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Measuring Length

CBSE · Class 4 · Mathematics

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1. Length, Height, Width, Depth, and Breadth

  • Height, width, depth, and breadth are all words used for length measurement.
  • These words are used in different situations and directions.
  • A classroom door, an arm, a blackboard, and a box can all be measured for length in different ways.
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2. Metre and Centimetre

  • A standard metre scale is divided into 100 equal parts.
  • The distance between two marks on the measuring tape is 1 centimetre.
  • 1 metre is divided into 100 such 1 cm distances.
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3. Measuring Small Things

  • Small things like an eraser or a rice grain need centimetres for measurement.
  • The measuring tape has red bars that help show centimetres.
  • The length of each red bar is 1 cm.
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4. Estimating and Measuring with Real-Life Actions

  • Students can walk, jump, and crawl on lines of 1 m, 5 m, and 10 m to develop estimation skills.
  • Children can measure 100 m using their footsteps and count how many footsteps fit in 100 m.
  • Estimation helps compare lengths before measuring exactly.

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Length tells how longMetre is the standard unitCentimetre is the standard unit1 metre (m) = 100 centimetresA measuring tape has small marks

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