Estimate it!
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Unit conversions
Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100

How many inches is your dry erase marker?

_____ in.

100
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
100
How many inches are in one foot?
12 inches
100
Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?
1 foot
200

Estimate how tall the door is in feet.

10 feet

200

How many centimeters long is your finger?

____ 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
Katie measured that her dresser was 2 yards long. How many feet did she have?
6 feet
300
Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 4 feet
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)

300
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
feet
300

If there are 3 feet in one yard how many feet are in 4 yards?

12 feet

300

A baby giraffe is 61 inches tall. Another young giraffe was 98 inches tall. How much shorter was the baby giraffe?

37 inches tall

400

Which is the best estimate for height of Ms. Cannada? a. 5.5 feet b. 5.5 meters c. 5.5 centimeters

a. 5.5 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
Joshua measured that his pencil was 4 centimeters long. Kaleb measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?
Eduardo (because an inch is longer than a centimeter!)
500
Which is the best estimate for the height of a stopsign? a. 10 feet b. 10 inches c. 10 meters
a. 10 feet
500
How many inches long is your desk?
______ in.
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.
500
If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 3 yards?
9 feet.
500
Sawyer measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Chance 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.