Cups, Pints, Quarts
Jesse drank 1 cup of water. Drew drank 1 pint of water. Lee drank 1 quart of water.
Who drank the most?
Lee
What is the best unit of measure to weigh a dime?
ounces
What is the appropriate unit of measure to measure the width of the whiteboard?
yards
Compare:
8,000g vs. 8kg
The weight of a marker is 10 grams. If you have 12 markers in the box, how many grams will be in the box?
120 grams
Kelly drank 2 cups of lemonade. Isabelle drank 2 pints of lemonade. Sally drank 1 quart of lemonade.
Who drank the most?
Isabelle and Sally
What is the best unit of measure to weigh a semi-truck?
tons
What is the appropriate unit of measure to measure the length of a road?
miles
Compare:
2,000g vs. 2kg
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The mass of a bag of flour is 3 pounds. If you have 2 bags of flour, how many pounds of flour do you have?
6 pounds of flour
Molly drank 6 cups of Coca-Cola. Henry drank 2 pints of Coca-Cola. Mara drank 1 quart of Coca-Cola.
Who drank the most?
Molly
What is the best unit of measure to weigh an adult woman?
pounds
What is the appropriate unit of measure to measure the length of a door?
yards
Which number would be greater?
The number of fluid ounces in a bottle of water, or the number of milliliters of water in the same bottle?
milliliters
The weight of a pencil is 20 grams. If you have 100 pencils in the box, how many grams will be in the box?
2,000 grams
Reid drank 8 cups of water. Jamie drank 9 pints of water. Mara drank 2 quarts of water.
Who drank the most?
Jamie
What is the best unit of measure to weigh a hamster?
ounces
What is the appropriate unit of measure to measure the width of your desk?
feet
Which number would be greater?
The number of grams in a bag of flour, or the number of kilograms (kg) of flour in the same bag?
the number of grams
The weight of an elephant is 2 tons. If you have 5 elephants in the pen, how many tons will be in the pen?
10 tons
Oliver drank 10 cups of fruit punch. Ben drank 9 pints of fruit punch. Mara drank 4 quart of fruit punch.
Who drank the most?
Ben
What is the best unit of measure to weigh a bag of sugar?
pounds
What is the appropriate unit of measure to measure the length of your hand?
inches
What operation do you use if you want to convert a larger unit to a smaller unit?
multiplication
The weight of a coin is 2 grams. If you have 350 coins in the piggybank, how many grams will be in the piggybank?
700 grams