The following activity isfrom the Department of Education of Washington,First Steps in Mathematics: Measuring Book 1, page 56.

Use a sheet of paper to measure and record the below mentioned parts of your body (this may require the help of a friend), then answer the following questions. 1) Each arm, 2) each leg, 3) each hand (from the wrist to the tip of the middle finger), 4) each hand width (from the thumb to the pinkie when the fingers are splayed as much as possible). Post your response to the following questions.

Question #1: Which parts of your body are equal in measurement?

Question #2: Can you measure your body parts accurately enough to determine if parts of it are equal?Why or why not?