Estimating Lengths and Areas
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Lesson Summary:
This lesson is all about estimating lengths and areas. The video covers various units of measure, from millimeters to kilometers, and explains how to estimate distances on a map using a scale. It also goes over how to find the area of a shape by breaking it down into rectangles and using the formula length times width. Overall, it's a helpful guide for anyone looking to quickly estimate measurements.
Lesson Description:
A video explaining various lengths and areas and how to esimate them.
Additional Resources:
- Prefixes - A table of metric system prefixes.
Questions answered by this video:
- What are some lengths in the metric system?
- What are the metric prefixes and what do they mean?
- How do you estimate lengths of figures using a scale?
- How do you estimate the area of figures using a scale?
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Staff Review
A good quick explanation of metric system distances and prefixes and some conversions. Also, a quick overview of how to estimate lengths on a map and then how to find the area of parts of a map. A good intro to metric distances and prefixes. -
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Wow what an amazing video Mr. Andersen the kids who made this videos are All-Stars!!! love the vid ((:
