Estimate It!
About how many centimeters wide is your thumbnail?
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
How many inches are in one foot?
Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?
Estimate how tall the door is in yards.
A sheet of notebook paper is about one ______ long.
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?
Katie measured that her desk was 2 yards long. How many feet long was it?
Which is the best estimate for the height of the whiteboard? a. 4 feet b. 10 feet c. 1 foot
A baseball bat is about one _______ long.
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
How many centimeters are in one meter?
James measured that his bathtub was 140 centimeters long. Was his bathtub longer or shorter than 1 meter? If longer, by how much?
Which is the best estimate for height of Mrs. Scivola? a. 6 feet b. 6 meters c. 6 centimeters
a. 6 feet
The width from the tip of your thumb to your knuckle is about one _____ long.
If 12 inches are in 1 foot, how many inches are in 4 feet?
Josh measured that his pencil was 4 centimeters long. Bill measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?
Which is the best estimate for the height of a stopsign? a. 10 feet b. 10 inches c. 10 meters
a. 10 feet
A paper clip is about an _______ long.
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. yards
a. centimeters
If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 3 yards?
Sarah measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Lisa measured that the bulletin board was 2 yards long. Which was longer, the bulletin board or the bookcase, and by how much?