Estimate it!
Area/Perimeter
Which unit?
Word Problems
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About how long is an unsharpened pencil?
a. 9 inches b. 9 centimeters c. 9 feet
a. 9 inches
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What is the perimeter of this shape?
12 inches
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With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
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Natalie's book is was 18 centimeters long. Tom's is 14 centimeters long. How much longer is Natalie's book than Tom's?
18-14 = 4
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Estimate how tall the door is in meters.
About 2 meters
200
What is the perimeter of this shape?
20 cm
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With which unit would you measure a soccer field? a. meters b. centimeters c. paperclips
c.meters
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Ms. Sherman measured the width of her classroom and found it was about 30 feet. She then measured the length of one table that was 8 feet. How much longer is the room than the table?
22 feet.
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Which is the best estimate for width of the door? a. 10 yards b. 1 yard c. 1 foot
a. 1 yard
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What is the area of the shaded shape?
12 cm
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With which unit would you measure the length of a swimming pool? a.) inches b.) yards c.) centimeters
b.) yards
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Connor measured that his pencil was 8 centimeters long. His pen was 12 centimeters long. How much shorter was his pencil than his pen?
12-8 = 4
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Which one of these items would NOT be measured in centimeters? a. pencil b. bus c. arm
b. bus
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What is the area of this shape?
P= 14
A= 12
400
With which unit would you use to measure the amount of water in a pool?
a. liters b. meters c. Gallons
c. Gallons
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Joshua measured that his lego tower was 11 centimeters tall. Kaleb measured that his lego tower was was 11 paperclips tall. Who had the taller lego tower? Why?
Kaleb (because a paper clip is longer than a centimeter!)
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Estimate the height of the room in meters. a. 5 meters b. 3 meters c. 7 meters
a. about 3 meters
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Mrs. Porfirio is building a fence for her garden. Does she need to know the area or the perimeter in order to figure out how much wood to buy?
perimeter
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With which unit would you measure the amount of liquid in a water bottle?
a. liter b. gallon c. inch
a. liter
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Mrs. Collica needs 16 meters of rope for a project. She has two small pieces of rope. One is 4 meters long and one is 5 meters long. How much more rope does Ms. Collica. Jensen need for her project?
4+5=9 16-9=7 He needs 7 more meters of rope.