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100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100
40+_____=100 centimeters
60 centimeters
100
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
100
How many centimeters are on a RULER
30 centimeters
100

Natalie's book is was 18 centimeters long. Eli's is 14 centimeters long. How much longer is Natalie's book than Eli's?

18-14 = 4

200

Estimate how tall the door is in yards.

About 2 yards

200
Things SMALLER than centimeters should be measured in a.)millimeters b.)kilometers c.)miles
a.) millimeters
200
With which unit would you measure a soccer field? a. meters b. centimeters c. paperclips
c.meters
200
How many centimeters are in a METER?
100 cms
200

Maverick measured that her bed was 2 meters long. How many centimeters is that?

200 centimeters.

300
Which is the best estimate for width of the whiteboard? a. 30 meters b. 3 meters c. 30 cms
a. 3 meters
300

If I'm driving to Seattle, I will measure distance using a.)inches b.)feet c.)miles

c.) miles

300
With which unit would you measure the length of a swimming pool? a.) centimeters b.) meters c.) centimeter cubes
b.) meters
300

How many inches are in a food?

12 inches

300

Jack measured that his pencil was 8 centimeters long. His pen was 12 centimeters long. How much shorter was his pencil than his pen?

12-8 = 4

400
Which one of these items would NOT be measured in cms? a. pencil b. bus c. arm
b. bus
400

Jimmy's foot measures 16 cm. Rowyn's foot measures 3 centimeters longer. How long is Rowyn's foot?

16 + 3 = 19

400

With which unit would you measure the length of our library? a. inches b. feet c. yards

b.yards

400
Which is larger 337 cm or 3 meters? Why?
3 meters because 3 meters=300 centimeters and 300 is less than 337.
400

Harper measured that his lego tower was 13 centimeters tall. Killian measured that his lego tower was was 11 paperclips tall. Who had the taller lego tower? Why?

Killian (because a paper clip is longer than a centimeter!)

500
Estimate the height of the room in meters. a. 5 meters b. 3 meters c. 7 meters
a. about 3 meters
500

Jordan's backyard is 12 meters long. Calvin's is 15 meters long. What is the difference in the length of their backyards?

15 meters -12 meters = 3 meters

500

With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear?

centimeters.

500

About how many rulers long is a yard stick? 

about 3

500

Mrs. West needs 16 meters of rope for a project. She has two small pieces of rope. One is 4 meters long and one is 5 meters long. How much more rope does Mrs. West need for her project?

4+5=9 16-9=7 She needs 7 more meters of rope.

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