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Unit conversions
Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100
About how many inches tall is your book box?
12 in.
100
Which unit would be best to measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
100
How many inches are in one foot?
12 inches
100
Tyler's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was his paper?
1 foot
200
Estimate how tall the classroom door is in yards.
2 yards
200
About how many centimeters long is a paperclip?
About 3 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
Rylee measured that her dresser was 2 feet long. How many inches long was her dresser?
24 inches
300
Which is the best estimate for height of the SMARTboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 4 feet
300
If your eyebrow is about 3 cm long, about how many inches long is the eyebrow?
1 inch (1 inch = a little less than 3 cm)
300
With which unit would you measure the height of a person? a.) inches b.) feet c.) centimeters
b.) feet
300
How many centimeters are in one meter?
100 centimeters
300
Evan measured that his bathtub was 140 centimeters long. Was his bathtub longer or shorter than 1 meter? a. longer b. shorterr
a. longer (Because 1 meter = 100 cm.)
400
Which is the best estimate for Mrs. Langston's height? 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 your desk to the bathroom?
yardstick
400
With which unit would you measure the length of our library? 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
Nolan measured that his pencil was 6 centimeters long. Jackson measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?
Jackson (because an inch is longer than a centimeter!)
500
Which is the best estimate for the height of a stop sign? a. 7 feet b. 7 inches c. 7 meters
a. 7 feet
500
How many inches long your table's blue bin?
8 or 9 inches
500
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. yards
centimeters
500
If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 3 yards?
9 feet
500
Mackenzie measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Alana 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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