Measuring In Centimeters. Your students will see the difference between centimeters and inches as they use the included ruler to measure a fidget spinner, toy car, and other fun objects. Your students will see the difference between centimeters and inches as they use the included ruler to measure a fidget spinner, toy car, and other fun objects.

Students are asked to estimate the length of an object, and then measure it to the nearest inch.
We can use millimeters or centimeters to measure how tall we are, or how wide a table is, but to measure the length of a football field it is better to use meters.
Centimeters are a metric unit commonly used to measure small distances. Also, draw the line segment for the given measure. The measurement worksheets on this page require students to look at a ruler and write the value being shown in centimeters.