Estimate it!
About how many centimeters wide is your pinky finger?
1 cm
A student measured a shoe. He measured starting at 2 on the ruler and it ended at 9. How long is the shoe?
7 in.
With which unit would you measure a crayon?
a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
Inches are not used to measure. True or False
False
Estimate how tall the door is in meters
2 meters
Jasmine measured a fork and a spoon. The fork was 15 cm long and the spoon was 10 cm long. How much longer was the fork?
The fork was 5 cm longer than the spoon.
With which unit would you measure a soccer field?
a. centimeters
b. feet
c. meters
c. meters
One inch is shorter than one foot. True or False?
True
Which is the best estimate for the length of a baseball bat?
a. 3 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 3 feet
The teacher measured her shoe. It was 10 inches long. A student in the class measured her shoe and it was 7 inches long. How much shorter was the student's shoe than the teacher's?
The student's shoe was 3 inches shorter than the teacher's shoe.
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
A. Feet
B. Centimeters
C. Yards
A. feet
Bryan measured his desk and said it was 36 inches long. George measured the same desk and said it was 3 feet long. The teacher told both students that they are correct. Is this true or false?
True.
Which is the best estimate for height of your desk?
a. 3 feet b. 3 meters c. 3 centimeters
a. 3 feet
The classroom door measures 72 inches tall. The desk is 38 inches tall. How much taller is the door than the desk?
The door is 34 inches taller than the desk.
With which unit would you measure the length of our library?
a. feet
b. centimeters
c. yards
c. yards
Zinger was measuring the height of the door in his classroom in inches and feet. He recorded a 7 for one of his measurements. Which unit was he using, inches or feet?
He was using feet.
Which is the best estimate for the length of your math book?
a. 10 feet b. 10 inches c. 10 meters
B. 10 inches
Lydia is measuring her toy train. She started measuring it at 3 and the end of the train was at 27 cm. Lydia says her train is 27 cm long. Is she correct? Why or why not?
She is not correct because she did not start at 0 when measuring. The correct length of the train should be 24 cm.
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear?
a. centimeters
b. feet
c. yards
centimeters
The best estimate for the length of a baseball bat is 6 feet. True or False.
False.