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Word Problems
100
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
1 cm
100
How many inches long is Mrs. Wright's iPhone?
How many centimeters long is it?
6 in
15 cm
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. 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 from Mrs. Wright's desk?
5 cm
200
With which unit would you measure a football 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 that her dresser was 2 yards long. How many feet long is that?
6 feet
300
Which is the best estimate for height of the Viewboard?
a. 3 feet
b. 10 feet
c. 1 foot
a. 3 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?
a. centimeters
b. meters
c. yards
d. feet
feet
300
How many centimeters are in one meter?
100 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. Wright?
a. 6 feet
b. 6 meters
c. 6 centimeters
a. 6 feet
400
Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the length of the rug?
yardstick
400
With which unit would you measure the length of our library?
a. inches
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.
Caleb measured that his pencil was 4 inches long.
Who had the longer pencil?
Caleb because inches are larger units than centimeters!
500
Which is the best estimate for the height of a stop sign?
a. 10 feet b. 10 inches c. 10 meters
a. 10 feet
500
How many inches long is the perfume on Mrs. Wright's desk?
5 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 should be between 4 and 9 centimeters.
500
If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 3 yards?
9 feet
500
Sawyer measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Chance 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.