Critical Thinking
What is the difference between accuracy, and precision?
What is the greatest possible error of measurement, and what does that mean to me?
What is a non-standard measurement?
How do I read a tape measure?
How do I add and subtract measurement numbers?
How do I multiply and divide measurement numbers?
How do I convert within US Customary units?
How do I convert within metric units?
How do I work between US Customary and Metric?
What other measuring tools are out there?
What do I need to do in order to solve practical applications involving measurement?
Be able to understand accuracy and precision and report values to the correct precision and with the correct accuracy.
Determine the greatest possible error.
Measure items using a non-standard measuring system.
Use a tape measure to determine length
Add and subtract measurements from a tape measure
Multiple and divide measurements from a tape measure.
Convert units from US Customary and metric
Use calipers, protractors and micrometers to measure different dimensions.
Read and understand various scenarios in order to solve the practical application provided.
Calculator skills
Spreadsheet Implementation
Use of Measuring Tools
Collaboration
NH State Standards Addressed:
8.NS.A Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
7.RP.A Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
7.NS.A Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
6.NS.A Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
6.NS.B Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
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