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Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100

How many inches is your book box?

_____ in.

100

With which unit would you measure a crayon? 

a. centimeters b. meters

a. centimeters

100

How many inches are in one foot?

12 inches

100

Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?

1 foot

200
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
2 yards
200

How many centimeters long is a paperclip?

____ cm

200

With which unit would you measure a soccer field?

a. inches or centimeters b. feet c. yards or meters

c. yards or meters

200

How many feet are in one yard?

3 feet.

200

Katie measured that her dresser was 2 yards long. How many feet did she have?

6 feet

300
Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 4 feet
300

What would you use to measure the size of your foot?

a. inches  b. centimeters   c. feet

c. feet

300

With which unit would you measure the height of a person?

feet

300

How many centimeters are in one meter?

100 centimeters.

300

Katherine measured her crayon was 4 inches. Sowmya measured her crayon and said it was 17 centimeters. Whose crayon is was bigger?

Sowmya's

400

Which is the best estimate for height of Ms. Shields? a. 6 feet b. 6 meters c. 6 centimeters

a. 6 feet

400

Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the distance from our room to Ms. Exler's room?

yardstick

400

With which unit would you measure the length of a football field? a. feet b. centimeters c. yards or meters

c. yards or meters.

400

If 12 inches are in 1 foot, how many inches are in 2 feet?

24 inches

400

Shalynn measured that her pencil was 4 centimeters long. Deeksha measured that her pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?

Deeksha (because an inch is longer than a centimeter!)

500

Which is the best estimate for the height of a stopsign? a. 10 feet b. 10 inches c. 10 meters

a. 10 feet

500

How many inches long is your desk?

______ in.

500

With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. yards 

centimeters. 

500

How many days are in a year?

365

500

Sawyer measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Chance measured that the bulletin board was 2 yards long. Which was longer, the bulletin board or the bookcase?

The bookcase, because the bookcase was 2 yards and 1 foot long.

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