Estimate it!
About how many centimeters wide is your fingernail?
1 cm
How many inches long is new crayon?
4 inches
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
How many inches are in one foot?
12 inches
Rachel's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?
1 foot
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
2 yards
How many centimeters long is a paperclip?
4 cm
With which unit would you measure a soccer field? a. inches or centimeters b. feet c. yards or meters
c. yards or meters
How many feet are in one yard?
3 feet.
Angelique measured that her dresser was 2 yards long. How many feet did she have?
6 feet
Which is the best estimate for height of the whiteboard? a. 5 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
a. 5 feet
Tricky!! If an eyebrow is about 4 cm long, about how many inches long is the eyebrow?
2 inch (1 inch = a little more than 2 centimeters)
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
feet OR inches
How many centimeters are in one meter?
100 centimeters.
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.)
Which is the best estimate for height of Mrs. Hudgins? a. 6 meters b. 6 feet c. 6 centimeters
b. 6 feet
Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the distance from your desk to the bathroom?
yardstick
With which unit would you measure the length of our library? a. feet b. centimeters c. yards or meters
c. yards or meters.
If 12 inches are in 1 foot, how many inches are in 2 feet?
24 inches
Dylan measured that his pencil was 4 centimeters long. Farid measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?
Farid (because an inch is longer than a centimeter!)
Which is the best estimate for the height of a stop sign? a. 8 yards b. 8 inches c. 8 feet
c. 8 feet
About how many inches long is your desk?
24 in. (~20-24)
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.
If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 3 yards?
9 feet.
Sawyer measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Tomas 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.