T7: Measurement Flashcards
The green snail is small. The blue snail is smaller. The grey snail is the __________.
The grey snail is the smallest.
The first tree is tall. The second tree is taller. The third tree is the _________.
The third tree is the tallest.
The first mouse is short. The second mouse is shorter. The third mouse is the __________.
The third mouse is the shortest.
Name the colour of the longer ribbon.
The longer ribbon is blue.
Name the colour of the shorter ribbon.
The shorter ribbon is green.
How long is the worm?
The worm is about 2 buttons long.
How long is the train?
The train is about 5 paperclips long.
How tall is the car?
The car is about 3 blocks tall.
How long is the notebook?
The notebook is about 7 paperclips long.
How tall is the drink bottle?
The drink bottle is about 10 blocks tall.
Which bottle is empty? How do you know?
Bottle A is empty because it is does not have any juice in it.
Which bottle is full? How do you know?
Bottle B is full because there is no space left for any more juice.
Which bottle has less juice?
Bottle D has less juice.
Which bottle has more juice?
Bottle C has more juice.
Is the book or the apple heavier? How do you know?
I know that the book is heavier because the heavier object will cause Helicopter’s hand to ‘go down’ more.
Helicopter is using hefting to work out if the book or the apple is heavier. What is hefting?
Hefting is feeling how heavy objects are by holding them in your hands and using your arms like a balance scale.
Compare the weight of the pear and the apple.
The pear and the apple have the same weight.
How much does the eraser weigh?
The eraser weighs the same as about 1 block.
What is the weight of the pen?
The pen weighs the same as about 2 blocks.
How heavy is the glue stick?
The glue stick weighs the same as about 5 blocks.
Which object is lighter?
The pencil is lighter than the book.
Which object is heavier?
The scooter is heavier than the teddy bear.
Which object weighs more?
The box of crayons weighs more than the leaf.
Which object weighs less?
The bag of feathers weighs less than the bag of marbles.
What is the name of this piece of equipment?
This piece of equipment is called a balance scale or a pan balance.
Name five things that this person has done to make sure that the length of the fork was measured accurately.
- The paperclips have been lined up with the baseline.
- The line of paperclips is straight.
- There are no gaps between the paperclips.
- There are no overlapping paperclips.
- The paperclips are all the same size.
This person is measuring the length of the pencil using counters.
What three things has this person done to make sure the length of the pencil is measured accurately?
What two things does this person need to remember to make sure that the length of the pencil is measured accurately?
This person has remembered to line the counters up with the baseline, to place the counters in a straight line and to use counters that are all the same size.
This person needs to remember that there should not be any gaps between the counters and there should not be any overlapping counters.
