The measurement system often used in the United States.
What is the customary (English) system?
100
The width of your thumb.
What is an inch?
100
A young baby might weight 10 3/16 pounds. This would be the baby's weight rounded to the nearest fourth.
What is 10 1/4 pounds?
100
13 ft converted to inches.
What is 156 inches?
100
7 of this customary unit would be equal to the length of a pencil.
What is an inch?
200
This measurement system is used through out the world.
What is the metric system.
200
A drop of water.
What is a milliliter?
200
This is 5 5/8 inches rounded to the nearest half inch.
What is 5 1/2 inches?
200
28 decimeters converted to dekameters.
What is .28 dekameters?
200
The height of an average counter top is about 1 of this metric units above the floor.
What is a meter?
300
The "yard" in the customary system is closest in measure to this unit of measurement in the metric system.
What is a meter?
300
The mass of a small insect.
What is a milligram?
300
5 7/16 inches rounded to the nearest eighth inch.
What is 5 1/2 or 5 3/8?
300
2 miles converted to yards. (how many steps does it take?)
What is 3,520 yards?
300
A swimming pool holds abount 20,000 of these customary units.
What is a gallon?
400
A point of reference. Used to compare something we know, with something we do not know. (Did you write your own?)
What is a benchmark?
400
The width of a CD case.
What is a decimeter?
400
57 millimeters rounded to the nearest centimeter.
What is 6 centimeters?
400
a box holds 8 DVD players. Each player weighs 2,150 grams. The storage shelf can hold no more than 80KG. This is the maximum number of full boxes the shelf can hold.
What is 4 boxes?
400
8 of these customary units is roughly equal to the wieght of a tube of toothpaste.
What is an ounce?
500
Converting units in the metric system is easy. Just move...
What is the decimal?
500
A small bottle of salad dressing. (I would rather have root beer)
What is a pint?
500
163 millimeters rounded to the nearest centimeter.
What is 16 centimeters?
500
10 miles per hour converted to feet per second. (if only I knew what "per" meant)
What is 14.66 feet per second?
500
The mass of a packet of sugar would probably weigh near 3 of these metric units.