SC-MATH 1 Teaching Math in the Primary Grades

MODULE 6 – Measurement
1st Semester, SY 2020-2021

Chapter 4: Measurement

Lesson 1: Time Measure

Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:
 Convert one time measure into another;
 Compute for the exact amount of time between two given times; and
 Solve word problems involving time measurement.

Did You Know?

It would take someone typing 60 words per minute, eight hours a day, around 50 years
to type the human genome.

Let's Discus
Time measurement is very important for us to learn because we are using it almost
the whole day everyday. In Did You Know?, the words minutes, hours, days and years
are all measures of time. How long is each of these? Study the table and the examples
that follow.

1 min (minute) = 60 s (seconds)

1h (hour) = 60 min
1 day = 24 h
1 week = 7 days
I month = 30 days (April, June, September,
November)

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31 days (January, March, May, July,

August,
October, December)

28 days (February on Regular year)

29 days (February on leap Year)

1y (year) = 365 days (366 on a leap year)
1 decade = 10 y
1 century = 100 y

In converting from one unit to another, the rule is:

from bigger to smaller unit → multiply
from smaller to bigger unit → divide
Example 1: How many minutes are in 3 hours?
Solution: Since 1 h = 60 min, then multiply 60 x 3 = 180. So, 3 h is equal to 180 min.

Example 2: How many hours are in one-half day?

Solution: There are 24 h in 1 day. For ½ day, multiply ½ x 24 or divide 24 by 2 to get 12
h.

Example 3: How many seconds are in 4 2/3 minutes ?

Solution: There are 60 s in a minute, so in 4 2/3 min: (4 x 60) + (2/3x 60) = 240 + 40
280 min.

Example 4: Roger started doing his project at 5:40 p.m. and finished it at 7:45 p.m.
How long did he do his project?
Solution: To find the time spent for the project, use the formula below:
Amount of Time Spent = Time Finished - Time Started

The amount of time spent doing the project is 2 h 5 min.

Example 5: Genebibe went driving. She left at 10:30 a.m. and arrived at 3:15 p.m. How
long did she drive?

Solution: Subtract 10:30 from 3:15.

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Observe that the number of minutes in the minuend is smaller than that of the
subtrahend. In this case, rename the 3 hours as 2 hours and 60 minutes and regroup
the 60 minutes with 15 minutes to make 75 minutes. Then proceed to subtraction.

Since the number of hours in the minuend is smaller than that in the subtrahend, we
can always add 12 hours due to the fact that time is modulo 12. It means that the
number of hours in the minuend will become 14. We can now subtract.

It means that Genebibe drove for 4 h 45 minutes.

Let's Do These
Compute the following:
How old are you in terms of:
a. months,
b. weeks, and
c. days?

Let's Recall
1 min = 60 s 1 month = 28 to 31 days
1h = 60 min 1 year = 365 or 366 days
1 day 24 h 1 decade = 10 years
1 week = 7 days 1 century = 100 years

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Let's Practice
A. Complete the table.
1. 1 min = s 3. 1 day= h
2 min = s 2 days = h
5 min = s 6 days = h
½ min = s 1/3 day = h
3 ½ min = s 4 1/6 day = h

2. 1 week = days 4. 1h = s
6 weeks = days 37 days = weeks
10 weeks = days 300 minutes = hours
10 weeks = days 50 years = century
3/7 week = days 50 years = century
4 1/7 weeks = days 8 years= decade

B. Solve the following problems.

1. A pet dog is now 1 year and 4 months old. How many months old is it now?
2. Alvin was able to run a race in 147 minutes. How many hours and minutes did he run
the race?
3. One morning, the girl scouts started hiking at 5:50. They arrived at the camp site at
8:20. How long did they hike?
4. In a certain year, there were exactly four Fridays and exactly four Mondays in
December. On what day of the week did the 25 of December fall that year?

Let's Create
Answer the following questions as creatively as possible.
1. What if there is no concept of time?
2. What if time was not categorized into years, months, hours, minutes and seconds?

Lesson 2: Length, Mass, and Volume

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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:
 Convert units of measure of length, mass, and volume from smaller to larger and
vice versa; and
 Solve word problems involving units of measure of length, mass and
volume.

Did You Know?

Popularly known as Cagayan River, the Rio Grande de Cagayan in Cagayan Valley
in the northeastern part of Luzon is the longest and largest river in the archipelago. It is
505 kilometres long and traverses through the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva
Vizcaya and Quirino.

