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Measurement Word Problems
100

 Which of the following items would be measured using fluid ounces?

A nail polish bottle

A family sized carton of juice

A swimming pool

  1. The Atlantic Ocean

a nail polish bottle

100

A watermelon might have a mass of _______.


  1. 3 inches

  2. 10 liters

  3. 10 kilograms

  4. 3 gallons

What is 10 kilograms? 

100

Beth is 4 feet tall. How many inches is this? 

48 inches

100

The time someone means with they say 25 after 5. 

What is 5:25

100

A recipe calls for 1L of Sprite and 750 mL of fruit punch. How many mL are there in all? 

1,750 mL 

200

What is the best estimate for the capacity of a small fish bowl.

  1. 1 fluid ounce

  2. 1 pint

  3. 1 quart

  4. 100 quarts

C. 1 quart 

200

Which of the following might have a mass of one gram?

an apple

a bicycle

a car

a raisin

What is a raisin? 

200

A close estimate for a sunflower seed? 

9mm or 9cm 

What is 9mm. 

200

Tommy gets home from school at quarter to 4.  Thirty minutes later he is finished with his homework.  The time that he he finishes his homework is...

What is 4:15? 

200

The clock read 6:29. What is 2 other ways to say this time? 

29 minutes after 6 

31 minutes til 7. 

300

 Capacity - 300
Which would hold approximately 1 quart of water?

  1. A mug

  2. A sports bottle

  3. A town's water tank

  4. An eye dropper

B. A sports bottle

300

The number of grams are there in 5 kilograms?



What is 5,000?

300

List the following system measurements in order from least to greatest. 

centimeters kilometers meters millimeters 

Millimeters Centimeters Meters Kilometers

300

Sarah wants to go to her friend’s house.  At 10:00 a.m., her mom says she can go after she cleans her room.  If it takes her 75 minutes to clean her room, what time will it be when she goes to her friend’s house?

11:15am

300

Math class is 1 1/4 of an hour. How many minutes is this? 

75 minutes 

400

The number of cups in a gallon. 

What is 16? 

400

The number of ounces in 3 pounds. 

What is 48? 

400

Chloe sits 4 1/2 feet from the board. Rivi sits 54 inches from the board. Who sits closer? 

Neither. They are both equal. 

400

The amount of time Todd sleeps, if he goes to bed at 9:00 p.m. and wakes up at 5:45am.

8 hours and 45 mintes

400
Dathan and Evie were collecting yarn for a craft. Dathan found a piece of yarn that was 1 yard long. Evie found one that was 4 feet long. Mrs. Siedman found an extra one that measures 13 inches long. How many inches of yarn do they have altogether? 

97 inches. 


4ft = 48 inches

5 yards = 36 inches 

48 + 36 + 13 = 97 inches

500

The number of quarts in 5 gallons. 

What is 20? 

500

The number of ounces in 5 1/2 pounds.  

What is 88? 

500
The number of inches in 6 yards. 

What is 216? 

500

Kelly is on a plane trip to Florida.  Kelly’s plane took off at 6:00 a.m., which was 1 hour and 30 minutes ago. If her plane will land in Florida at 10:15 a.m., how long will it be before her plane lands?

2 hours and 45 minutes 

500

Corissa ran 2 3/8 miles on Saturday and 3/4 miles on Sunday. How many miles is this all together?

3 1/8 miles 

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