Teks Measurement System Worksheet Page 4
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12TEKS Student Expectation:
The student is expected to convert measures within the same measurement system (customary
and metric) based on relationships between units. (6.8D)
Materials
Vocabulary
Warm-up
For teacher
Per student
Amazing Arrays
Proportion
Transparency
Worksheet
Pound
11 X 11
TAKS
Ounce
mathematics chart
Activity: Today we will play a game to practice converting between ounces and pounds. We will
use ratios to make this easy.
2. The teacher says:
Where would I find the number of ounces in a pound? (TAKS mathematics chart)
How many ounces are in a pound? (16 ounces)
ounces
What would the word ratio be for converting ounces to pounds? (
)
pounds
Ursula wanted to buy 96 ounces of chocolate covered peanuts, but they are sold by the
pound. How many pounds of candy should she buy?
ounces
What would the word ratio be for this problem? (
)
pounds
16
96
What proportion could I use to solve this problem? (
)
1
p
How many pounds does Ursula need to purchase? (6 pounds)
Another way to organize your work is to place all of this information in a table.
Number of
16
X 6
96
ounces
Number of
1
X 6
pounds
3. Have students share strategies for solving the proportion.
3. The teacher says:
Let’s try another problem using the table to organize our work.
How many ounces are there in 11 pounds?
4. Fill in the blank table on the transparency with the students asking them what to place in each
space of the table.
Measurement
2006-2007
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