Measurement

A branch of mathematics, within geometry, that involves the act or process of measuring

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Test your measurement vocabulary
Take a measurement adventure
  • Customary measures
  • Metric measures
  • Polygon
  • Vertex
  • Quadrilateral
  • Congruent
  • Parallelogram
  • Rhombus
  • Perimeter
  • Midpoint
  • Acute angle
  • Right angle
  • Obtuse angle
  • Straight angle
  • Reflex angle
  • Circumference
  • Pi
  • Diameter
  • Radius
  • Central angle
  • Chord

Activity 1:

  • Assume that the earth has a diameter of 8000 miles at the equator. What is its circumference? If you walked 20 miles a day, how long would it take you to walk around the circumference of the earth?

Activity 2:

  • Your heart beats about 70 times a minute. About how many times does it beat in a year?

Activity 3:

  • Your hair grows about 1/2 inch every month. At that rate, about how long will it take for your hair to reach a length of 5 feet?

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