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Maths
Measuring length and recording in tables
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Which of these would you use centimetres to measure the height or length of?
Length of a whale
Height of a tree
Length of your foot ✓
Height of a house
What measurement is equal to 100 cm?
'1 m' ✓
I have a piece of ribbon that is 90 cm long. Is this ribbon shorter or longer than one metre?
'shorter' ✓
How many 10 cm lengths will we get if we cut a 70 cm piece of ribbon up into 10 cm lengths?
'7' ✓
A whole length of string has been cut into 4 equal pieces and each of those pieces is 10 cm. What length is the whole piece of string?
'40 cm' ✓
Starting with the shortest, sort the five pieces of ribbon in order of length.
1
⇔
10 cm
2
⇔
40 cm
3
⇔
50 cm
4
⇔
70 cm
5
⇔
90 cm
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