Estimate it!
Measure it!
Which unit?
Setting up
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

Where on the ruler should I start if I am measuring in inches? SHOW ME!

At zero on the inches side. 

100
Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?
1 foot
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

What is a standard unit of measurement? 

A ruler: in. cm. ft. 
200

Ellie measured her pencil and it was 5 inches. Gregory measured his pencil and it was 4 inches long. Who´s pencil is longer?

Ellie´s pencil is longer. 

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

What is a non-standard unit of measurement?

Anything you choose to measure with! Bears, coins, paperclips. 

300

Connor measured that his bathtub was 1456 centimeters long. Hannah measured her bathtub and it was 1458 centimeters long. Who has the shorter bath tub?

Connor´s bathtub is shorter by 2 centimeters. 

400

Which is the best estimate for height of Mrs. Young? a. 5 feet b. 5 meters c. 5 centimeters

a. 5 feet

400

Would you use a yard stick 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

True or false. My marker is exactly 7 paper clips long. 

False, when measuring with non-standard units, it is an estimate. SO: My marker is about 7 paper clips long. 

400

Miguel measured that his pencil was 1 centimeter long. Hope measured that her pencil was 1 inch long. Who had the longer pencil?

Hope (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

I need to measure a large object with a ruler. If I used a whole ruler to measure, is it inches or feet? 

feet

500

Ella measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Beau measured that the bulletin board was 11 inches long. Which was longer, the bulletin board or the bookcase?

The bookcase, because the bookcase would be 84 inches long. 

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