Converting Units
Area and Perimeter
Story Problems
Measuring using common tools and units
Grab Bag
100
The height of a two-story building is 6 meters. How tall is the building in centimeters?
600 centimeters
100
What is the surface area of a cube whose sides have a length and width of 5 inches?
150 square inches
100
Marco makes a railing by gluing two pieces of wood end to end. One piece is 2 feet 7 inches long. The other is 4 feet 4 inches long. What is the length of the railing?
6 feet 11 inches
100
Which of these would you probably measure in meters? A the height of a house B the distance between two states C the weight of a person D the amount of water in a bottle
A the height of a house
100
Which figure must have 2 pairs of parallel lines? Rhombus Trapezoid Pentagon Right Triangle
Rhombus
200
How many centimeters are in 20 meters?
2,000 centimeters are in 20 meters
200
Nikki planned to buy a wall paper border for her bedroom. She measured the lengths of the walls and found the perimeter of her room. Her room was shaped like a rectangle with a length of 12 feet and a width of 10 feet. What is the perimeter?
54 feet
200
A cafeteria manager buys 20 gallons of milk. She wants to store the milk in quart containers. How many quart containers does she need?
5 quart containers
200
Which unit could be used to measure the weight of a ten year old?
kilograms or pounds
200
What angle (obtuse, actue, or right) is formed by the hands on the clock at 3:00?
right
300
How many milliliters are in a three 2 liter bottles of pop?
6,000 mL
300
If the perimeter of a square is 48 cm, what is the length of each side?
12 cm
300
Nancy's new window curtain is 10 feet 3 inches long. She wants to shorten the curtain to a length of 8 feet 5 inches long. How much of the curtain must she cut away?
1 foot 10 inches
300
Which is most likely the length of a telephone book? 30 kilometers 30 centimeters 30 millimeters 30 meters
30 meters
300
Tyrell has a ball of clay that has a mass of 252 grams. If he cuts the clay into 3 equal parts, what would the mass of each part be?
84 grams
400
Abby picks 9 pounds of apples. What is the weight of Abby's apples in ounces?
144 ounces
400
What is the width of a rectangle that has a length of 6 feet and an area of 60 square feet?
10 feet
400
Melanie has two pets. Her cat weighs 6 pounds 7 ounces. Her dog weighs 12 pounds 6 ounces. How much less does her cat weigh?
5 pounds 15 ounces
400
Which list below shows the temperatures in order from coldest to hottest? 0°C, -10°C, 10°C, 100°C -10°C, 10°C, 0°C, 100°C 10°C, 0°C, 10°C, 100°C 100°C, 10°C, 0°C, -10°C
-10°C, 10°C, 0°C, 100°C
400
Which letter or letters contain a pair of perpendicular lines? H Y L K
H and L
500
Claire builds a model of a building. The model is 72 inches tall. How many yards tall is the model?
2 yards
500
A square has a perimeter of 20 inches. What is the length of each side of this square?
5 inches
500
For a science experiment, Jane adds 3 quarts i pint of salt water to 2 quarts 1 pint of freshwater. How many quarts of water does she use in all?
6 quarts
500
Which is the warmest temperature? -10°F 0°F -2°F 5°F
5°F
500
What is 8,934 divided by 2?
4,467
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