Estimate it!
About how many centimeters wide is your pinky nail?
1 cm
How many cm is your CCA binder across the top?
_____ cm.
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?
1 foot
Estimate how wide a doorway is in yards.
1 yard
How many inches long is a paper-clip?
____ in.
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 the length of a drinking straw? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 1 foot
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?
feet
How many centimeters are in one meter?
100 centimeters.
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 your teacher (ME)? a. 6 feet b. 6 meters c. 6 centimeters
a. 6 feet
Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the distance from your computer to the bathroom at home?
yardstick
With which unit would you measure the length of a bus? a. feet b. centimeters c. yards or meters
c. yards or meters.
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 hand?
______ in.
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. yards... NOW estimate the length of your 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 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.