Measurement #1
Order the units of measurement from smallest to largest:
Yards, inches, feet
inches, feet, yards
Katie is going to visit her mom. Her mom lives 20 feet away. Katie has traveled 4 feet. How many more feet does she need to go?
16 feet
John wants to measure the length of his pencil. Should he measure in inches, feet, or yards?
inches
How many inches are in one foot?
John is going to the store. The store is 34 inches away. John has traveled 10 inches. How many more inches does he need to travel?
24 inches
Lynn wants to measure the length of a football field. Should she measure it using a ruler, measuring tape, or yardstick? why?
She could use a measuring tape or a yardstick. Both are used to measure longer distances.
Lily measured the length of her classroom in yards and Millie measured the length of her classroom in inches. Which student got the smallest number for an answer?
Lily got the smallest number. Yards are a larger unit of measurement therefore the number is smaller.
Example: The classroom may have been 10 yards long and 360 inches long. 10 is a smaller number than 360.
Tom is going to the park. The park is 54 inches away. Tom has walked 13 inches. How many more inches does he need to walk?
41 inches
There are 3 beanstalks. The green one is 10 feet, the red one is 15 feet, and the yellow one is 5 feet. How long are all the beanstalks together?
30 feet
How many feet are in a yard?
3 feet
Jack needs to walk 24 inches. So far he walked 20 inches. How many more inches does he need to walk?
4 inches
Lily measured the length of her classroom in yards and Millie measured the length of her classroom in inches. Which student got the largest number for an answer?
Millie got the largest number. Inches are a smaller unit of measurement therefore the number is larger.
Example: The classroom may have been 10 yards long and 360 inches long. 10 is a smaller number than 360.
How many inches are in a yard?
36 inches
Jane is visiting her friend. Her friend lives 89 inches away. So far she has walked 46 inches. How many more inches does she need to go?
43 inches
The green beanstalk is 34 feet long. The red beanstalk is 44 feet long. How much longer is the red beanstalk than the green beanstalk?
10 feet longer