2nd Grade Measurement

Estimate it!

100

About how many centimeters wide is your pinky?

1 cm

200

About how many feet is a loaf of bread?

1 foot

300

Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot

a. 4 feet

400

Which is the best estimate for height of Mrs. Simpson? a. 6 feet b. 6 meters c. 6 centimeters

a. 6 feet

500

Which is the best estimate for the height of a stopsign? a. 10 feet b. 10 inches c. 10 meters

a. 10 feet

Measure it!

100

How many inches is your math book?

_____ in.

200

How many centimeters long is your foot?

____ cm

300

Tricky!! If an eyebrow is about 3 cm long, about how many inches long is the eyebrow?

1 inch (1 inch = a little less than 3 cm)

400

Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the distance from your desk to the bathroom?

yardstick

500

How many inches long is your iPad?

______ in.

Which unit?

100

With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters

a. centimeters

200

With which unit would you measure a soccer field? a. inches or centimeters b. feet c. yards or meters

c. yards or meters

300

With which unit would you measure the height of a person?

feet

400

With which unit would you measure the length of our library? a. feet b. centimeters c. yards or meters

c. yards or meters.

500

With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. yards Estimate the length of a person's ear.

centimeters. Estimation between 4 and 9 centimeters.

Find It!

100

Find something blue by you to measure in centimeters!

____ cm

200

Find something shiny near you to measure in inches!

____ inches

300

Find something soft near you to measure in centimeters!

______ centimeters

400

Find something shaped like a rectangle and measure its length in inches!

________ inches

500

Find something with stripes near you and measure it in inches!

______ inches