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How many inches there are in one foot.

What are 12 inches?

100

Charlotte wants to buy a necklace that is exactly one foot long.  Her necklace is this many inches...

What is 12 inches?

100

You would use this unit to measure the width of a coin.

What is inches?

100

Measuring a paperclip?

Ruler, Yardstick or Tape Measure?

Ruler

100

Which unit of measurement is longest?

Inch, Foot, or Yard?

Yards

200
The number of feet in one yard.

What is three feet?

200

Stefano wants to buy 2 yards of wood to build a small fence.  The store sells wood by the foot only.  He needs this many feet of wood...

What is 6 feet?

200
You would use this unit to measure the length of a basketball court.

What are yards?

200

Measuring your foot?

Ruler, Yardstick or Tape Measure?

Ruler

200

Which unit of measurement is the shortest?

Inch, Foot, or Yard?

Inch

300

The number of feet in two yards.

What is six feet?

300

Jack bought a snake that is 6 inches long.  His snake could also be considered this much of a foot long...

What is 1/2 of a foot?

300

You would use this unit to measure the amount of rain that fell on a rainy day.

What are inches?

300

Measuring the whiteboard?

Ruler, Yardstick or Tape Measure?

Yard stick

300

What is the name of the units of measurement that uses inches, feet, yards, miles, etc?

Customary or Metric?

Customary Units

400

The number of inches in 2 feet.

What is 24 inches?

400

A football field is 100 yards.  How many feet long is it?

What is 300 feet?

400

You would use this unit to measure how tall a chair is.

What are feet?

400

Measuring the hallway?

Ruler, Yardstick or Tape Measure?

Tape Measure

400

When measuring on a ruler, where do you start your measurement?

At the first "tick" mark on the ruler. The first line, the zero mark, NOT the end of the ruler.

500

The number of inches in a yard. (Hint: there is 12 inches in 1 foot, 3 feet in a yard).

What is 36 inches?

500

Bryeilennyt likes to build puzzles.  Each puzzle piece is 1 inch across.  If the bottom of her puzzle is 24 pieces across, her puzzle is this many feet across.

2 feet

500

What unit would you definitely NOT use to measure how far a car drives to get to a store nearby.

What are inches?

500

Measuring the playground?

Ruler, Yardstick or Tape Measure?

Tape Measure

500

How many inches are in a yard?

36

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