4.  Measurement Addition
Text Box: A quantity may be measured by thinking of the object being “cut” into a (finite) number of pieces, measuring the quantity in each piece, and then adding up those measurement values. For example, we could measure the perimeter of a table by adding the lengths of all sides, or the area of an object by cutting it into smaller, measureable pieces. Consider the next question….

Big Ideas in Measurement

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