Unit of Measure
Customary
Measurement
Measuring Length
Measuring Tools
100
Which unit of measure is best used to find the length of a paper clip: centimeter, foot, meter, or yard?
What is a centimeter?
100
Tanya's pencil measures a little less than 5 inches long. What is the length of Tanya's pencil to the nearest inch?
What is 5 inches?
100

Aaliyah wants to measure the length of a pen. Which is the better estimate of the length of the pen: 3 centimeters, or 13 centimeters?

What is 13 centimeters?

100
Name the unit used to measure the length of a book.
What is inches (centimeters)?
100

The tool would you use to measure paperclip?

What is a ruler?

200

Which unit of measure would probably be measured in yards: the length of a stamp, the length of a highway, or the length of a pencil?

What is the length of a highway?

200
How many half inches are there in one whole inch?
What is 2 half inches?
200

What unit of measure would you use for the string of a kite: centimeter, or meter?

What is meter?

200
The number of inches in a foot.
What is 12 inches?
200

A tool used to measure a piece of paper?

What is a ruler?

300

What unit of measure would you use to measure a piece of chalk: centimeter or meter?

What is centimeter?

300
Nicole and Gavin made banners. Nicole's banner is 3 yards long. Gavin's banner is 6 feet long. Who made the longer banner?
Who is Nicole?
300

Suppose you measure a pencil in inches, and then in centimeters. Will there be more centimeters, or inches?

What is more centimeters?

300
The number of centimeters in a meter.
What is 100?
300

What tool would you use to measure your wrist?

What is a tape measurer?

400

What unit of measure would you use to measure the height of the grass outside: inches, feet or yeards?

What is inches?

400
Sasha has a necklace that measures 15 inches long. Kaitlynn has a necklace that measures 1 foot, 2 inches long. Who has the longer necklace?
Who is Sasha?
400

Jason was to measure a book. Would he measure in feet or in inches?

What is inches?

400
The shortest of these measurements: foot, yard, inch.
What is an inch?
400

A tool use measure your bed?

What is a meter/yard stick?

500

What unit of measure would you use for the string of a kite: centimeter or meter?

What is meter?

500
Peter has a red ribbon and a blue ribbon. The red ribbon is 2 inches longer than the blue ribbon. Together the ribbons are 30 inches long. How long is each ribbon?
What is 16 inches (red) and 14 inches (blue)?
500
Joshua cuts a piece of ribbon in half and cuts each of those pieces in half again. Each piece is now 30 inches long. How long was the original piece of ribbon?
What is 120 inches long?
500
Ms. Foster measured the length of the garden. It measured 9 meters long. How many centimeters long was the garden?
What is 900 centimeters long?
500

What is a tool to a football field?

What is a yard stick?

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