Problem Solving With Measurement

Description

Topic B builds upon the conversion work from Topic A to add and subtract mixed units of capacity, length, weight, and time. Working with metric and customary units, students add like units, making comparisons to adding like fractional units, further establishing the importance of deeply understanding the unit. Students go on to add and subtract mixed units of measurements, finding multiple solution strategies, similar to the mixed number work in fractions. With focus on measurement units of capacity, length, weight, and time, students apply this work to solve multi-step word problems.