Converting Units
Area and Perimeter
Story Problems
Measuring using common tools and units
Grab Bag
100

How many minutes is 2 hours?

120 minutes

100

What is the area of a square whose sides have a length and width of 5 inches?

25 square inches

100

What would you use to measure the distance to New York City 

Kilometers

100
Which of these would you probably measure in meters? A the height of a house B the distance between two states C the weight of a person D the amount of water in a bottle
A the height of a house
100

How many lines of symmetry does a square have? 

200
How many centimeters are in 20 meters?
2,000 centimeters are in 20 meters
200

Nikki planned to buy a wall paper border for her bedroom. She measured the lengths of the walls and found the perimeter of her room. Her room was shaped like a rectangle with a length of 12 feet and a width of 10 feet. What is the perimeter?

44 feet

200

What type of angle measures more than 90 degrees

obtuse

200

Which unit could be used to measure the weight of large dog?

kilograms

200
What angle (obtuse, actue, or right) is formed by the hands on the clock at 3:00?
right
300
How many milliliters are in a three 2 liter bottles of pop?
6,000 mL
300
If the perimeter of a square is 48 cm, what is the length of each side?
12 cm
300
Ethan drove 640 miles in 5 days. If Ethan drove the same number of miles each day, how many miles did he drive each day?
128 miles each day
300
Which is most likely the length of a telephone book? 30 kilometers 30 centimeters 30 millimeters 30 meters
30 meters
300

What shape has all 2 sets of parallel lines and 4 right angles

rectangle

400
Suzie weighs 25 kilograms. How many grams does she weigh?
25,000 grams
400
What is the width of a rectangle that has a length of 6 feet and an area of 60 square feet?
10 feet
400
Greg has a desk which is four feet wide and ten feet long. What is the area of the desk?
40 square feet (That is a really big desk!)
400

What would you use to measure the capacity of a bathtub? 

liters

400

22 x 39 = 

858

500
James looked at the calendar and realized that he had 5 weeks until his birthday. How many days is that?
35 days
500
A square has a perimeter of 20 inches. What is the length of each side of this square?
5 inches
500

Mark has 16 pieces of candy. He has 2 times more than Saw. How many pieces of candy does Saw have? 

8

500

John started looking for his missing cat at 1:15. If he found it after looking for 3 hours and 15 minutes , what time was it when he found his cat?

4:30

500

What is 894 divided by 2?

447