Conversion
How many inches there are in one foot.
What are 12 inches?
Jenna wants to buy a necklace that is exactly one foot long. Her necklace is this many inches...
What is 12 inches?
You would use this unit to measure the width of a coin.
What is inches?
Measuring a paperclip?
Ruler
Which unit of measurement is longest?
Yards
What is three feet?
Mario wants to buy 3 yards of wood to build a small fence. The store sells wood by the foot only. He needs this many feet of wood...
What is 36 feet?
What are yards?
Measuring your foot?
Ruler
Which unit of measurement is the shortest?
Inch
The number of feet in two yards.
What is six feet?
David bought a snake that is 6 inches long. His snake could also be considered this much of a foot long...
What is 1/2 of a foot?
You would use this unit to measure the amount of rain that fell on a rainy day.
What are inches?
Measuring the whiteboard?
Yard stick
What is the name of the units of measurement that uses inches, feet, yards, miles, etc?
*Hint* We talked about the 2 different ones. This one is what the U.S.A uses.
Customary Units
The number of inches in 5 feet.
What is 60 inches?
A football field is 100 yards. How many feet long is it?
What is 300 feet?
You would use this unit to measure how tall a chair is.
What are feet?
Measuring the hallway?
Tape Measure
When measuring on a ruler, where do you start your measurement?
At the first "tick" mark on the ruler. The first line, NOT the end of the ruler.
The number of inches in a yard.
What is 36 inches?
1 yard
What are inches?
Measuring the playground?
Tape Measure
How many inches are in a yard?
36