Mia's pet lizard has grown a lot since he was a baby and she needs help measuring his length now that he's an adult. After choosing the best tool for the job, RJ goes step by step through the measurement process, modeling how to use both...

Let's rule the coordinate plane. By reviewing the marking on rulers, the video discusses how to determine the measurement between two points. The resource, a portion of a basic geometry playlist, determines the length of a side of a...

Conversion solves a royal blunder. Using an animated video, the resource explores the importance of being able to convert measurements. Knowing the ratio of two measurements allows for the conversion between two measurement units. Pupils...

Expose your students to the differences and vocabulary associated with both U.S. Customary Units and Metric Units. Sal defines 14 different terms of measure and then sorts them into two categories. He has numerous small side notes that...

What a great big skillet you have. The resource introduces the class to the world's largest stainless steel skillet. The class creates a model of the skillet and a typical 12-inch skillet and compares the relative sizes of their areas....

How many yards are in 360 inches? Pupils answer this question with the help of a video lesson. The instructor uses dimensional analysis to complete the conversion. 

Metric and standard units both have their place. Scholars learn to convert between the two systems of units using a helpful video lesson. The narrator demonstrates conversions between metric and standard units of lengths. Once...

In this word problem, the skill to remember is to match up the similar measurements. This means the inches match up with the inches and the feet match up with the feet measurements. This problem is a ratio and is written as fractions....

A step-by-step breakdown on how to convert a length in yards to inches. [5:48]

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Video demonstrating how to measure the lengths of two labels set along a ruler and find the difference between them. [0:36]

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Video demonstrating how to measure and compare the lengths of several labels lined up along a ruler. [0:56]

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This site offers two videos and a set of practice questions on estimating by inches and feet using descriptions and images.

Sal discusses US customary units of length or distance such as inch, foot, and yard.

This lesson demonstrates how to measure length to a whole or half-inch using a ruler and how to measure and draw lines with a ruler. [5:50]

Models how to use a ruler to measure lines to the closest half-inch. [5:50]

Demonstrates how to measure length to the nearest quarter-inch using a ruler and how to draw lines to a specific length. [5:08]

Explains how to measure length using a ruler in inches and in metric units. [10:37]

Models how to measure and calculate length, area, and perimeter using inches, feet, yards, and miles, and how to do simple conversions between units. [8:39]

Sal discusses US customary units of length or distance such as inch, foot, and yard. [5:10]

This video lesson [3:03] will walk you through using a ruler to measure the distance between endpoints. It is 8 of 10 in the series titled "Measuring a Line Segment." Students can answer review questions when finished....