Learn how to convert centimeters to meters by watching this video tutorial. [3:03]

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Learn to order 1 decameter, 13 meters, 15,000 millimeters, and 1900 centimeters from least to greatest. [4:02]

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Learn to order metric distance from least to greatest by watching this video lesson. [4:01]

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Learn out to convert gallons to cups by watching this video lesson. [5:16]

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This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fifth graders an overview of capacity - word problems.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about distances between points on multiple routes (metric units).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about measurement: greater than or less than a yard?.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about division of lengths (metric units).

Students use a recipe to prepare a hydrogel gummy snack, which has a similar consistency to that found in a Haribo® gummy product. They must convert the juice and gelatin-based recipe from US customary units to metric units with dimensional analysis conversion. After unit conversion, teams are given different gelatin quantities and design their gummy snacks. Once the candies have solidified, student groups compare the gummy snacks are for viscosity and taste. After a taste test, teams reflect on their experiment and brainstorm ways to iterate a better gummy recipe.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about estimating the measure of objects by image: feet or inches?.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about estimating the measure of items by description: inches, feet, or yards?.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about finding the total amount of liquid in liters and milliliters.

In this 20-day module, students build their competencies in measurement as they relate multiplication to the conversion of measurement units.  Throughout the module, students will explore multiple strategies for solving measurement problems involving unit conversion.

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This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about visually finding weight in compound units.

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to give fifth graders an overview of comparison of weights (metric units).

This short video and interactive assessment activity is designed to teach fifth graders about single object length (english units).

Rate

Type of Unit: Concept

Prior Knowledge

Students should be able to:

Solve problems involving all four operations with rational numbers.
Understand quantity as a number used with a unit of measurement.
Solve problems involving quantities such as distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, and with the units of measurement for these quantities.
Understand that a ratio is a comparison of two quantities.
Write ratios for problem situations.
Make and interpret tables, graphs, and diagrams.
Write and solve equations to represent problem situations.

Lesson Flow

In this unit, students will explore the concept of rate in a variety of contexts: beats per minute, unit prices, fuel efficiency of a car, population density, speed, and conversion factors. Students will write and refine their own definition for rate and then use it to recognize rates in different situations. Students will learn that every rate is paired with an inverse rate that is a measure of the same relationship. Students will figure out the logic of how units are used with rates. Then students will represent quantitative relationships involving rates, using tables, graphs, double number lines, and formulas, and they will see how to create one such representation when given another.

In this lesson, students use a ruler that measures both inches and centimeters to find conversion factors for converting inches to centimeters and centimeters to inches.Key ConceptsRates can be used to convert a measurement in one unit to a corresponding measurement in another unit. We call rates that are used for such purposes conversion factors.The conversion factor 2.54 centimeters per inch is used to convert a measurement in inches to a measurement in centimeters (or, from the English system to the metric system).The conversion factor 0.3937 inches per centimeter is used to convert a measurement in centimeters to a measurement in inches (or, from the metric system to the English system).In the calculation, the inch units cancel out and the remaining centimeter units are the units of the answer, or vice versa.Goals and Learning ObjectivesExplore rate in the context of finding and using conversion factors.Understand that there are two conversion factors that translate a measurement in one unit to a corresponding measurement in another unit, and that these two conversion factors are inverses of one another.

Follow steps and examples to see how easy it is to convert from one one unit to another using fractions.