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Maths
Measuring length and recording in tables
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Which of these would you use metres to measure?
The width of a book.
The length of a pen.
The height of a giraffe. ✓
The height of a daisy.
Match the object to the unit that you would use to measure it in.
Length of a goldfish.
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Centimetres ✓
Width of your fingernail.
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Millimetres ✓
Height of a school.
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Metres ✓
What is the length of this leaf?
'6 cm' ✓
What is the length of this feather?
1 cm
10 cm ✓
11 cm
Estimate the height of this door.
1 m
1 cm
5 m
2 m ✓
Estimate the length of this elephant.
1 m
2 m
5 m ✓
20 m
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