Customary Length
How many inches are in a ruler?
12 inches
smaller
What does it mean to estimate?
To take a guess at what you think something might be!
List all 5 units of capacity in order from smallest to largest.
Ounce, cup, pint, quart, gallon
A milk carton at lunch is about...
1 cup
Length of a Post-It note in inches
3 inches
How many centimeters are in a ruler?
30
(30 1/2) to be exact!
A. 6 inches long
B. 6 centimeters long
6 inches
What is larger, a pint or a quart?
Quart
A personal tub of ice cream is about...
Measure the length of your iPad
(To the nearest 1/2 inch)
About...
Small- 8 1/2 inches
Large- 9 1/2 inches
Measure the length of an expo marker in centimeters.
12 cm
Would a soccer field be measured in feet or yards?
yards
How many pints does it take to fill a gallon?
8 pints
A container of car oil or a bottle of Windex is about...
1 quart
Name the next number in the sequence...
1.... 1 1/2 .... 2 .... 2 1/2 ..... 3 ..... _____
3 1/2
Measure a stapler to the nearest centimeter.
18 cm.
Is Ms. Hohbein about 5 feet tall or 50 inches tall?
5 feet
How many cups are in a gallon?
16 cups
Ms. Hohbein's coffee mug is about ___ cups
2 cups
How many feet are in one yard?
3 feet.
What metric unit of measurement is even smaller than a centimeter?
Millimeter (mm)
Estimate the height of the classroom door in feet
About 7 feet
How many quarts would be in 2 gallons?
8 quarts
How many gallons of juice would we need for a class party if the class had 30 students. Assume each student gets 1 cup of juice.
(Hint: 16 cups = 1 gallon)
2 gallons