Activity: Paint Me a Picture! 20 ( ) Exercising Sleeping 20 4
Paint Me a Picture! 10( ) Enrollment Classroom without a Teacher 16 50
Paint Me a Picture! Wedding Burial 125 25
Paint Me a Picture! 5KM TO ____M House is burning Election Campaign 500 5000
ORAL RECITATION 3OOODM TO ____DKM Flag Ceremony Giving Birth 30 300
UNIT OF CONVERSION CONVERSION METHOD
Learning Target Define traditional, English and metric system Differentiate traditional, English and metric system Convert measurement from one unit to another in the International System of Units(SI)
3 SYSTEMS OF MEASUREMENT TRADITIONAL METHOD/ NON-STANDARD ENGLISH SYSTEM METRIC SYSTEM
1. TRADITIONAL METHOD/ NON STANDARD - A collection of units of measurement that were historically based on the human body or agriculture. FIRST STANDARD UNIT OF LENGTH – CUBIT
IT IS A SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT THAT USES BASE UNIT OF METRIC SYSTEM NAMELY; LENGTH METER MASS GRAM TIME SECONDS VOLUME LITER - ADOPTED IN 1960 BY THE 11 TH GENERAL CONFERENCE ON WEIGHTS AND MEASURE 2. METRIC SYSTEM/ INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS
* It is also called imperial system because it came from the british empire that ruled many parts of the world from 16 th to the 19 th century. * Today, the united states liberia and myanmar are the only countries that officially use the imperial system. The united state uses imperial system for some activities and uses metric system for math and science. 3. ENGLISH /IMPERIAL SYSTEM
ENGLISH SYSTEM TO METRIC SYSTEM 1 meter ≈ 3.3 feet 1 pint = 2 cups 1 cup = 16 tablespoons 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons 1 pound = 16 ounces
EXAMPLE 1. 2 feet = _________ inches 2. 5 miles = _________ yards
EXAMPLE PROBLEM A weightlifter can lift 495 lbs. How many kg is that? A certain car has a mass of 1920 kg. How many tons is that?