Measurement Flashcards
Customary system
The system of any type of measurement that we use here in the USA
Length
It is the measurement of distance
Customary units of length
Inches, feet, yards and miles
Convert
Ex. When you change 1 foot and 3 inches into the measurement of feet
Weight
It is the measurment of how much something weighs
Customary units of weight
Ounces, pounds, and tons
Capacity
It is the measurement of how much something could hold
Customary units of capacity
Pints, quarts, gallons, cups and fluid ounce
Mass
The amount that something weighs in they metric system
Customary units of mass
Milligrams and kilograms
Metric units of length
Millimeters, centimeters and kilometers
Metric system (def)
It is the the units of measurement within a different system than the customary system. What they use in different countries than the USA
Units of capacity in the metric system
Milliliters and liters
Fair share
The fair share is the amount in a line plot that everybody would split evenly.
Line plot
It is a way of showing the amount in easier more understandable way of fractions
