Compare Customary Lengths
Vocabulary
Which Tool?
Relate Inches, Feet, and Yards
Measure
100

Line a is _______ inch or inches longer than b.

What is 1. 

100

To make a guess or to find a number close to an exact amount. 

What is estimate.

100

To measure a crayon.

What is a ruler.

100

The amount of inches in 1 foot.

What is 12.  

100

The crayon is _______inches long. 

What is 3 inches.

200

Line b is _____ inches _________ than a.  

What is 2 inches shorter.  

200

A customary unit for measuring length. The plural is inches.  

What is an inch.

200

To measure a book.

What is a ruler.

200

The amount of inches in 2 feet.

What is 24.

200

The line is ________inches long. 

What is 4 inches.

300

Line a is ______ inches ________ than b

What is 2 inches longer.  

300
A customary unit for measuring length. The plural is feet. 

What is a foot.  

300

To measure the height of your teacher's desk.

What is a yardstick.

300

The amount of inches in 3 feet.

What is 36.

300

The object that is longer. 

What is the crayon?

400

The total customary length of a,b,c, and d. 

What is 10 inches.  

400

How long or how far away something is.

What is length.

400

To measure a car.

What is a measuring tape or tape measure.

400

The amount of feet in 1 yard.

What is 3.  

400

The longest line.

What is letter b?

500

The difference in length between line a and line b.  

What is 3 inches.  

500

To find length using standard or nonstandard units.

What is measure.  

500

To measure a bookshelf.

What is a yardstick.


500

The amount of inches in 1 yard.

What is 36. 

500

The longest object. 

What is the chapstick?

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