Measurement and Data

We can count the squares within the rectangle to answer this question. When we count the squares, there are squares that make up the rectangle.

You would use a ruler to measure a phone because a phone is most likely smaller than inches, which is the size of a ruler. The other tools are much larger. A yardstick can measure up to feet (or inches), and a meter stick is about the same size as a yardstick. Measuring tape can measure over feet.

A room is most likely larger than what a yardstick, meter stick, and ruler could measure. A ruler can only measure up to inches, a yardstick can only measure up to feet (or inches), and a meter stick is about the same size as a yardstick. Measuring tape can measure over feet.