Have each student measure the length and width of their desk using their hands, thus having all their measurements

in units of how many hands are required to cover the length and width of their desk.

Each Student is then to measure the length and width of their notebooks in the same fashion as their desks.

Each student is then to calculate the area of their respective objects in units of hands.



The final part of the activity is to have each student measure their hands with a meter stick or ruler, then convert 

their dimensions of their desk and notebook from units of hands to the meters.