 Fahrenheit
or 300 Celsius.
It is the same here, water freezes at 320
Fahrenheit or at 00 Celsius.
TIME: Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Months, Years and Centuries
The time on this clock is 3:00. If it is after midnight, but before noon, it’s 3:00 AM.
If it’s after noon, but before midnight, it’s 3:00 PM.
Time can be converted: 75 minutes is the same as 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Some special clocks show
all 24 hours of the day.
Calendars measure days, weeks and months.
There are 7 days in one week and about 4 weeks in most months.
There are 12 Months in a Year
There are 52 Weeks in a Year
There are 100 Years in a Century
MONEY: How much things cost in dollars and cents
A Penny = 1 cent or 0.01 dollars
100 cents = 1 Dollar
5 cents = 1 Nickel or 0.20 dollars
10 cents = 1 Dime or 0.10 dollars
25 cents = 1 Quarter or 0.25
dollars
20 nickels = 1 Dollar
10 dimes = 1 Dollar
4 quarters = 1 Dollar
A 5 Dollar Bill = 5 dollars
A 10 Dollar Bill = 10 dollars or
two 5 dollar bills
A 20 Dollar Bill = 20 dollars or two
10 dollar bills or four 5 dollar bills
Money is added and subtracted just
like decimal numbers. It’s important
to know how much change you should
receive or if you have enough to buy
something you want.
This person gave the cashier $15 and
received the correct change of $1.05.