Look at the rulers you have been using to measure and the ruler your teacher gave you.

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

1. Kiran and Jada measure the length of a worm.

   

   

   • Kiran says that the worm is inches long.
   • Jada says that the worm is inches long.

   Use the ruler to explain how both of their measurements are correct.

2. Measure the length of each worm.

   

   

   

   

1. Use the ruler you received today to measure some objects around the room.

   Find at least 1 object whose length is a whole number of inches and at least 3 objects whose lengths are not whole numbers of inches.

   object	length

2. Trade lists with another group. Find a length that could be written a different way.

   object	length	equivalent length