Estimate it!
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
about 1 cm
How many inches is your workbook?
11 in.
With which unit would you measure a crayon?
a. centimeters b. yards
a. centimeters
How many inches are in one foot?
12 inches
Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?
1 foot
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
2 yards
How many centimeters long is a paperclip?
5 cm
With which unit would you measure a soccer field?
a. centimeters
b. feet
c. yards
c. yards
How many feet are in one yard?
3 feet.
Katie measured that her dresser was 2 yards long. How many feet did she have?
6 feet
Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 4 feet
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)
With which unit would you measure the height of a person? (hint: think of when you are at the doctor)
feet
How many feet are 3 yards?
9 feet
Connor measured that his bathtub was 4 feet long. If he changed his measurement to inches and then centimeters, which number would be greater?
a. inches
b. centimeters
b. centimeters
Which is the best estimate for height of Mr. Bosco?
a. 6 feet b. 6 yards c. 6 centimeters
a. 6 feet
Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the distance from your desk to the bathroom?
yardstick
With which unit would you measure the length of our library?
a. feet
b. centimeters
c. yards
c. yards
If 12 inches are in 1 foot, how many inches are in 2 feet?
24 inches
Joshua measured that his pencil was 4 centimeters long. Kaleb measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?
Kaleb (because an inch is longer than a centimeter!)
Which is the best estimate for the height of a stop sign?
a. 10 feet b. 10 inches c. 10 yards
a. 10 feet
How many inches long is your desk?
24 in.
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear?
a. centimeters
b. feet
c. yards
centimeters
How many inches are in 1 yard?
about 36 inches
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.