Activity 1 - Personal measurements
You may need to work in pairs to complete this activity
Measure using millimeters (mm) and then convert into cm (or the other way
around)
Measurement in mm
Measurement in cm
One large step
Your height
Finger tip to finger tip with
arms stretched out
Length of foot
Arm length – elbow to wrist
Across 4 fingers together
Handspan – finger to thumb
Now use personal measurements to measure other distances
Item
Pencil length example
Pen length
Length of macbook
Estimate
1
22 times my 4 finger
measurement
1
= 22 x 6.5cm = 16.25
Actual measurement
16.9 cm
Width of macbook
Height of desk
Book width
Door width
Choose something to
measure