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Measuring Length
Meter Scale
The children are running a 100 metre race.
Sunil is measuring the height of the wall in metres.
The length is measured in metres .
A metre is too long to be drawn here.
Small lengths are measured in centimetres .
Rohit is measuring the width of his book in
centimetres.
m cm
100 centimetres is equal to 1 metre. metre centimetre
1 m = 100 cm
We write centimetre in short form as cm and
metre as m.
The following three kinds of metre scales
are used.
1. It is a metre rod made of iron or wood used by cloth merchants for
measuring cloth.
2. It is a metre scale used by masons or carpenters.
3. It is a metre scale used by tailors.
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