Measuring Length
What length is the same as 10 mm?
1 cm
A rectangle has an area of 27 cm2. What would be its perimeter?
24cm
Which of the following would be a good referent for a cubic centimetre?
a. a cereal box
b. a lunch box
c. a sugar cube
d. a juice box
Sugar Cube
Which would be the best referent to use to estimate 1 litre?
a) soup spoon
b) bathtub
c) Milk carton
d) coffee mug
Milk carton
You walk to the next classroom. What is the best unit to measure the distance?
Meters
A rectangle has a perimeter of 16 cm. What could be its area?
15cm2
A rectangular prism is 2 cm x 5 cm x 6 cm. What is the volume?
60cm3
A baker adds a spoonful of vanilla to her cake recipe.
Did she use 2.5 L or 2.5 mL of vanilla?
2.5ml
The grasshopper hopped 1524 mm. What is this distance in metres?
1.524m
The perimeter of a rectangle is 30 cm. The length of the rectangle is 8 cm. What is the width of the rectangle?
7cm
Tim’s pencil case is 9 cm long, 4 cm high and 5 cm wide. Laurie’s pencil case is 10 cm long, 6 cm high and 3 cm wide. Whose pencil case has a greater volume?
They are the same size.
What would be a good estimate for the glue container?
a) 15 mL
b) 115 mL
c) 15 L
d) 115 L
15mL
A cheese string is about 8 _____ long.
8 cm long.
Cameron wants to cover the floor of his bedroom with carpet. The length of his bedroom is 8 m and the width is 6 m. How many square meters of carpet will he need to cover the floor?
48 cm2
Which of the following would be the best referent for a cubic meter?
a) a sugar cube
b) a toy box
c) a transport trailer
d) a Kleenex box
a toy box
For which of the following would be a 2 litre container be considered very large?
a) milk
b) jam
c) juice
d) ice cream
Jam
Fill in the blanks below with metric units in as many different ways possible to make the statement true.
1000 ________ = 1 __________
1000mm = 1 m
You want to make a rectangular garden in your backyard with a perimeter of 24 cm. How can you get the largest area?
35cm2
A juice box contains 250 mL of juice. About how many boxes could you fill from a 1 L can of juice?
4
Miss Marge has a large fish tank in her office. Does her fish tank hold 100 litres or 100 millilitres of water?
100 L