Estimate it!
Measure it!
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Unit conversions
Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100
How many centimeters is your pencil box?
_____ cm.
100
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
100
How many centimeters are in one meter?
100 centimeters
100
Riley's desk is 100 centimeters tall. How many meters tall is his desk?
1 meter
200
Estimate how tall the door is in meters.
2 meters
200
How many centimeters long is a paperclip?
____ cm.
200
With which unit would you measure a football field? a. inches or centimeters b. feet c. yards or meters
c. yards or meters
200
How many inches are in one foot?
12 inches
200
Carlene measured that her dresser was 2 meters long. How many centimeters did she have?
200 centimeters
300
Which is the best estimate for height of the desk? a. 1 meter b. 10 meters c. 1 centimeter
a. 1 meter
300
Tricky!! If your thumbnail is about 1 cm, about how long is your whole thumb?
About 4 cm.
300
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
feet
300
How many centimeters are in 2 meters?
200 centimeters.
300
Jordan measured that his bathtub was 140 centimeters long. Was his bathtub longer or shorter than 1 meter? a. longer than one meter b. shorter than one meter
a. longer than one meter. (Because 1 meter = 100 cm. 140 cm > 100 cm... so the bathtub is longer than 1 meter.)
400
Which is the best estimate for height of Mr. Feeney? a. 6 feet b. 6 meters c. 6 centimeters
a. 6 feet
400
Would you use a meter stick or a centimeter ruler to measure the distance from your desk to the bathroom?
Meter stick
400
With which unit would you measure the length of a hospital? 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
Jeremy measured that his pencil was 4 centimeters long. Blaise measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?
Blaise (because an inch is longer than a centimeter!)
500
Which is the best estimate for the height of the room? a. 10 feet b. 1 foot c. 100 feet
a. 10 feet
500
How many centimeters long is your desk?
______ cm.
500
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. meters c. yards 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
AJ measured that the bookcase was 600 centimeters long. Jordan measured that the bulletin board was 4 meters long. Which was longer, the bookcase or the bulletin board?
The bookcase, because the bookcase was 6 meters long and the bulletin board was 4 meters long.
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