Converting Units
Perimeter
Story Problems
Measuring using common tools and units
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 perimeter  a cube whose sides  of 5 inches?

20 inches

100
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
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
200

How many millimeters are in 2 centimeters?

20 mm

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?

54 feet

200
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
200
Which unit could be used to measure the weight of a ten year old?
kilograms or pounds
300

How many millimeters are in a 5 cm?

50mm

300

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

12 cm

300

Pavan, Ava and Hasrat were building a garden. The perimeter measured 24 meters. What is a possible measurement of the sides? 

10m and 2 meters

300
Which is most likely the length of a telephone book? 30 kilometers 30 centimeters 30 millimeters 30 meters
30 meters
400

How many centimeters in 80mm

8cm

400

A shape has a perimeter of 36meters. One of the sides measures 10meters. What is the measurement of the other side?

8meters

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 measurement would you use for the height of hike?

KM

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

What would you use to measure the tip of a pencil?

mm

500

If a hike is 15 km total. Jayden completed 7km. How many more Km left does he have to hike?

8km