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Virginia Standards of Learning
5th Grade
Measurement
5.11a The student will choose an appropriate measuring device and unit of measure to solve problems involving measurement of length - part of an inch (1/2, 1/4, and 1/8), inches, feet, yards, miles, millimeters, centimeters, meters, and kilometers

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Lessons (1)

Length, Perimeter, and Area

Introduces students to length, perimeter and area.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: acute, addition, area, arithmetic, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, dimension, distance, geometry, length, multiplication, obtuse, perimeter, planes, polygon, pythagorean theorem, rectangles, subtraction, triangle, width

Activities (1)

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Comparison Estimator

Compare two sets of objects, using estimation to determine which is greater. Estimate a number of objects, the length of a line, or the area of a shape. Parameter: error tolerance. Comparison Estimator is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, assessment, comparing, counting, estimation, length, scale