Measurement-a-Palooza!

Length

100

Would you use inches, feet, yards, or miles to measure the length of the playground? 

Feet or yards

200

There are ___ inches in a foot.

12 inches

300

There are ___ centimeters in one meter. 

100 centimeters

400

Is the length of a small paperclip closer to THREE CENTIMETERS or THREE INCHES? 

Three centimeters

500

Which is longer: 2 feet or 25 inches?

25 inches

Weight

100

Does a regular-sized apple weigh FIVE OUNCES or FIVE POUNDS? 

Five ounces

200

Which is heavier: 12 ounces or one pound? 

One pound (16 ounces) 

300

Order these from LEAST to GREATEST:

gram, kilogram, milligram. 

milligram, gram, kilogram

400

Does the average fourth grader weigh 35 POUNDS or 35 KILOGRAMS?

35 kilograms

500

There are ___ ounces in a pound.

16 ounces

Capacity

100

Is the amount of milk in a school-sized lunch carton closest to one CUP, one QUART, or one GALLON? 

One cup

200

There are ___ cups in one quart. 

4

300

Would an eyedropper hold approximately one LITER or MILLILITER?

Milliliter

400

There are ___ cups in one gallon.

16 cups. 

500

Would you measure the capacity of a swimming pool in OUNCES, CUPS, or GALLONS? 

Gallons

Time

100

There are ___ days in a year.

365

200

Would you measure a 100-meter sprint race in SECONDS, MINUTES, or HOURS?

Seconds

300

George typed a paper for school. He finished typing at 9:47pm. If he started at 9:20pm, how long did it take him to type the paper? 

27 minutes

400

There are ___ hours in TWO days.

48 hours

500

A movie started at 7:20 and ended at 9:10. How long was the movie? 

1 hour and 50 minutes

Challenge!

100

Does a sheet of paper weigh ONE GRAM or ONE KILOGRAM?

One gram

200

There are ___ minutes in THREE hours.

180 minutes (60 minutes in one hour x 3) 

300

Another word for mass is ___.

Weight

400

There are ___ inches in a yard.

36 inches (12 inches in one foot x 3)

500

There are ___ months of the year with fewer than 31 days. 

5 (April, June, September, November, and February)