Estimate it!
Measure it!
Which unit?
Unit conversions
Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100

How many inches is the top of your chair?

_____ 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

Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. Sally's paper was 2 inches shorter. How long was sally's paper?

10 Inches

200

How long is your arm in feet?

2 feet

200

How many centimeters long is your shoe?

____ 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 centimeters in one foot?

30-31

200

Katie measured that her dresser was 2 feet long. Her mom's dresser is 5 feet long. How much longer is Katie's mom's dresser than Katie's?

3 feet

300
Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 4 feet
300
Tricky!! If an eyebrow is about 3 cm long, about how many inches long is the eyebrow?
1 inch (1 inch = a little less than 3 cm)
300
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
feet
300

How many inches in 15 centimeters?

5-6

300

Connor measured that his bathtub was 140 centimeters long. Is his bath tub a- shorter than a yard stick or b- longer than a yardstick

b- longer than a yardstick 

400

Which is the best estimate for height of Ms. Winning? 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

Joshua measured that his pencil was 4 centimeters long. Kaleb measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?

Eduardo (because an inch is longer than a centimeter!)

500
Which is the best estimate for the height of a stopsign? 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 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

Sawyer measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Chance measured that the bulletin board was 2 yards long. Which was longer, the bulletin board or the bookcase?

The bookcase, because the bookcase was 2 yards and 1 foot long.

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