Understanding Centimeters and Meters | 3rd Maths Term 1 Chapter 4 Measurements

3rd Maths: Term 1 Unit 4: Measurements

Centimeter and meter

Let us know

100 centimeters (cm) = 1 meter (m)

Try this

a. Fill in the blank with appropriate units (meter/centimeter) to measure the following.

1. My pencil is 6 cm long.

2. This tree is 3 m high.

3. My height is 80 cm

4. My hairpin is mm long.

5. Height of coconut tree is 15 m.

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b. Meena has a ribbon of 50 centimeter and Reena has a ribbon of 110 centimeter. Whose ribbon is the longer?

Answer :

Length of Meena’s ribbon = 50 cm

Length of Reena ribbon = 110 centimeter.

Reena’s ribbon is longer than Meena’s ribbon.

Activity 6

Measure the length of following things in your class room using a measuring tape and fill in the given boxes.

Understanding Units

Understand the order of magnitude between centimeter, meter and kilometer as units.

Try This

Put '<' and '>' in the boxes providing.

a. Centimeter < Meter

b. Meter < Kilometer

c. Kilometer > Centimeter

Practice

Match the objects with the appropriate units of measuring their length.

Answer Key

(i) Length of a pen is measured in centimeters (cm).

(ii) Length of a saree is measured in meters (m).

(iii) Distance between two cities is measured in kilometers (km).