Station 1: Estimate and Check

1. Select any 4 objects in the room and estimate their

lengths. Record the estimation in cm and mm in
the table provided.
2. Measure the actual length of each object. Record
the actual length in cm and mm in the table
provided.
3. Calculate the difference between your estimation
and the actual length of the object. Record your
answers in cm and mm in the table provided.
4. Discuss and write your answer to the following
question:
a) Why is estimation an important skill to learn?

Extension activity: Try to work out how to convert the

actual measurement of the objects you selected into
metres. Remember there are 100cm in a metre.
Answer in your maths workbooks
So, for example:

If you measured something 30cm long, this is the same

as three tenths of a metre and can be written like this:
0.3 m
Station 2: Length match
The length of these six objects has been measured. Try
to match which object goes with which of the following
measurements WITHOUT using a ruler. Record your
answers in the worksheet provided.
a) 95 mm long
b)590 mm long
c) 32 cm long
d)1700 mm long
e) 2 m long
f) Half a metre long

Extension activity: Try to identify 3 things in the room

that are:
a) 1 m long
c) 20 cm long
c) 5 cm long
Answer in your maths workbooks.
Station 3: Which is Longer?

Using only the string lengths provided, try to calculate

which of the following items is longer. Shade in or
highlight the longer item in the worksheet provided.
1. The width of the door or the height of the teachers
desk.
2. The combined height of the two tallest members of
your group or the height of the room.
3.The length of ten lunchboxes laid end to end or the
width of the smartboard. NOTE! You cannot
actually get your lunchboxes out!
4.The height of the window or 2 of your arm lengths
laid end to end. NOTE! Be careful not to include
your body when estimating!
Extension: Design your own which is longer?
questions by choosing two objects in the room that are
similar in length to test other groups with. Answer in
your maths workbooks.