Units of Length
Word Problems
Capacity
Weight & Measurement
Problem Solving
100
Choose the better estimate: The width of a grocery shopping bag: 2 feet or 6 inches
What is 2 feet?
100
Lauren bought 5 one gallon bottles of orange juice for her garden party. How many cups does she have?
What is 80 cups?
100
Choose the better estimate: A can of paint 6 cups or 1.5 gal
What is 1.5 Gallons
100
Ellen and Hannah are competing with each other to lose weight. Ellen has lost 15lbs, Hannah has lost 192 oz. Who has lost more?
What is Ellen? (Ellen has lost 15 lbs, Hannah has lost 12 lbs)
100
Two sisters are making fruit salad cups. They have 54 grapes. If they make 9 equal servings, how many grapes will they put in each cup?
What is 6?
200
Choose the better estimate: The length of a rowboat, 24 feet or 24 yards
What is 24 feet?
200
CALCULATOR Jeff wants to run a marathon, which is about 26 miles. How many feet is that?
What is 137,280 feet?
200
Jamie orders a bathtub with a 10 gallon capacity. What is the quart capacity of the tub?
What is 40 quarts?
200
Last week, Sophie made 2 gallons of soup for her family and it fed all 4 of them. If it was divided equally amongst them, how many cups of soup did they each get?
What is 8 cups?
200
Deena wants to give 56 balloons equally to 8 people. How many balloons do they each get?
What is 7?
300
Michael's height,Choose the better estimate: 6 feet or 48 inches
What is 6 feet?
300
CALCULATOR Jenny finds that the perimeter of her garden is 192 feet. She wants to buy fencing to keep the deer away. At the store, she sees the fencing is sold in yards. How many yards of fence does she need?
What is 64 yards?
300
Choose the better estimate: A glass of juice 1 qt or 1 C.
What is 1 cup?
300
CALCULATOR List in order from largest to smallest: 4 lbs, 100 oz, 1 lb
What is 100 oz, 4 lbs, 1 lb?
300
Joe's model ship is 25 inches longer than Amy's. Amy's model ship is 50 inches long. Ty's is twice as long as Joe's. How long is each model ship?
What is Joe's = 75 inches, Amy's = 50 inches, Ty's = 150 inches?
400
Order from shortest to longest. 1 mile, 6,000 feet, 10 yards
What is 10 yards, 1 mile, 6,000 feet?
400
Dejan fills the baby pool in his backyard with 160 cups of water. He is supposed to put in 1 teaspoon of chlorine for every gallon of water. How many teaspoons of chlorine should he put in?
What is 160 teaspoons?
400
CALCULATOR Jake wants to make enough lemonade to serve 110 guests. Only 50 guests will be staying for dinner. He estimates each guest will drink 2 Cups of lemonade. How many gallons of lemonade does he need to make?
About 14 gallons (13.75 gallons exactly)
400
CALCULATOR Ross has 200 ounces of deer meat from his hunting trip over the weekend. He wants to distribute it to his 5 friends. How many pounds of deer meat do they each get?
What is 2.5 lb?
400
Beth, Maya, Jill and Di are in line to buy movie tickets. Jill is ahead of Beth. Maya is behind Beth. Di is second. What is the order of the line from first to last?
What is Jill, Di, Beth, Maya?
500
Order from shortest to longest. 15 yards, 30 feet, 100 inches
What is 100 inches, 30 feet, 15 yards?
500
Manuel wants to plant daffodils on the border of his square garden. One side of his garden is 4 yards long. The flower store tells him to plant only 3 daffodils per foot. What is the total number of daffodils he will plant? (Hint: Draw a picture)
What is 144 daffodils?
500
Order from least capacity to greatest capacity. 1 qt, 17 C., 1 Gallon
What is 1 qt, 1 gallon, 17 C?
500
CALCULATOR Frank has sold 105 lbs of scrap metal this week and got $7.50/lb. Last week he sold 1,648 oz and got $8/lb. Which week was a better week for his business?
What is last week?
500
Sue, Andy, Lu, and Carlos each bought a hobby book. The books cost $3, $5, $6, and $8. Andy spent $6. Sue spent less than Lu did. Carlos spent the most. How much did each of them spend?
What is Sue = $3, Lu = $5, Andy = $6, Carlos = $8?