Measures: Understanding Length with Hand Span, Cubit, and Pace | 1st Grade Maths Term 2 Unit 4

Measures: Understanding Length with Hand Span, Cubit, and Pace | 1st Grade Maths Term 2 Unit 4

Measures

1st Maths : Term 2 Unit 4 : Measurements

Measures

Keywords

Hand span, Cubit, Foot span, Pace, Length

Travel through

Children measuring objects in a classroom setting

Learn

Handspan (Saan), Cubit (Muzham), Foot span (Kaaladi), Pace (Thappadi)

Illustrations showing how to measure using hand span, cubit, foot span, and pace

Activity

Fill the table and compare

A table to fill in measurements of objects using hand span and cubit by student and teacher

Think like a Mathematician

Why do the lengths measured differ from one another?

Answer

Each body part of person has different length and all persons have different length of particular part.