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100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100

How many inches is the Book with no pictures?

___13_ 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

Camila's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?

1 foot

200
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
2 yards
200

How many inches long is a paperclip?

__2.5__ 

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

Lina 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

How many inches are in one yard?

36.

300

William 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 Ms. Park? a. 6 feet b. 6 meters c. 6 centimeters

a. 6 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

Miles measured the distance from one side of the basketball court to the other basketball court, what would he use to measure it? 

A. Yardstick

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

Rahman measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Nur Yasmin 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.