{"id":719,"date":"2016-11-30T22:19:46","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T22:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=719"},"modified":"2019-05-30T16:29:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:29:38","slug":"why-it-matters-measurement","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymakermath4libarts\/chapter\/why-it-matters-measurement\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Measurement","rendered":"Why It Matters: Measurement"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why learn how to make calculations with measurements?<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1141\/2017\/03\/24161329\/eiffel.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-2154 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1141\/2017\/03\/24161329\/eiffel-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of the Eiffel Tower in France at night with lights on and water being sprayed 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