Provide students with this conversions activity to let them practice converting between common metric and customary units of length.
“Measure” Student Progress With Our Conversions Activity
Boost your students’ skill with this engaging conversions activity! Designed to help students practice metric and customary length conversions, this matching activity lets them pair conversion problems with the correct answers. Students can record their matches on a provided recording sheet, and answer keys are included for easy checking. Perfect for reinforcing measurement concepts in a fun, interactive way.
Included in this measurement conversion activity:
- Instructions
- 18 question cards
- 18 answer cards
- Recording sheet
- Answer key
The units of length used in this resource:
- millimeters
- centimeters
- meters
- kilometers
- inches
- feet
- yards
- miles
Using Our Converting Units of Length Matching Activity
This converting units of length resource is easy to prepare and can be used in many ways. Here is how to get started:
- Prior to student use, cut apart the 36 task cards. We recommend printing them on cardstock and laminating for longevity.
- Students will match each orange conversion card to the correct blue answer card, making 18 matches.
- Students should record their answers on the answer sheet, and can check them with the answer key.
This matching activity is great for math centers, small groups, and partner work. It makes a fun “Scoot” around the room activity as well!
Download Our Measurement Conversion Activities
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This resource was created by Cassandra Friesen, a teacher in Colorado and Teach Starter Collaborator.
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