Length/distance

How could you measure the height of your friend without too much difficulty?

This activity encourages you to measure the length of lines accurately.

Explore all aspects of measurement in this activity.

You will need a long strip of paper for this task. Cut it into different lengths. How could you find out how long each piece is?

In which Olympic event does a human travel fastest? Decide which events to include in your Alternative Record Book.

A lady has a steel rod and a wooden pole and she knows the length of each. How can she measure out an 8 unit piece of pole?

Use simple trigonometry to calculate the distance along the flight path from London to Sydney.

Chandrika was practising a long distance run. Can you work out how long the race was from the information?

The Earth is further from the Sun than Venus, but how much further? Twice as far? Ten times?

Nirmala and Riki live 9 kilometres away from the nearest market. They both want to arrive at the market at exactly noon. What time should each of them start riding their bikes?