Comparing length, weight, and capacity

Problem types

• Choose the attribute to measure
• Which is longer?
• Which is heavier?
• Which holds more?

Builds on

None listed.

Leads to

• Measuring length with equal units
• Reading a categorical graph · See it applied

  Sorting objects by a measurable attribute like length or weight makes the categories that a picture graph counts.

• Mass and liquid volume · Extend the idea

  Comparing which of two objects is heavier or holds more becomes measuring with a balance or reading a liquid volume.

Related skills

• Composing shapes · Related idea

  Composing a shape from pieces needs edges that match in length, which is a comparison of an attribute.

• Naming shapes · Related idea

  Both sort things by an attribute. Comparing sorts by length, weight or capacity, and naming shapes sorts by sides and corners.

• Defining attributes of shapes · Related idea

  Both skills describe an object by an attribute: length, weight or capacity for measuring, and sides or corners for shapes.