Let's Discuss

The length of Cagayan River is 505 km. Kilometer (km) is a unit of length or
distance; hence, it may also be expressed in other units such as meter (m), decimeter
(dm), and so on. For mass, the units used in the metric system are kilogram (kg), gram
(g), centigram (cg), and so on. On the other hand, the units used for volume are litre (L),
millilitre (mL), and so on.

For this lesson, we will only learn the units presented on the table below.
Study the table and the examples that follow.

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Length Mass Volume

1 m= 100 cm 1 kg = 1 000 g 1L= 1 000 mL
1 km = 1 000 cm

To review, when converting from one unit to another, the rules are:
from bigger to smaller unit multiply
from smaller to bigger unit - divide

Example 1: How many meters are in 4 kilometres?

Solution: 1 km = 1 000 m; So, 4 km = 4 x 1 000 = 4 000 m

Example 2: How many centimetres are in 1/2 meter?

Solution: Since 1 m = 100 cm, then ½ m = ½ x 100 = 50 cm.

Example 3: How many grams are in 3 ¼ kg?

Solution: 1 kg = 1 000; 3 ¼ kg = 3 x 1 000 = 3 250 g

Example 4: How many litres are in 2 500 millilitres?

Solution: 1L=1 000 mL; 2 500+ 1000 2L

Example 5: Virgie filled three containers with different amounts of water using different
units. In container A, she placed 1 250 mL; in container B, she poured 1 ½ L, while in
container C, she poured 1 L 400 ml. Arrange the containers from the most to the least
amount of water they contain.
Solution: To compare the three amounts of water, convert them into similar units.
Container A: 1 250 mL
Container B: 1 ½ L or 1 500 mL
Container C: 1 L 400 mL or 1 400 mL
Therefore, the order of the containers from the most to the least amount of water
content is: Container B, Container C and Container A.

Let's Do These
Sample Activity of a Teacher
First make an estimate of the length, mass and volume of the objects. Then
do the actual measurement for you to compare your estimate with the actual
one. Be sure to consider the appropriate unit to use. For instance, for shorter
objects, the unit to use may be centimeter or meter while for long distances
the more appropriate unit is kilometre.

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Station 1: Measure of Length

Materials: pencils, meter stick, and tape measure
Station 2: Measure of Mass
Materials: weighing scale, pebbles, books, and pencils
Station 3: Measure of Volume
Materials: containers of mineral water, soft drinks, and shampoo

* Teacher's Notes
Three stations will be set up in the classroom.
Station 1 is for unit of length,
Station 2 for unit of mass, and
Station 3 for unit of volume.
Materials and tools will be provided in each station. Students may even be
taken outside the classroom to estimate and/or measure the length of poles or
building or playground.

Let's Recall
 Some units of measure for length are centimetre, meter, and kilometre; for mass
are gram and kilogram, while those of volume are millilitre and litre.
 100 cm = 1 m; 1 000m = 1 km
 1 000 g = 1 kg
 1 000 mL= 1L

Let's Practice
A. Give the equivalent measure.

Measure of Length Measure of Mass Measure of Volume

1. 2m= cm 6. 3 kg = g 11. 5 L= mL
2. 3 km= m 7. 1/5 kg = g 12. ½ L = mL
3. 300 km = km 8. 5 3/10 kg = g 13. 3 ¼ L= mL
4. 3 ½ km = m 9. 2 000 g = kg 14.2 000 mL = L
5. 1 km =. Cm 10.4 500g = kg 15. 800 mL = L

B. Solve the following.

1. It takes 1 ½ L of milk to make 1 pound of cheese. How many litres are needed to
make 20 pounds of cheese? How many millilitres is that?
2. A bag of peanuts weigh 2 kg. The peanuts were to be placed in smaller packs each
weighing 250 g. How many packs will there be in all?
3. Annaliza won the 5 000 m run during the university sportsfest. How many kilometres
did she run?

Let's Create

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From the given facts below, pose as many problems as you can.

Given Facts: A bottle of 500 mL alcohol costs P95

A bottle of 1 L alcohol costs P180
Example:
How much will one save if he buys one bottle of 1L alcohol than two bottles of
500mL alcohol?

Lesson 3: Perimeter

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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:
 Visualize the concept of perimeter;
 Find the perimeter of figures; and
 Solve word problems involving perimeter.

Did you Know?

