length measurement

Jen learns about closeness and the measurement of distance in inches, feet, yards, and miles when she has to share a room with her little sister Lucy.

Simple text and color photographs describe the units and tools used to measure length and distance.

"Learn about the tools needed to measure how long something is in 'Length.'"--Back cover.

A counting book about length that uses a variety of marine animals to compare body size between each.

Readers use math skills to solve travel-related word problems.

Introduces children to inches, explaining how inches are used to measure the length of certain things, describing different things that are an inch long, and encouraging children to learn more by measuring things they commonly use.

Introduces children to feet, explaining how feet are used to measure the length of certain things, describing different things that are a foot long, and encouraging children to learn more by measuring things they commonly use.

Explains the concept of distance and explores how we can measure distance with math and different sorts of instruments.

Presents lessons for young children in learning how to use rulers and tape measures.

Measurement, emperors and revolutionaries, scientists and founding fathers try and fail to impose orderly standards, yet in their own ways contribute to the realization of the dream of a single, worldwide system of measurement.