1. Same Amount—Different Name Steve Harris, “Measuring West,” July 5, 2010, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution. Converting Units Emily Cowher EDU 290 22138914

2. Measurement Amount or size determined by measuring Can Measure... Volume Weight Length Picture: padsbrother, “DSCF9301,” August 13, 2008, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution. Definition: "Measurement | Define Measurement at Dictionary.com." Dictionary.com | Free Online Dictionary for English Definitions. 2011. Web. 20 Feb. 2011. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/measurement>.

3. Base Units Unit of measurement which others are based liters grams meters "Define: Base Unit - Google Search." Google. 2011. Web. 20 Feb. 2011. <http://www.google.com/search?q=define: base unit&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=&rlz=1I7SKPB_en>.

8. Measuring Cup

9. Measuring Spoon

10. BeakerBradley Gordon, “Measuring Cup,” June 11, 2009, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

11. Volume Bottle of Pop 2 liters Swimming Pool 56,000 liters

12. Converting to Larger Units Base Unit- liters 485.93 liters= __________ kiloliters 485.93= 0.48593 485.93 liters= 0.48593 kiloliters kilo- hecto- deca- liter

13. Converting to Smaller Units 7.39 liters= ________ deciliters 7.39= 73.9 7.39 liters= 73.9 deciliters liter deci- centi- milli-

14. Weight Measurement Instruments Scale Triple Beam Balance Dianashiboski, “Triple Beam Balance,” September 21, 2007, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

15. Grams Weight of an Orange 225 grams Car 1,361,000 grams

16. Converting to Larger Units Base Unit- gram 439.56 grams= _________hectograms 439.56= 4.3956 439.56 grams= 4.3965 hectograms kilo- hecto- deca- gram

17. Converting to Smaller Units 29.840 grams= ____________ centigrams 29.840= 2984.0 29.840 grams= 2,984.0 centigrams gram deci- centi- milli-

18. Distance Measurement Instruments Ruler Meter Stick Biking Nikon OGG, “ruler– STUPID INCOMPETENT MANUFACTURERS,” August 8, 2006, via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution.

19. Meters Pencil Length 0.17 meters Car Length 6 meters

20. Converting to Larger Units Base Unit- meters 64.86 meters= ___________ decameters 64.86= 6.486 64.86 meters= 6.486 decameters kilo- hecto- deca- meter

21. Converting to Smaller Units 6.0174 meters= _________ millimeters 6.0174= 6017.4 6.0174 meters= 6,017.4 millimeters meter deci- centi- milli-

22. Practice Convert and state whether the measure is a Volume, Weight, or Length 3.269 meters = __________ decimeters 60.97 grams= _______ decagrams 30.654 liters = ____________ centiliters