Estimate it!
About how many centimeters wide is your pinky finger?
1 cm
How many inches is your math folder?
11 inches
With which unit would you measure a crayon?
a. centimeters b. meters c. kilometers
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 meters.
2 meters
How many inches long is a small paperclip?
1 inch
With which unit would you measure a soccer field? a. inches or centimeters b. feet c. yards or meters
c. yards or meters
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
If an eyebrow is about 3 cm long, how long are both your eyebrows together?
6 centimeters
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
feet
Connor measured that his bathtub was 140 centimeters long. Was his bathtub longer or shorter than 1 meter? a. longer than one meter b. shorter than one meter
a. longer than one meter. (Because 1 meter = 100 cm. 140 cm > 100 cm... so the bathtub is longer than 1 meter.)
Which is the best estimate for height of Ms. Chase?
a. 5 feet b. 6 meters c. 6 centimeters
a. 5 feet
Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the distance from your desk to the bathroom?
yardstick
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?
Eduardo (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 meters
a. 10 feet
How many inches long is your desk?
______ in.
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. yards
Bonus: Estimate the length of a person's ear.
centimeters.
Estimation between 4 and 9 centimeters.
If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 3 yards?
9 feet.
Sawyer has a jump rope 136 centimeters long. John has a jump rope 219 centimeters long. How much longer is John's jump rope than Sawyer's?
Sawyer's jump rope is 83 centimeters longer than John's.