Converting Units
Word problems
Ounces, pounds, tons
Area and Perimeter
Choosing Units of Measure
100
The number of ounces in 1 pound.
What are 16?
100

Four kittens weighed 6 ounces each. How much did they weigh in pounds and ounces altogether?

1 pound 8 ounces

100

Does a mouse weigh about an ounce, pound, ounce?

ounce

100
A rectangular field has a length of 10 feet and a width of 3 feet. What is the area of the field?
What is 30 square feet?
100

What is the appropriate unit of measure for measuring the distance around our school building? Feet, cubic feet, square feet, or miles?

What is feet?

200
The number of pounds in 1 ton.
What is 2,000?
200

A bridge has a weight limit of 10 ton. How many pounds is the bridge's weight limit?

20,000 pounds

200

Does a book weigh about an ounce, pound, or a ton.

What is a pound?

200

Karen in putting ribbon around the outside of a card. She needs 7 inches for the width and 5 inches for the length of the card. How many inches of ribbon will Karen need to go all the way around the outside of the card?

What is 24 inches?

200
Which would be measured in square inches? The amount of juice in a can, the height of a flag pole, the area of a CD case, the length of a pencil?
What is the area of a CD case?
300
The number of quarts in 1 gallon.
What is 4 quarts?
300

Does a mouse weigh about an ounce, a pound, or a ton?

ounce

300

Does a small car weigh about an ounce, pound, or a ton?

What is a ton?

300

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

What is 12 inches?

300

Sheila bought a new math journal. Which unit of measure would be used to describe the perimeter of the journal?  yards, inches, feet

What is inches?

400

The number of inches in a foot.

What is 12 inches?

400
A truck weighs 3 tons. How many pounds does the truck weigh?
What is 6,000 pounds?
400

A one pound bag of candy is separated into bags 4 ounces each. How many bag are filled?

What is 4 bags?

400

What is area of a book if the length is 4 inches and the width is 8 inches?

32 square inches

400

Which unit of measure would be used to measure the area of the bottom of a cookie sheet? Inch, foot, square inch.

What is square inch?

500

The number of feet in a yard

What is 3 feet?

500
Mellat is packing toys into boxes for young children. She packs 8 toys into a box. Each toy weighs 12 ounces. How many pounds do the toys in the box weigh?
What is 6 pounds?
500

Michelle bought 2 pounds of sea shells in 8 ounce bags. How any bags did she buy?

What is 4 bags?

500

Christina has a rectangular garden with a perimeter of 36 feet. The fence around 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 side (width) of the garden?

What is 8 feet?

500

Which unit of measure would be used to find the weight of a 10 year old child?

What is pounds?