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Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters wide is your pinky nail?
1 cm
100
How many inches wide is a pencil box?
_____ in.
100
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
100
How many inches are in one foot?
12 inches
100
Lisa's pencil is 6 centimeters long. Nancy's nail is 2 centimeters shorter than Lisa's. How many centimeters long is Nancy's nail?
4 cm
200
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
2 yards
200
How many centimeters long is a large paperclip?
____ cm
200
With which unit would you measure a soccer field? a. inches or centimeters b. feet c. yards or meters
c. yards or meters
200
How many feet are in one yard?
3 feet.
200
Julie's bedroom is 12 meters long. Alice’s bedroom is 4 meters longer than Julie's. How many meters long is Alice’s bedroom?
16 meters
300
Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 4 feet
300
How many cm long is your eyebrow?
Varies
300
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
feet
300
How many centimeters are in one meter?
100 centimeters.
300
Kara’s coconut tree is 19 meters tall. Lara's coconut tree is 5 meters shorter than Kara’s. Who has the taller coconut tree and by how much?
14 meters
400
Which is the best estimate for height of Mrs. Broom? a. 6 feet b. 6 meters c. 6 centimeters
a. 6 feet
400
Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the distance from your desk to the bathroom?
yardstick
400
With which unit would you measure the length of our library? a. feet b. centimeters c. yards or meters
c. yards or meters.
400
If 12 inches are in 1 foot, how many inches are in 2 feet?
24 inches
400
In a car race, there are 3 colors of car. The blue car is 15 meters long. The white car is 1 meter shorter than the blue car and the red car is 2 meters longer than blue car. Which car is longer than 16 meters?
Red Car
500
Which is the best estimate for the height of a stop sign? a. 10 feet b. 10 inches c. 10 meters
a. 10 feet
500
How many inches long is your desk?
______ in.
500
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. yards d.meters Estimate the length of a person's ear.
centimeters. Estimation between 4 and 9 centimeters.
500
If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 3 yards?
9 feet.
500
Kelsey's pencil box is 16 centimeters long. Shanna’s pencil box is 4 centimeters shorter than Kelsey's. Mark's pencil box is 2 centimeters longer than Kelsey's. Which pencil box is longer than 16 centimeters?
Mark's
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