Grade 4 - Progress in Mathematics

Update your skills. See page 14.

Rename Units of Length

6-2

Rename each unit of measure. Make a table or compute with paper

and pencil. Use the Table of Measures on page 500 to help.

1. 2 yd
   in. 2. 8 ft
   in. 3. 18 ft
   yd


2. 7 ft
   ? in. 5. 4 yd
   ? ft 6. 4 yd
   ? in.

???

Can Don fit a shelf that is 72 in. long

in a closet that is 5 ft wide?

Compare: 72 in. 5 ft

Before you can compare measurements

in different units, you need to rename the

measurements using the same units.

Yo u can make a table to rename units.

Rename 5 ft as inches.

5 ft 
60 in. 72  60 So 72 in. 5 ft.

Yo u can multiply the larger unit to rename units.

5 ft 
 in.

5 ft 
(5  12 ) in.

5 ft
60 in. 72  60 So 72 in. 5 ft.

Don cannot fit a shelf that is 72 in. long in a closet that is 5 ft wide.

?

?

ft 1 2 3 4 5

in. 12 24 36 48 60

Think

1 ft
 12 in.

This table shows

equivalent measures of length.

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