Skittles lives in a 45 gallon fish tank with his friends. Ms. Hammersmith cleaned out his tank and drained 26 gallons of water. How much water is left in the tank?
19 gallons
One of Molly's dog, Spot, weighs 14 kilograms. Her other dog, Rover, weighs twice as much as Spot. How much does Rover weigh?
28 kilograms
Sammy has 64 inches of ribbon. She wants to use the same amount of ribbon for each hair bow. How much ribbon would she need for 8 hair bows?
8 inches
How much milk is in the baby bottle?
120 mL
If you wanting to fill up a swimming pool, would you rather use a cup or a gallon? Why?
gallon
A can of soup is 350 ml and Jack mixes in a can full of water with the soup. What is the total volume?
700 ml
A pencil weighs 25 grams, an eraser weighs 35 grams, a ruler weighs 15 grams, and a pack of markers weighs 490 grams. How many grams do the school supplies weigh altogether?
565 grams
A blue whale is 82 feet long. A beluga whale is 14 feet long. How much longer is the blue whale than the beluga whale?
68 feet longer
How much liquid is in this beaker?
600 mL
Weigh a hippo using grams or pounds? Why?
pounds
In a water bottle, there is 3 L of water. How much water would it take to fill up 9 water bottles?
27 L
Some of the teachers are competing in a Biggest Loser contest. At the beginning of the contest their total weight is 735 pounds. At the end of the contest their total weight is 458 pounds. How many pounds did the teachers lose?
277 pounds
Nate needs to build a fence for his dog. He wants to build a square space with each side being 8 yards. How many yards of wood does he need?
32 yards
About how long is the barrette?
2 inches
Measure the length of a park's walking path in yards or liters? Why?
yards
Rachael had a gallon of orange juice. She drank 4 pints of of the gallon. How many pints does she have left?
4 pints
The zoo has 3 elephants that each weigh 6 tons, 2 hippos that each weigh 4 tons each, and 1 rhino that weighs 2 ton. How much to the animals weigh in all?
28 tons
The Washington Monument is 169 meters tall, The Leaning Tower of Pisa is 56 meters tall, and the Statue of Liberty is 93 meters tall. In meters, how tall are all 3 buildings total?
318 meters = 1,043 feet
What is the total weight of the flour? Why is it better to use this type of measurement?
141 grams
quarts - but both would work
Anthony needs 2 cups of milk to make 6 pancakes. If he needs to make 24 pancakes, how many cups of milk does he need?
8 cups
Bags of flour on a shelf weigh 27 pounds altogether. If there are 9 bags of flour on the shelf, how many pounds does each bag weigh?
3 pounds
At the candy shop, candy bars are 15 centimeters long. Pieces of licorice are 3 centimeters longer than the lollipops. Lollipops are 4 centimeters shorter than the candy bars. How long are the pieces of licorice?
12 centimeters
About how much does the average gorilla weigh in pounds?
about 300 pounds
Weigh a person using kilograms, grams, pounds, or tons? Why
pounds