Lessons for 6.RP.A.3D
Conversion factors and dimensional analysisTwelve inches over one foot equals one, so multiplying by it changes the unit and not the amountLesson
Changing the units of a rateRewriting feet per second as miles per hour by multiplying by carefully chosen ones.Lesson
Speed, distance and timeDistance covered for each unit of time, the most familiar rate there is.Lesson
The metric system and SI unitsOne base unit for each attribute, with every other unit ten times bigger or smallerLesson
Customary conversionsInches, feet, yards, miles; ounces, pounds; cups to gallons.Lesson
Converting metric units by powers of tenPowers of ten: shift the decimal point.Lesson
Units of timeSeconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years, and how they nest inside one anotherLesson
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