Measurement - Length

Every Wednesday during Maths, Year 1 will be investigating the measurement strand of the subject.  Over the past two weeks, we have been concentrating on 'length,' ensuring that when we measure we align the ends and have no gaps or overlaps between our measuring units.

Charlie made a discovery yesterday...
Did you know, that if you DO have gaps or overlaps between your units the results will be different?  That is not good!

Here we are, measuring the length of our feet and investigating the difference when using different units to measure: