Imperial Length
How many inches are in one foot?
12 inches
How many centimetres are in one metre?
100 cm
1 inch equals how many centimetres?
2.54 cm
A student uses their thumb as a reference for 1 inch. What is this method called?
A personal reference
A door is 7 feet tall. How many inches tall is thee door?
84 inches
A ribbon is 3.6 metres long. How many millimetres is the ribbon?
3600 mm
Convert 36 inches to centimetres.
91 cm
A classroom wall is 37 inches wide. A teacher wants to center a 27 inch poster. How much space is left on each side in inches?
5 inches per side
If a wall is 14 feet long, how many studs are needed if one stud is placed every 2 feet? Plus one extra stud at the end!
8 studs
A dress strap is 38 cm long. If a dress has 2 straps, what is the total length?
76 cm
In football, a team earns a “first down” when it advances the ball 10 yards toward the opposing team’s goal line. How many feet are in 10 yards?
30 ft
A rope ladder is 20 feet long. Will the rope reach the water 5 metres below the boat railing?
Yes, 6.1 m > 5 m
A hockey rink is 200 feet long and 98 feet wide. What is its perimeter?
596 feet
Convert 4.5 m to centimetres.
450 cm
The Cabot Trail is 298 kilometres long. How many miles is the Cabot Trail?
Approximately 185.21 miles
The speed limit is 80 km/h. What is the approximate speed limit in mph (Miles/h)?
50 mph
A carpenter cuts a 14 and 3/4 inche pipe. How many eighths of an inch is that?
118 eighths of an inch. 14.75 x 8 = 118
A running track is 400 m long. How many metres are in 3 laps?
1200 m
The biggest lobster ever caught was about 3 1/2 ft to 4 feet long. State this range in inches.
42-48 inches
Someone's waist height is 1 metre. using that as a reference, what object could they estimate to be about 0.5 metres tall?
Chair seat, baseball bat, many more!!