Unit of Measure
Customary
Metric
Measuring Length
Measuring Tools
100

How many inches are in a standard ruler?

12 Inches

100
Tanya's pencil measures a little less than 5 inches long. What is the length of Tanya's pencil to the nearest inch?
What is 5 inches?
100

Which is the better estimate of the length of the pen: 3 centimeters or 13 centimeters?

What is 13 centimeters?

100

Name the unit used to measure the length of a book.

What is inches?

100

Would you measure the length of an ant using centimeters or meters?

centimeters

200

What is the best tool to measure the height of a classroom door?

A meter stick.

200
How many half inches are there in one whole inch?
What is 2 half inches?
200
Ms. Foster measured the length of the garden. It measured 9 meters long. How many centimeters long was the garden?
What is 900 centimeters long?
200
The number of inches in a foot.
What is 12 inches?
200
A tool used to measure length?
What is a ruler?
300

 Would you measure the length of a paperclip using centimeters or Inches?

Centimeters.

300
Nicole and Gavin made banners. Nicole's banner is 3 yards long. Gavin's banner is 6 feet long. Who made the longer banner?
Who is Nicole?
300

Which metric unit would you use to measure the height of a tree?

What is a meter.

300
The number of centimeters in a meter.
What is 100?
300

 You need to measure the distance across the entire school playground. Which tool makes the most sense to use?

what is a meter stick.

400

A desk is 3 feet long. How many inches long is the desk?

36 Inches.

400
Sasha has a necklace that measures 15 inches long. Kaitlynn has a necklace that measures 1 foot, 2 inches long. Who has the longer necklace?
Who is Sasha?
400
Joshua cuts a piece of ribbon in half and cuts each of those pieces in half again. Each piece is now 30 inches long. How long was the original piece of ribbon?
What is 120 inches long?
400
The shortest of these measurements: foot, yard, inch.
What is an inch?
400
A tool used to measure time?
What is a clock (stopwatch)?
500
What unit of measure would you use for the string of a kite: centimeter, meter, or kilometer?
What is meter?
500
Peter has a red ribbon and a blue ribbon. The red ribbon is 2 inches longer than the blue ribbon. Together the ribbons are 30 inches long. How long is each ribbon?
What is 16 inches (red) and 14 inches (blue)?
500

A path in the garden is 2 meters long. How many centimeters long is the path?

200 Centimeters.

500
The longest of all of these measurements: 4 feet, 26 inches, 2 yards.
What is 2 yards?
500
A tool used to measure temperature.
What is a thermometer?
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