Estimating Length
Victor knows his book is 1 foot long. He uses it to estimate the length of his bike. It is about this many feet long.
About 4 feet
This is the smallest standard unit of measure on a standard school ruler.
When measuring an object with a ruler, you must always line up the very edge of the object with this starting number.
0
To find the total length of a path made of multiple lines, you must perform this mathematical operation on all the parts.
Addition
If a line segments starts at the 2-inch mark on a ruler and ends at the 5-inch mark, this is its actual length.
3 inches. (5 - 2 = 3)
If you use a 1-foot ruler to estimate the length of a classroom whiteboard, this is a more reasonable estimate: 12 inches or 12 feet.
12 feet
You would need the most of this specific unit to measure the length of a truck because it is the smallest unit
Inches
A standard brand-new crayon aligns closest to this whole number mark on an inch ruler.
3 inches
If a path has two parts, one measuring 6 inches and the other measuring 8 inches, this is the total length.
14 inches
This tool is flexible and would be much better than a stiff wooden ruler for measuring the distance around a basketball.
A measuring tape.
This unit of measurement would be best to estimate the total length of an entire school bus.
Yards
This unit of measure is equal to exactly 12 inches.
A foot
A standard small paper clip aligns closest to this whole number mark on an inch ruler.
2 inches
A path has three segments measuring 2 feet, 3 feet, and 1 foot. This is the total length of the path.
6 feet
If a student has 2 feet of string and cuts off 6 inches, this is how many inches of string they have left.
18 inches. (24 inches - 6 inches)
True or False: A standard playground slide is about 10 inches long.
False
This unit of measure is equal to exactly 3 feet
A yard
If an object's tip lands exactly halfway between the 4 and 5-inch marks, it is this long.
4 and a half inches.
One path is 14 inches long and another path is 8 inches long. This is how much longer the first path is.
6 inches.
Arrange these units from shortest to longest length: Foot, Yard, Inch
Inch, Foot, Yard.
If a small desk is about 3 feet long, this is its approximate length in yards.
1 yard
To measure the length of a football field with the smallest total number of units, you should choose this unit over inches or feet.
Yards
This is the total number of inches found on a standard full-sized school ruler.
12 inches
An ant walks a path that totals 36 inches. This is the ant's total path length converted into feet.
3 feet.
Sarah is 4 feet tall and her older brother is 5 feet tall. This is their combined height in yards.
3 yards. (4 + 5 = 9 feet; 9 feet = 3 yards)