Measurement Study Sheet
Study the conversions and abbreviations 5 minutes every night Monday through Thursday.
Quizzes are cumulative.
Customary Units of Measure
Metric Units of Measure
A. Length
1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in)
1 yard (yd) = 36 inches (in)
= 3 feet (ft)
1 mile (mi) = traveling long distance
= 5280 feet
=1760 yards
F. Length
1 meter (m) = 100 centimeters (cm)
1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 meters (m)
1 centimeter (cm) = 10 millimeters (mm)
1 cm = pinkie nail, width of paperclip
1 meter = muscle out to opposite finger tips,
width of door and frame
1 inch = about thumb knuckle to end of thumb
1 foot = elbow to knuckles, length of football
1 yard = shoulder out to opposite finger tips,
floor to doorknob, width of classroom
door
B. Capacity
1 cup (c) = 8 fluid ounces (fl oz)
1 pint (pt) = 2 cups (c)
1 quart (qt) = 2 pints (pt)
= 4 cups (c)
1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts (qt)
= 16 cups (c)
= 8 pints (pt)
G. Capacity
1 liter (L) = 1,000 milliliter (mL)
A liter is a little more than a quart
(a quart and a swallow)
1 cup = carton of milk at school,
juice carton is only half a cup
1 pint = 2 cartons of milk at school
1 quart = 4 cartons of milk at school
1 gallon = plastic jug of milk
C. Weight
1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz)
1 ton (T) = 2,000 pounds (lb)
H. Weight
1 gram (g) = 1,000 milligrams (mg)
1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams (g)
1 ounce = 1 slice of bread
1 pound = 1 loaf of bread
1 gram = 1 paperclip, 1 dollar bill, 1 teddy gram
1 kilogram = a pair of shoes, a large jar of
peanut butter
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D. Fahrenheit Temperature
32°F = freezing point of water
I. Celsius Temperature
0°C = freezing point of water
98.6°F = normal body temperature
37°C = normal body temperature
212°F = boiling point of water
100°C = boiling point of water
72°F = comfortable room temperature
20°C = comfortable room temperature
Fahrenheit, Fahrenheit, I know you,
King Celsius, you are so royal,
Water boils at two-one-two.
At 100° you start to boil.
90 degrees is a really hot day,
Even at 30° you’re a hot day;
68 degrees is nice to play.
When you’re at 20° outside we’ll play.
Water freezes at 32,
When you’re at 0°, that’s not nice,
Fahrenheit, Fahrenheit, I know you.
You turn the water straight to ice.
TEMPERATURE
Water Freezes at:
Body Temperature:
Water Boils at:
Room Temperature:
A Hot Day:
E. Time
1 minute (min) = 60 seconds (sec)
1 hour (hr) = 60 minutes (min)
1 quarter hour = 15 minutes (min)
1 half hour = 30 minutes (min)
1 day (d) = 24 hours (hr)
1 week (wk) = 7 days (d)
1 month (mo) = about 4 weeks (wk)
1 year (yr) = 365 days (d)
= 52 weeks (wk)
= 12 months (mo)
1 leap year = 366 days (d)
1 decade = 10 years
1 century = 100 years
° F
32
98.6
212
72
90
°C
0
37
100
20
30
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J. Metric Mnemonic & Chart
King
Henry
Danced
Merrily
Down
Center
Main
Lazily
Gracefully
K
H
Da
M
D
C
M
L
G
thousands hundreds
1000
tens
100
10
basic unit tenths hundredths thousandths
1
0.1
0.01
0.001
deci-
centi-
milli-
Meter
kilo-
hecto-
deca-
Gram
Liter
K. Metric Mnemonic Usage
1. Write the mnemonic device:
K
H
Da
M
D
C
L
G
2. Draw an arrow showing how many place value hops you need to move.
3. Move your decimal that many "hops" in the same direction.
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