ModuMath Measurement Lesson Listing

Following is a list of the lessons for Measurement along with the educational objectives for each lesson.

6.1 Measurement and Unit Conversion

A. State the unit equivalences for time.

B. Write unit equivalences as conversion factors.

C. Change a denominate number from one unit of time to another using one conversion factor

D. Change a denominate number from one unit of time to another using two conversion factors

E. Solve time problems using unit cancellation.

6.2 The Metric System

A. Identify the common metric units of measurement for length, mass/weight, and fluid volume.

B. State numeric equivalents of metric prefixes in both decimal and fraction form.

C. Convert between metric units by unit cancellation and by moving decimals.

6.3 Length

A. State the equivalences for U.S. Customary units of length

B. Convert between units of length in the U.S. Customary system.

C. Convert between U.S. Customary lengths and metric lengths by using unit cancellation and

by moving decimals.

D. Solve practical problems with units of length.

6.4 Perimeter

A. Find the perimeter of irregular polygons.

B. Use formulas to find the perimeter of rectangles and equilateral polygons.

C. Find the length or width of a rectangle when the perimeter and the measure of one side is given

D. Use a formula to find the circumference of a circle and the length of a semicircle

E. Find the diameter or radius of a circle when the circumference is given.

6.5 Area and Volume

A. Use area formulas to find the number of square units in rectangles, parallelograms, triangles and circles

B. Use volume formulas to find the number of cubic units in rectangular solids and cylinders

C. Solve practical problems involving area and volume.

6.6 Fluid Volume

A. State the relationship between the U.S. units of fluid measure

B. Convert between units of fluid measure in the U.S. System.

C. Convert between U.S. and metric units for fluid volume

D. Use unit conversion factors for fluid volume to solve problems.

E. Convert between fluid volume and cubic measurement of volume.

6.7 Weight and Temperature

A. State the relationship between U.S. units of weight.

B. Convert between units of weight in the U.S. system.

C. State the relationship between metric units of mass.

D. Convert between U.S. and metric units for weight/mass.

E. Convert degrees of temperature from Fahrenheit to Celsius, and from Celsius to Farenheit.

6.8 Compound Denominate Numbers

A. Add and subtract compound denominate numbers with units of length, time and weight.

B. Multiply and divide compound denominate numbers.

C. Convert compound units in rate problems.

6.9 Angles, Arcs, and Sectors

A. Identify and angle as acute, obtuse, right or straight.

B. Compute the complement and supplement of an angle.

C. Identify pairs of angles as adjacent, vertical, alternate interior or corresponding.

D. Find the length of an arc.

E. find the area of a sector.

6.10 Triangles

A. Identify scalene, equilateral, isosceles and right triangles.

B. Apply the properties of triangles to find the measure of unknown angles.

C. Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the unknown side of a right triangle, when two sides are given.

D. Solve practical problems using the properties of triangles.

6.11 Interpreting Graphs

A. Read and interpret data from circle graphs, bar graphs and broken line graphs.

B. Find the amount that is represented by a sector of a circle graph, when the percent is given.

C. Accurately interpret the scales on the vertical and horizontal axes of bar graphs and line graphs.

D. Recognize distortions in bar graphs and broken line graphs.

E. Use graphs to draw conclusions about data.

6.12 Mean, Median and Mode

A. Find the mean, median and mode from a set of data.

B. Find a missing number in a set of data when the mean is known.

C. Recognize how an outlier may affect the value of the mean.

D. Analyze which measure of central tendency is appropriate to describe a given set of data.

E. Explain how different measures of central tendency can be used to draw different conclusions about a given set of data.

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Produced by David Schmidtke, Blackhawk Technical College, dschmidtke@blackhawk.edu 10/20022