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 day. How many minutes is that?
120 minutes
100

What is the formula for Perimeter and the formula for Area?

P= L + L + W + W

A= L x W

100

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

48 square feet (that is a really big desk!)

100

Which is most likely the length of a television? 50 inches 50 feet 50 millimeters 50 meters


50 inches

100
Name 2 right angles in the room.
(accept correct answers)
200

How many feet are in 20 yards?

60 feet

200

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

5 inches

200

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

200

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

kilograms or pounds

200

What angle (obtuse, acute, or right) is formed by the hands on the clock at 3:00?

right

300

How many milliliters are in 3... 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

Christina had a rectangular garden with a perimeter of 36 feet. The fence surrounding it was falling down on one of the short sides (width). If the length of the garden was 10 feet, how many feet of fence did she need to replace the broken portion (width) of the fence?

8 feet

300

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

300
I am thinking of the smallest number that is a multiple of 3 and a factor of 12. What is it?
3
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

Brad spends 33 cents on a candy bar. He uses a one dollar bill to pay. How much change should the cashier give him back?

67 cents

400

How many minutes are in 4 1/2 hours?

270 minutes

400
1/2 + 3/4=
5/4 or 1 1/4
500
James looked at the calendar and realized that he had 5 weeks until his birthday. How many days is that?
35 days
500

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?

54 feet

500

Bobbie was writing an article for the school newspaper about the amount of homework the 4th grade teachers were assigning. He was surprised to find out that the average student only spent 15 minutes per night doing homework. To make it sound longer, he decided to convert the time from minutes to seconds in the article. How many seconds did the average student spend on homework?

900 seconds

500

Ava does her homework at 4:00 PM and stops at 9:30 PM. How many minutes does she spend working on her homework?

330 minutes

500
What is 8,934 divided by 2?
4,467