Lesson 5 Homework 2 2
NYS COMMON CORE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM
Name
Date
1. Name five things in your home that you would measure in meters.
Estimate their length.
*Remember, the length from a doorknob to the floor is about 1 meter.
Item
Estimated Length
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2. Choose the best length estimate for each object.
a. Whiteboard
3m
or
45 cm
b. Banana
14 cm
or
30 cm
c. DVD
25 cm
or
17 cm
d. Pen
16 cm
or
1m
e. Swimming pool
50 m
or
150 cm
Lesson 5:
2015 Great Minds. eureka-math.org
G2-M2-TE-1.3.0-06.2015
Develop estimation strategies by applying prior knowledge of length
and using mental benchmarks.
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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NYS COMMON CORE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM
Lesson 5 Homework 2 2
3. The width of your pinky finger is about 1 cm.
Measure the length of the lines using your pinky finger. Write your estimate.
a. Line A _______________________
Line A is about _________ cm long.
b. Line B ____
Line B is about _________ cm long.
c. Line C
_________________________________________________________
Line C is about _________ cm long.
d. Line D __________________________________
Line D is about _________ cm long.
e. Line E _______________
Line E is about _________ cm long.
Lesson 5:
2015 Great Minds. eureka-math.org
G2-M2-TE-1.3.0-06.2015
Develop estimation strategies by applying prior knowledge of length
and using mental benchmarks.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
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