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Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters long is a book? a. 8 centimeters b. 8 inches c. 8 feet d. 8 yards
8 inches
100
If a book is 10 inches and a pencil is 6 inches, what is the difference between the book and pencil?
4 inches
100
With which two units would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters c. inches d. yards
a. centimeters c. inches
100
How many inches are in one foot?
12 inches
100
Natalie's paper was 24 inches long. How many feet was her paper?
2 foot
200
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
2 yards
200
If the window is 4 yards wide and the white board is 8 yards wide, what is the difference between the length of the door and white board?
4 yards
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
How many feet are in one yard?
3 feet.
200
Katie measured that her dresser was 3 yards long. How many feet did she have?
9 feet
300
Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 4 feet
300
The slide on the playground was about 15 feet long. Mathania wants to know how many inches it would take to measure the slide. Which is true? a. the number of inches would he equal to the number of feet b. The number of inches would be greater than the number of feet. C. the number of inches would be smaller
The number of inches would be greater than the number of feet because it take more inches to make a foot.
300
David has a string that is 26 centimeters long. He cut the string into 2 equal part that were equal lengths. What is the length of one string. a. 10 cm c. 13 cm b. 12 cm d. 26 cm
C. 13 cm
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
Which is the best estimate of the height of your desk? a. 2 feet b. 2 meters c. 2 centimeters
a. 6 feet
400
Which three objects would best be measured in centimeters? a. eraser B. paper clip c. height of a door d. length of a desk e. the length of a pencil
eraser, paper clip and pencil
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 (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
If your desk is 24 inches long and your book bag is 12 inches long, What is the difference between the length of your desk and book bag?
12 inches
500
If you measured the length of the library in yard and feet. Which would be true? a. there would be more feet than yards b. there would be more yards than feet c. there would be equal number of yards and feet
a. there would be more feet than yards
500
If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 3 yards?
9 feet.
500
Sawyer measured that the bookcase was 6 feet long. Chance measured that the bulletin board was 1 yards long. Which was longer, the bulletin board or the bookcase?
bookcase
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