Just the Basics
Benchmarks
Rounding
Conversions
Estimations
100
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.
What is a gram?
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