The thickness of a dime is about one ________.
a millimeter
To measure the length of your pencil. You would choose _______.
Inches
If an item is 24 inches, then it is _____feet.
2 feet
Which is smaller- a millimeter or a centimeter
Millimeter
A sneeze travels at what speed?
100 mph
A sheet of notebook paper is about one ______ long.
a foot
To measure the thickness of a piece of thread. You would choose______.
millimeters
What unit would you use to measure the distance from Mt. Vernon to Seattle?
Miles
The length of your pencil would be measured in units of_________?
centimeters
How many teeth does a snail have?
14,000
If your measurement is 3 inches and 5 tick marks, how would you write number?
What is 3 5/16?
Using the metric system, how would you measure the distance from your house to the school?
Kilometers
What 2 units do we use to measure a person's height?
Feet and inches
The wall in the classroom is about three ________ high.
meters
Sunsets on Mars are what color?
Blue
What are the 2 different systems of measurement?
metric and customary
Football fields use what unit of measurement?
Yards
Which unit of measure would you use to measure the volume of a bathtub?
gallons
The length of an ant would be about five ________ long.
millimeters
As of 1998 ___% of Iceland's population believed in Elves.
50%
A paper clip is about an _______ long.
inch
What customary unit would you use to measure the distance it would take you to walk in an hour?
miles
How many feet are in a mile?
5,280
What is the meaning of the Latin root for centimeter?
Hundred
example: a century (100 years)
a cent (100 pennies in a dollar)
This animal has been banned from Antarctica since 1994. This is because of a concern that they might spread diseases to the seals
dogs