! ‘to estimate lengths and distances wt ever ready ters « to choose appropriate ever teany ruers ih Ever-ready rulers Buying a bed Ivy and her dad are buying a bed at a furniture shop. Can the bed fit in my ‘We can use a ey bedroom? our feet to measure them. Ivy’s dad first measures the length Then he measures the bedroom at of the bed. home. 1s 9,10. There is enough space. We can use parts of our body to estimate lengths and distances, It is called an ever-ready ruler. .-~ | is one of the ever-ready rulers, a Can 3 | be used as a standard unit of length? Why? — Share with the class.enn eaten ifferent parts of our body BD) A. We can use the following parts of the bod thumb width hand-span y as ever-ready rulers ie foot length forearm length step length From yourfinger _Fromthe tip of one tipstoyour elbow shoe tothe tip of a | the other shoe fe can measure our thumb width and hand-span in this way. Share with the class. @ Which tool is the most suitable for measuring foot length, forearm length and step length? © How can we measure foot length, forearm length and step length? “com? Work in pairs. Use a centimetre ruler or a tape measure to measure the ever-ready rulers of your classmate. Record the lengths of your classmate’s ever-ready rulers in the table below. Eve jruler | ~~~ Measurement Thumb width About| em 2 7 Hand-span | About cm 8 Foot length | About| em “Forearm length ‘About| _ Jem Step length ‘About[|_Jem >) @)aliving room Look at the pictures. Write the numbers in the(_]. | @ Andy uses his forearm length to estimate the length of the tea table, 30 + 30 + 30 -L] The length of the tea table is about{ Jem. © Sam uses his foot length to estimate the distance between two chairs. bei i i 16cm al 16 + 16 + + The distance between the two chairs is about cm, Classwork Look at the picture. Write the numbers in the [_]. Mum uses her hand-span to estimate the width of the shoe cabinet. 20cm + J+{_]+ i The width of the shoe cabinet is about cm.[Ga Eric uses his thumb width to estimate the length of a pupil’s desk. I need to place my Share with the class. thumb many times! @ Which ever-ready ruler should you use to estimate the length of a pupil's desk? Why? © When estimating lengths or distances, how do you choose a suitable ever-ready ruler? a 799 9 Work in pairs. Choose the most suitable ever-ready ruler to estimate the length or distance of the following objects. Circle the most suitable ever-ready ruler and record the result. Object Ever-ready ruler Estimation 9| Sz | i | om About cm Length of on Octopus card | About cm Heightofa “| pupitsdesk | : About | cm Distance between the lass and the bottom | ofthe doorWrite the letters for the answers. Which ever-ready ruler is the most suitable to estimate the following lengths | or distances? A Thumb width | B Hand-span | C Footlength ) D Forearmlength | E Steplengy Yo & — Yo <.* 5 QRS Length of @ keyboard Distance between the goalposts. Wiat cam! smartphone ‘When estimating greater lengths and distances, we should use longer ever-ready rulers. Look at the pictures. Write the numbers in the ae {_ Lengths of ever-ready rulers: ; J ! I RTL The distance between the two The painting is about rubbish bins is about{ _]cm. em long. @e Ail aN is shorter than =m | i is farther from i than i is. Comparing lengths or distances using improvised units 8 Sacenace> e GEES is 3 SM long. The distance between the two E is3@ C Centimetres Centimetre (cm) is a common standard unit of length. lcm et about 12cm long o Ever-ready rulers et lean Jd i thumb width hand-span foot length forearm length step length herie) Circle the answers, (There can be more than one answer.) Ivy, Sam and Ann each roll a ball. © (Ivy/Sam / Ann ) rolls the ball farthest. ® Which balls are at the same distance from the red line? (@ / @ / O) Use a string and a centimetre ruler to measure the lengths of the Paths on the map. Write the numbers in the ‘Wong Tai Sin station Tiu Keng Leng station @ The length of the path from Mong Kok station to Wong Tai Sin station is about cm. @ The length of the path from Tiu Keng Leng station to Wong Tai Sin station is about cm. @Blacken the © next to the correct answers. © Which of the following strings is not about 7 cm long? Swing A WAULLULLLULLLLLLLLLITLILLLLTTT, String B Sting C WLU, String D OA. StringA OB. StringB OC. String © D. StringD © Which of the following ever-ready rulers is the most suitable for imati =a, estimating the length of ? — Look at the picture. Complete the following. °c pen ee 0 A «Sone is[__]em tong. © tm 1S cm (longer / shorter ) han PE. -———1 $$ (can cannot) be prin RY esThere are a pillow and 2 dolls on Ivy’s bed. Ivy puts dolls at different positions when she tidies up her bed every day. Case A Case B Case C Case D Write the letters for the answers. ‘The length of the pillow does not change. Compare cases A, B, C and D. In which case is the distance between the two dolls the longest? In which case is the distance between the two dolls the shortest?