Estimation
U.S. Customary Units
Metric Units
Word Problems
Mix It Up
100
About how long is this stapler?
About 5 inches
100
To the nearest inch, the grasshopper is _____ long.
6 inches
100
To the nearest centimeter, the ladybug is ____ centimeters long. 
8 cm.
100
Look at the length of the scarves. How much longer is the orange scarf than the blue scarf?
8 inches
100
Explain why or why not. This _____ a precise way to measure because _____.
This is not a precise way to measure because the tiles have gaps in between them and overlap.
200
About how many centimeters is the spinning top?
About 15 cm.
200
There are fewer feet than inches because _____.
Feet is a larger unit of measurement.
200
To the nearest centimeter, the stick is ____ centimeters long. 
18 cm.
200
The baby snake was 17 in. Now it is 29 inches. How much did the snake grow?
12 inches
200
The distance around the farm is ___ meters.
42 meters
300
Estimation means _____
A good guess.
300
The colors that measure about 4 centimeters are ____.
Pink, green, red
300
It would take more ____ to measure a painting.
a. centimeters b. meters
A. Centimeters
300
Bob's baseball bat is 1 yard long. He uses 2 of them to measure the length of the canoe. The canoe is ___ yards long.
2 yards
300
The mama deer is 3 feet. The fawn is 1 foot. The buck is 4 feet taller than the mama deer. What is the height of the buck?
7 feet
400
The best estimate for an adult elephant would be _____.
a. 4 inches b. 4 feet c. 4 yards
inches, feet, or yards.
C. 4 yards
400
It would take fewer _____ to measure a swimming pool.
a. inches b. feet c. yards
C. Yards
400
The total length of the path is 9 meters. One part of the path is 3 meters. The length of the other part is ___. 
6 meters
400
Mom is 5 feet tall. Todd is 4 feet tall. Dad is 2 feet taller than Todd. How tall is Dad?
Dad is 6 feet tall.
400
The mama deer is 3 feet. The buck is 7 feet. The fawn is 1 foot. How much shorter is the fawn than the buck?
6 feet
500
The best estimate for a shirt button is _____.
a. 1 centimeter b. 1 meter
A. 1 centimeter
500
Compare the two paths. Tell which path is longer. Tell how much longer it is. 
Path A, 1 foot
500
The unit of measurement you would need fewer of to measure the length of a bus would be _____.
a. Centimeters b. Meters
B. Meters
500
Joe's pants are 39 inches long. Kate's pants are 4 inches longer Joe's pants. Jessica's pants are 9 inches shorter than Kate's pants. How long are Jessica's pants?
34 inches
500
The mama deer is 3 feet. The buck is 7 feet. The fawn is 1 foot. What is the height of the mama and fawn together?
4 feet