Choice of Unit

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Objectives

Students understand how choice of unit determines how easy or difficult it is to understand an expression of measurement.
Students determine appropriate units for various measurements and rewrite measurements based on new units.

Prior Knowledge

NumbersExponents
MagnitudeScientific Notation

45 mins 8.EE.A.4 8.EE.A.3

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