Choosing Centimeters or Meters Worksheet Download
Free 3rd Grade (2md3) math worksheets on Choosing Centimeters or Meters. Each worksheet has 8 problems with an answer key and are ideal for teachers and homeschooling. You can download the PDF, create a set of flash cards or set it up for online learning.
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About this worksheet
Each worksheet has 8 problems choosing whether an object is measured in centimeters or meters.
This worksheet asks children to decide whether an everyday object is measured in centimeters or in meters. Keeping the choice to two metric units makes it a far shorter step for a third grader than sorting four units across two measuring systems at once, and it matches the wording of the standard, which asks for lengths to the nearest whole centimeter or whole meter. Every object is either under 30 centimeters or over a meter, so each question has one clear answer. Sheets can be customized, turned into flash cards, or assigned for online learning.
Student objectives
- Decide whether an object is best measured in centimeters or in meters.
- Connect a unit to a real object of about that size.
- Recognize that centimeters suit small objects and meters suit large ones.
Everyday practice
- Walk around the house and sort what you see into things measured in centimeters and things measured in meters.
- Guess whether a door is closer to 2 centimeters or 2 meters, then check.
- Name something in the room about 1 meter long and something about 10 centimeters long.