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Word Problems
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 inches are in one foot?
12 inches
100

Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. Ben's paper is 8 inches long. How much longer is Natalie's paper?

12 inches - 8 inches = 4 inches longer

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 or meters
c. yards or meters
200
How many feet are in one yard?
3 feet.
200

Katie measured her dresser to be 6 ft long. Her bed is 9 feet long. How much shorter is her dresser?

9ft - 6ft = 3 ft

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 centimeters are in one meter?
100 centimeters.
300

Connor measured that his bathtub was 140 centimeters long. The bathmat is 42 centimeters long. What is the difference between the bathtub and the bathmat?

140 cm - 42 cm = 98 cm

400

Which is the best estimate for the height of Mr. Guerro? 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

Joshua measured that his pencil was 5 centimeters long. Kaleb measured that the SAME pencil was 2 inches long. Does it take fewer centimeters or inches to measure the length of the pencil?

Fewer inches

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 a tile on the floor?

12 in.

500

Which unit would you use to measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. yards. 

centimeters. 

500

If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 2 yards?

6 feet.

500

Sawyer measured that his book was 4 inches long. Chance measured that the same book was 10 centimeters long. Does it take more centimeters or inches to measure the length of the book?

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