Vocabulary
You would use these units to measure length, distance, width or height.
FEET, INCHES, YARDS and MILES
The number of inches in a yard.
36 inches
The number of pints in a quart.
2 pints
What is the abbreviation for pound?
lb.
The number of second in a minutes.
60 seconds
This is the amount a container can hold when it is filled.
CAPACITY
The length of a bus route is about 10_____ (what unit)
miles
What operation would you use to find how many gallons 12 quarts are?
division
Which number would be greater: the number of pounds a rooster weighs or the number of ounces a rooster weighs?
The number of ounces
How do we show "afternoon" when writing time?
pm
The name of the measurement system used only in the United States.
customary or standard measurement
The number of feet in 48 inches.
4 feet
How many ounces are in 3 cups?
24 ounces
The three customary units for measuring weight are:
ounces, pounds, and tons
1 year = ____ days
365
The name of the measurement system used by the rest of the world.
metric system
The number of feet 4 miles.
21,120
The number of quarts in 3 gallons.
12 quarts
What unit of measurement would you use to weigh a bag of potatoes?
pounds
What time will it be 3 hours and 20 minutes after 1:30 pm?
4:50pm
You need to do this (which operations) to convert from one unit to another in the customary system.
multiply or divide
The number of yards in 3 miles.
5,280
There are 22 students in Mr. Peterson's class. If each student drinks 1 cup of apple juice, how many pints is this?
11 pints of apple juice
If a box containing a dozen large watermelon weighs 264 pounds, about how much would one watermelon weigh, assuming they're all about the same size?
about 22 pounds.
The number of seconds in a day.
86,400 seconds