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Gr2-H16: Customary Measurement
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Measuring Customary Length
Math Concept
Different units are used to measure different things.
• Use inches to measure the lengths of short objects like paper clip, crayons,
pencil, book, your finger, foot, etc.
• Use foot to measure some longer objects like classrooms, beds, and cars, etc.
• Use yard to measure bigger things like size of buildings, your playground,
distance between your home and school, etc.
A paper clip is about 1 inch long.
A sheet of paper is about 1 foot long.
A baseball bat is about 1 yard long.
Circle the best unit to measure the followings.
[1]
[2]
[3]
classroom
[4]
the capital building
inch
inch
foot
foot
yard
yard
bookshelf
[6]
computer monitor
inch
inch
foot
foot
yard
yard
bulletin board
[7]
potato
inch
inch
foot
foot
yard
yard
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Measuring Customary Capacity
Math Concept
Capacity measurement is used to measure the amount of liquid such as water, milk,
juice, etc.
Four different types of units are used to measure volume.
cup
pint
quart
gallon
Answer the following questions.
[1]
=
1 pint = 2 cups
=
[2]
2 pints =
=
[3]
[4]
4 pints =
cups
[5]
5 pints =
cups
[6]
8 pints =
cups
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cups
3 pints =
cups
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Measuring Customary Capacity
cup
pint
quart
gallon
Answer the following questions.
[1]
=
2 quarts =
=
[2]
[3]
1 quart = 2 pints
pints
=
=
1 quart =
pints =
[4]
2 quarts =
pints =
cups
[5]
3 quarts =
pints =
cups
[6]
4 quarts =
pints =
cups
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cups
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Measuring Customary Capacity
cup
pint
quart
gallon
Answer the following questions.
1 gallon = 2 quarts
=
[1]
[2]
=
2 gallons =
=
[3]
=
1 gallon =
[4]
1 pint =
[5]
1 gallon =
[6]
2 gallons =
quarts
quarts =
pints
cups
pints =
pints =
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cups
cups
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Measuring Customary Weight
Math Concept
We measure the weight of an object to know how heavy the object is. There are
different unit to measure weight – ounce and pound.
Ounce is used to weigh small things while pound is used to weight large things.
A slice of bread weighs about 1 ounce and a loaf of bread weights around 1 pound.
1 ounce
1 pound
(slice of bread)
(loaf of bread)
Circle the best unit to measure the objects.
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
egg
[4]
watermelon
Ounce
Ounce
pound
pound
ruler
[7]
bed
Ounce
Ounce
pound
pound
book shelf
[8]
pencil
Ounce
Ounce
pound
pound
potato
[9]
storage cabinet
Ounce
Ounce
pound
pound
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Measuring Customary Weight
Circle your answers.
[1]
Simon is in grade 2. About how much does he weigh?
(a) 60 ounces
(b) 60 pounds
[2]
Rita has 10 crackers. About how much will the crackers
weigh?
(a) 1 ounce
(b) 1 pound
[3]
Sarika bought a bag of apple. About how much will the apple
bag weigh?
(a) 5 ounces
(b) 5 pounds
[4]
Arnav is taking a sandwich for lunch. About how much will
the sandwich weigh?
(a) 200 ounces
(b) 200 pounds
[5]
How much would a marker pen weigh?
(a) 2 ounces
(b) 2 pounds
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Measuring Customary Temperature
Read the thermometer and write the temperature.
[1]
[2]
[3]
Winter
[4]
Fall
Spring
Summer
30
90
80
110
20
80
70
100
10
70
60
90
0
60
50
80
12
o
o
F
[5]
o
F
[6]
[7]
Fall
Winter
90
110
30
80
80
100
20
70
70
90
10
60
60
80
0
50
o
F
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F
F
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Summer
Spring
o
F
o
F
o
F
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Math Concept
•
If the number has 5 or more ones, round the temperature to the greater ten.
•
Example: If the temperature is 27oF, round to 30oF.
If the temperature is 22oF, round to 20oF
Read the thermometer.
Write the temperature to the nearest ten degrees.
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
30
90
80
110
20
80
70
100
10
70
60
90
0
60
50
80
10
o
o
F
[5]
o
F
[6]
o
F
[7]
[8]
90
110
30
80
80
100
20
70
70
90
10
60
60
80
0
50
o
F
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F
F
o
F
o
F
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