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Estimate it!
Measure it!
Which unit?
Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100

How many inches is your Ipad

_____ in.

100

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

a. centimeters

100
Natalie'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 centimeters long is a paperclip?
____ cm
200

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

c. yards 

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 one eyebrow is about 3 cm long, How long is both of your eyebrows?

6 cm long 

300
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
feet
300
Ms. Burt has a 23 inch rope. Mrs. Schiewe has a 44 inch rope. How much longer is Mrs. Schiewe's rope 

21 inches 

400

Which is the best estimate for the height of Ms. Munoz? a. 5 feet b. 5 inches c. 5 centimeters

a. 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 carpet? a. feet b. centimeters c. inches

a. feet

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 centimeter 

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

Sawyer measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Chance measured that the bulletin board was 20 inches long. Which was longer, the bulletin board or the bookcase?

The bookcase, because the feet is longer then inches