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100

About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?

1 cm

100
How many inches is your book box?
_____ in.
100
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
100

How many cm are in one meter?

100cm

100

Mrs. Smith has a blanket that is 64 centimeters long.  Mrs. Hunt has a blanket that is 1 meter long. How much shorter is Mrs. Smith’s blanket than Mrs. Hunt’s blanket?

Mrs. Smith's blanket is 36cm shorter.

200

Estimate how tall the door is in meters.

2 meters

200
How many centimeters long is a paperclip?
____ 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 cm are in two meters?

200 cms

200

The Mrs. Galler walked 43 m.  The Mrs. Smith walked 12 m farther than the Mrs. Galler.  How far did the Mrs. Smith walk?

Mrs. Smith walked 55 m. 

300

Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 4 m. 10 cm c. 1 m

a. 1 m

300

Tricky!! If an eyebrow is about 3 cm long, about how many cm long is two eyebrows?

6cm

300

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

feet
300

How many cm are in three meters?

300 centimeters.

300

Connor measured that his bathtub was 140 centimeters long. Was his bathtub longer or shorter than 1 meter? a. longer than one meter b. shorter than one meter

a. longer than one meter. (Because 1 meter = 100 cm. 140 cm > 100 cm... so the bathtub is longer than 1 meter.)

400

Which is the best estimate for height of Mrs. Smith? a. 6 cm b. 3 meters

a. 3 m

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

How many cm are in 4 meters?

400 cms

400

Joshua measured that his pencil was 4 centimeters long. Kaleb measured that his pencil was 5 centimeters long. Who had the longer pencil?

Kaleb 

500

Which is the best estimate for the height of a stop sign? a. 10 m b. 10 cm c. 4 meters

a. 4 m

500

How many cm long is your desk?

______ cm.

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

How many cm are in 5 meters?

500 cms

500

Sawyer measured that the bookcase was 7 cm. Chance measured that the bulletin board was 2 m long. Which was longer, the bulletin board or the bookcase?

The bookcase, because the bookcase was 2m.