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

It is 1:30 pm and there are 2 hours left in the school day. How many minutes is that?

What is 120 minutes?

100

What is the area of a square whose sides have a length and width of 7 inches?

What is 28 inches?

100

Bobbie was writing an article for the school newspaper and found out that the average student only 15 minutes per night doing homework. How many seconds did the average student spend on homework?

What is 900 seconds?

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

What is A. the height of a house?

100

291,967 + 5,004

What is 296,971?

200

How many centimeters are in 5 meters?

What is 500 centimeters?

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?

What is 44 feet?

200

A rectangle has a length of 5 inches and a perimeter of 16 inches. What is the width in inches?

What is 3 inches?

200

Which unit could be used to measure the weight of a ten year old?

What is kilograms or pounds?

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?


1ooo ml = 1 L

What is 6,000 mL?

300

If the perimeter of a square is 48 cm, what is the length of each side?

What is 12 cm?

300

Max and Aaliyah each weighed a goldfish. Max’s goldfish weighed 5 kilograms. Aaliyah’s goldfish weighs 2 1/4 kilograms. How much more, in kilograms, does Max’s goldfish weigh?

What is 2 3/4?

300

What is about the length of the hub?                         30 centimeters         30 millimeters                          30 meters               30 kilometers

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

What is 30 meters?

300

47,359 + 4,829

What is 52,188?

400

Suzie weighs 25 kilograms. How many grams does she weigh?

What is 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?

What is 10 feet?

400

Greg has a desk which is 4 feet wide and 10 feet long. What is the area of the desk?

What is 40 square feet (That is a really big desk!)?

400

The height of a giraffe from the ground up is 6 yards. What is the height of the giraffe in feet?

What is 18 feet?

400

73,457 - 9,628 =

What is 63,829?

500

James looked at the calendar and realized that he had 5 weeks until his birthday. How many days is that?

What is 35 days?

500

A square has a perimeter of 20 inches. What is the length of each side of this square?

What is 5 inches?

500

The length of a goldfish is 12 cm. The length of the guppy fish is 30mm. How much longer, in millimeters, is the goldfish? 

1 cm = 10 mm

What is the 90mm?

500

Which one is likely the measurement of a large bottled water?     16 gallons     16 ounces    16 quarts          16 pints

What is 16 ounces?

500

21,784 - 15,618 =

What is 6,166?