Measurement Vocabulary
What is estimate?
To measure a pencil
What is cm?
11 centimeters or 111 meters
What is 111 meters?
Maria’s jump rope is 80 cm. She cuts off 30 cm. How long is it now?
What is 50 cm?
A ____ is a tool used to measure the length of smaller objects.
What is a rule?
When measuring with a centimeter cube, you must move your cube over so that the mark is right at the beginning of the cube with no
What is overlap?
To measure the length of a train
What is meter?
100 cm or 1 meter
None. They are equal
Sarah has a stick that is 1 meter long. She cuts off 25 cm. How many centimeters are left?
What is 75 cm?
A _____ is a tool used to measure the length of larger objects.
What is a meter stick?
What is hash marks?
The height of a door is about 2 centimeters/meters
What is meters?
3 meter or 295 centimeter
What is 3 meter?
Bill throws his beanbag 5 meters, which is 2 meters farther than Samantha threw her beanbag. How far did Samantha throw her beanbag?
What is 3 meters?
A book is 25 cm tall. A folder is 30 cm tall. How much taller is the folder?
What is 5 cm taller?
All the measurements we use to estimate length are called
What is mental benchmarks?
The height of a bed is about 4 centimeters/meters
What is meters?
154 cm or 145 cm
What is 154 cm?
A ladybug crawled 7 cm forward and 4 cm back and then stopped. If the ladybug started at 18 cm, where did the ladybug stop?
What is 21 cm?
Would you use meters or centimeters to estimate the length of a swimming pool?
What is meters?
When measuring objects, the ruler has to be lined up with the edge of the object.
What is edge?
The length of a pen is about 10 centimeters/meters
What is centimeters?
2 meter or 99 centimter
What is 2 meter?
Jesse's tower of blocks is 30 cm tall. Sarah's tower is 9 cm shorter than Jesse's tower. What is the total height of both towers?
What is 51 cm?
A grasshopper jumped 7cm forward and 4cm back and then stopped. if the grasshopper started at 18, where did the grasshopper stop?
What is 21 cm?