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Broad Topics > Measures and Mensuration > Non-standard units

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Choose Your Units

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Which units would you choose best to fit these situations?

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New Units for Old

Stage: 5 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Can you match up the entries from this table of units?

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Bigger or Smaller?

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

When you change the units, do the numbers get bigger or smaller?

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Hand Span

Stage: 1 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Use your hand span to measure the distance around a tree trunk. If you ask a friend to try the same thing, how do the answers compare?


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