Measurment Flashcards
Customary units of length
12 inches= 1 foot 3 feet= 1 yard 36 inches = 1 yard 1760 yards= 1 mile 5280 feet = 1 mile
Customary units of weight
16 ounces = 1 pound
2000 pounds = 1 ton
Customary units of capacity
8 fluid ounces = 1 cup
2 cups= 1 pint
2 pints= 1 quart
4 quarts = 1 gallon
Customary system
The unit of measurement most often used in the United States
Convert
To change one unit to another
Capacity
The amount a container can hold
Length
Measurement of the distance between two points
Weight
The measurement that shows how heavy an object is
Mass
The measure of how much matter in an object
Metric units of mass
1000 milligrams= 1 gram
1000gram = 1kilogram
Metric unit of length
10 millimeters =1 centimeter
100 centimeter=1 meter
1000 meters= 1 kilometer
Metric units of capacity
1000 milliliters= 1 liter
Metric system
The decimal system of measurement. Liter, gram, meter
Fair share
An amount divided equally
Line plot
A graph that uses columns of x’s above a number line to show frequency of data