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Word Problems
100

About how many centimeters wide is your pinky nail?

1 cm

100

How many inches wide is a pencil box?

_____ 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

Lisa's pencil is 6 centimeters long. Nancy's nail is 2 centimeters shorter than Lisa's. How many centimeters long is Nancy's nail?

4 cm

200
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
2 yards
200

How many centimeters long is a large 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

How many feet are in one yard?

3 feet.

200

Julie's bedroom is 12 meters long. Alice’s bedroom is 4 meters longer than Julie's. How many meters long is Alice’s bedroom?

16 meters

300
Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 4 feet
300

How many cm long is your eyebrow?

Varies

300

With which unit would you measure the height of a person?

feet

300

How many centimeters are in one meter?

100 centimeters.

300

Kara’s coconut tree is 19 meters tall. Lara's coconut tree is 5 meters shorter than Kara’s. Who has the taller coconut tree and by how much?

14 meters

400

Which is the best estimate for height of your principal? 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

In a car race, there are 3 colors of car. The blue car is 15 meters long. The white car is 1 meter shorter than the blue car and the red car is 2 meters longer than blue car. Which car is longer than 16 meters?

Red Car

500

Which is the best estimate for the height of a stop sign? 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 d.meters 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

Kelsey's pencil box is 16 centimeters long. Shanna’s pencil box is 4 centimeters shorter than Kelsey's. Mark's pencil box is 2 centimeters longer than Kelsey's. Which pencil box is longer than 16 centimeters?

Mark's

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