Non-Standard Units of Measurement using Linear Measure

“This is Rose. Rose has
a pencil and some paper
clips. She wants to find
the length of the pencil
using the paper clips.”
About how many paper
clips do you think is the
length of Rose’s pencil?

Illustrative Example:
• What does Rose use to measure the

pencil?

-She use a paper clips.
• How long is the pencil?

The pencil is 6 paper clips long.

Illustrative Example:

• How long is the bed?
- The bed is 6 slippers long.
• What did you use to measure the bed?
- We use a slippers.

Ø Different objects can be used to find

the length of an object. To find the
length of an object is actually to
measure its length using an object. If
you use different objects for measuring,
the length of the object will be in terms
of that object used for measuring.