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100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100
40+_____=100 centimeters
60 centimeters
100

Which tool would you use to measure a crayon? a. 10 cm ruler b. centimeter cube b. meter stick

a. 10 centimeter ruler

100

A piece of yarn is 3 meters long. This is its length in centimeters.

300 centimeters 
100
Natalie's book is was 18 centimeters long. Tom's is 14 centimeters long. How much longer is Natalie's book than Tom's?
18-14 = 4
200

Estimate how tall the door is in meters.

About 2 meters. 

200

This abbreviation is used to write the word "centimeter."

cm

200

Which tool would you measure a soccer field? a. meters b. centimeters c. paperclips

c.meters

200
How many centimeters are in a METER?
100 cms
200
Katie measured that her bed was 2 meters long. How many centimeters is that?
200 centimeters.
300
Which is the best estimate for width of the whiteboard? a. 30 meters b. 3 meters c. 30 cms
a. 3 meters
300

Between meters and centimeters, this is the unit you would use to measure a tiny ladybug.

Centimeters

300
With which unit would you measure the length of a swimming pool? a.) centimeters b.) meters c.) centimeter cubes
b.) meters
300

A table is 200 centimeters wide. This is its width in meters.

2 meters 

300
Connor measured that his pencil was 8 centimeters long. His pen was 12 centimeters long. How much shorter was his pencil than his pen?
12-8 = 4
400
Which one of these items would NOT be measured in cms? a. pencil b. bus c. arm
b. bus
400
Tom's foot measures 16 cm. Jane's foot measures 3 centimeters longer. How long is Jane's foot?
16 + 3 = 19
400
With which unit would you measure the length of our library? a. centimeters b. meters c. centimeter cubes
b.meters
400
Which is larger 337 cm or 3 meters? Why?
3 meters because 3 meters=300 centimeters and 300 is less than 337.
400

A blue banner is 4 meters long. A red banner is 150 centimeters long. If you line them up end-to-end, this is their total length in centimeters.

550 centimeters

500
Estimate the height of the room in meters. a. 5 meters b. 3 meters c. 7 meters
a. about 3 meters
500
Pedro's backyard is 12 meters long. Omar's is 15 meters long. What is the difference in the length of their backyards?
15-12 = 3
500
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear?
centimeters.
500

A sidewalk path is 800 centimeters long. This is its length in meters.

8 meters

500
Mr. Jensen needs 16 meters of rope for a project. He has two small pieces of rope. One is 4 meters long and one is 5 meters long. How much more rope does Mr. Jensen need for his project?
4+5=9 16-9=7 He needs 7 more meters of rope.
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