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FSMA Convert Lengths Student

This document discusses converting between metric units of length including kilometers, meters, centimeters, and millimeters. It provides conversion factors and examples of converting between different units. There are also some interactive games suggested to practice converting lengths.

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FSMA Convert Lengths Student

This document discusses converting between metric units of length including kilometers, meters, centimeters, and millimeters. It provides conversion factors and examples of converting between different units. There are also some interactive games suggested to practice converting lengths.

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Convert lengths

In this activity you will convert between metric units of length: kilometres, metres, centimetres, and millimetres.

1 km 1m 1m 1 cm

= 1000 m = 100 cm = 1000 mm = 10 mm

Think about
how to change from one unit to another. A kilometre is one thousand metres! so or km 1000 m 1000 m km

A millimetre is a thousandth of a metre!

so or

mm

1000

m mm m cm

m 1000 cm m 100 100

A centimetre is one hundredth of a metre! so or

Think about
how to use this to help you change to different units and back again . mm 10 10 mm cm cm 100 100 m m 1000 1000 km km

Nuffield Free-Standing Mathematics Activity Convert lengths Student sheets Nuffield Foundation 2011 downloaded from www.fsmq.org

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Try these . Fill the gaps. A 3 cm = _________ mm B 6 m = _________ cm C 8 km = _________ m D 40 mm = _________ cm E F


500 cm = _________ m 2000 m = _________ km 12 cm = _________ mm 2.4 m = __________ cm 0.8 km = _________ m 250 mm = _________ cm 750 cm = __________ m 3500 m = _________ km 285 cm = _________ mm 0.7 m = _________ cm 0.08 km = _________ m 400 mm = _________ cm 20 cm = _________ m 300 m = _________ km

G 0.4 km = _________ m = _________ cm H 0.15 km = _________ m = _________ cm I J


0.07 km = _________ m = _________ cm 3 m = _________ cm = _________ mm

K 0.3 m = _________ cm = _________ mm L


90 000 cm = _________ m = _________ km

M 1500 cm = _________ m = _________ km N 250 cm = _________ m = _________ km O 600 mm = _________ cm = _________ m P 50 mm = _________ cm = _________ m

Nuffield Free-Standing Mathematics Activity Convert lengths Student sheets Nuffield Foundation 2011 downloaded from www.fsmq.org

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Let's play bingo!


1 Choose a card. 2 As each length is called (or written on the board), look for an equal length on your card. If there is one, cover it or cross it out. 3 The winner is the first person to cover or cross out all the lengths on their card.

Dominoes
1 Shuffle, then share all of the dominoes between the players. 2 The first player puts down any domino. 3 Each player in turn tries to put down a domino next to a domino showing an equal length. 4 The first player to use all of their dominoes wins.

At the end of the activity How many metres are there in a kilometre? How do you convert metres to centimetres? How do you convert millimetres to metres? How many millimetres are there in a centimetre? Estimate how far you will walk today, in a week, in a year, in your lifetime.

Nuffield Free-Standing Mathematics Activity Convert lengths Student sheets Nuffield Foundation 2011 downloaded from www.fsmq.org

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