The coastline of the Philippines is about twice as long as that of the United States of
America.
Philippines.

Let's Discus
Though the Philippines is small in terms of land area, yet its coastline is very long
because our country is an archipelago comprising of 7 641 islands.

Since coastline surrounds a certain place, then it can be compared to the perimeter
of a figure. The word perimeter comes from the Greek word perimetros which is a
combination of the terms-peri which means 'around and metron meaning 'measure'.
Perimeter, therefore, is the distance around the figure or the sum of all the side lengths
of the figure.

Let's Do These
Sample Activity of a Teacher
Perform the following activities.
Activity 1
Find the perimeter of the classroom in terms of number of steps.
Activity 2
Use a drinking straw to measure the perimeter of the bulletin board.
Activity 3
Find the perimeter of the chalk board using a meterstick.

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* Teacher's Notes
 Divide the class into three groups and have each group do Activities 1-
3. Have one member from each group record their observation for each
activity. Ask one member of each group to discuss their output in the
assigned activity.
 Ask: What can you say about using our steps as unit of measure in
finding perimeters?
 Explain that since students have different step lengths, then the
perimeter of the classroom differs too. However, using standard tools
such as meterstick, ruler and tape measure makes measurement
consistent and more accurate.

Let's Recall
 Perimeter is the distance around the figure.
 To find the perimeter of a figure, simply add all its side lengths.

Let's Practice
A. Find the perimeter of the following figures.

B. Find the missing side length of the following figures

C. Solve the following problems.

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1. The perimeter of a rectangle is 48 dm while its length is 13 dm. How wide is it?
2. For his project in Science, Alvin cut a piece of wood into five sides. The perimeter
of the resulting pentagonal board is 65 dm. If the measure of the four sides are 9 dm, 12
dm, 14 dm, and 15 dm, then what is the length of the fifth side?
3. How long is one side of the square if its perimeter is 60 cm?

Lesson 4: Area

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Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, the student should be able to:
 Visualize the concept of area;
 Find the area of two-dimensional figures; and
 Solve word problems involving area.

Did You Know?

The largest city in the Philippines is Davao City. With an area of 2 211 sq. km, it is
about three times the size of the national capital, Metro Manila.

Let's Discuss
If perimeter is the number of units around a figure, then area is the number of
square units contained in a figure. For instance, below are two squares—the small gray
square and the big white one. The gray square has a side of 1 unit so its area is sq unit.
The number of gray squares that can fit inside the white square is the area of the white
square. This shows that area is the number of square units that a figure can contain.

Let's Do These

*Teacher's Notes
In small groups, students use the 1 square unit
tiles and the big squares and rectangular outs cut to
find the formula of the area of square and rectangle.
Activity: Finding the formula of the area of a square 1
sq. unit and rectangle.
Materials: 24 small squares 1 unit on a side, big squares (2 x 2 units, 3 x
3units, 4 x 4 units), and
rectangles (2 x 3 units, 3 x 4 units, 4 x 6 units)

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After you have worked on the formula of the square and rectangle in small
groups, let us now Summarize the main ideas using the squares we used
earlier.
What is the area of the bigger square? Using the small square as unit of
measure, we can find the area of the bigger square by placing as many small
squares inside the big square.

Observe that the big square has a side of 3 units. If there are three
squares in the first layer, then there would be three each in the second and
third layers since a square's sides are congruent.

Therefore, the area of a square can be solved by multiplying the side by

itself or side times side.
Area of a Square = side x side or
The area of a rectangle is just an extension of that of a square. Let us find
the area of the rectangle below by using the same 1 square unit tiles.

The illustration below shows that the length of the rectangle is 4 units while its
width is 3 units.

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Therefore,
Area of a Rectangle = length x width
= 4x 3
= 12 square units

Let's Recall
 Area is the number of square units that can fit in a figure.
 The formula for the area of a square and rectangle are:
Area of a Square: side x side
Area of a rectangle = length x width

Let's Practice
A. Find the area of the following.

B. Solve the following word problems.

1.Suzette wants to buy tiles for her terrace. The length of the terrace is 72 dm while its
width is 48 dm. How many square tiles of side 4 dm will she buy?
2.Almar has a square table whose area is 81 sq cm. How long is one side of the table?
3.The perimeter of a square lawn is 36 m. What is its area?

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Reference:
Teaching Mathematics in the Primary Grades Genesis G. Camarista, PhD, Ian B.
Oranio

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