Estimate it!
Measure it!
Which unit?
Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100
How many inches is your book box?
_____ in.
100
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
100

Rapunzel's hair was 14 inches long.  She went to the salon and when she left, her hair was only 4 inches long!  How many inches were cut off?

8 inches

200
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
2 yards
200
How many centimeters long is a paperclip?
____ 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

Julian measured his toy train and it measured 24 centimeters long.  Zoe's toy train measured 17 centimeters long.  How much longer is Julian's toy train?  

7 more centimeters

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

Ms. Rains planted a sunflower in the garden.  The plant grew 9 cm the first week and 23 cm the second week.  How many cm did the sunflower grow?  Write an equation that matches the problem and solve.  

 9 + 23 = ____


The sunflower grew 32 centimeters in two weeks. 

400
Which is the best estimate for height of Mrs. Estopinal? 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

2nd graders measured pumpkins last week.  One pumpkin A measured 12 inches tall and pumpkin B measured 32 inches tall.  How much taller was pumpkin B?  

Pumpkin B was 20 inches taller
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

Skyeler measured a gummy worm.  It was 8 inches long.  When Ethan measured his gummy worm, it was 9 centimeters long.  Ethan said his gummy worm is longer.  Is he correct?  Why or why not?

Ethan is not correct because even though 9 is more than 8, he used centimeters, which is a smaller unit than inches.  

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