Lesson 10

Multi-step Measurement Problems

Lesson Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is for students to apply what they learned about metric units of measurement and multiplicative comparison to solve multi-step problems.

Lesson Narrative

In the preceding lessons, students learned about the relationship between centimeters and meters, grams and kilograms, and liters and milliliters. In this lesson, students integrate what they learned to solve problems that are less straightforward and require them to reason in multiple steps.

  • Action and Expression
  • MLR7

Learning Goals

Teacher Facing

  • Solve multi-step problems that involve multiplicative comparison and measurement with whole numbers.

Student Facing

  • Let’s solve multi-step measurement problems.

Required Preparation

CCSS Standards

Addressing

Lesson Timeline

Warm-up 10 min
Activity 1 20 min
Activity 2 15 min
Lesson Synthesis 10 min
Cool-down 5 min

Teacher Reflection Questions

In what ways did your students show they had depth of understanding beyond what you expected in this lesson? Why do you think this surprised you?

Suggested Centers

  • Would You Rather? (2–5), Stage 2: Compare to Smaller Units (Addressing)
  • Compare (1–5), Stage 3: Multiply within 100 (Supporting)

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