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100

ESTIMATE the length of a person's ear in centimeters!

Estimation between 4 and 9 centimeters.

100

How many inches is your pencil box? GO MEASURE!

_____ 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
Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?
1 foot
200

Estimate how tall the door is in meters.

2 meter sticks

200

How many centimeters long is a dry-erase marker cap? GO MEASURE!

____ cm

200

With which unit would you measure a soccer field? a. inches or centimeters b. feet c. meters/yards

c. meters/yards

200

How many centimeters are in one meter stick?

100 centimeters.

200

Katie measured that the couch was 1 meter long. How many cm was the couch?

100 cm

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

You are asked to measure two rectangles. How will you find out how many centimeters longer is Rectangle A than Rectangle B?

I COUNTED ON from the small rectangle up to the longer rectangle!

OR 

Longer Rectangle minus Shorter Rectangle= how many cm longer

300
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
feet
300
How many centimeters are in one meter?
100 centimeters.
300
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.)
400

Mrs. Minsky estimates that the length of the hallway is 54 meters. Ms. Duffin estimates that the length of the hallway is 83 meters.


The ACTUAL length of the hallway is 66 meters. Whose estimate is closer?

MRS. MINSKY!

66-54 (Mrs. Minsky's estimate)= 12 m away from actual length of hallway

83-66 (Ms. Duffin's estimate)= 17 m away from actual length of hallway

400

Would you use a meter stick or a ruler to measure the distance from your desk to the bathroom?

meter stick

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

Joshua measured that his pencil was 4 centimeters long. Kaleb measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?

Kaleb's 5 inches! (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 feet long is a rectangle desk? GO MEASURE!

______ ft.

500

With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. meters

centimeters.

500

A frog jumped 42 centimeters. Then it jumped 19 more cm. Then it jumped 22 more cm. How far did the frog jump ALTOGETHER? Is it one meter?

83 in. (ALMOST a meter stick because a meter stick is 100 cm)

500

Jada measures the length of a pencil in centimeters and in inches. The two measurements are 4 and 12. Which measurement is in centimeters and which is in inches?

  • 4 inches and 12 centimeters. Sample responses:
    • The number of centimeters is greater than the number of inches because centimeters are smaller than inches.
    • You need more centimeters to measure the same length because they are smaller than inches.
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