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100

A math book has a length of about 12 inches. Which object has a length closest to a math book?

Scooter         A car

Pair of shoes            My desk

A pair of shoes

100

If Sal has a stick that is 6 feet and George has a stick that is 4 feet, how much longer is Sal's stick than George's in INCHES?

24 inches

100

How many inches are in a yard?

36 inches

100

How many centimeters are in a meter?

100

100

Which unit is the longest: inch, centimeter, meter, or foot?

meter

200

Would you measure a book or a car in inches?

book

200

If Meg's rope is 20 feet long and Laura's rope is 12 feet long, how much longer is Meg's rope?

4 feet

200

Dora has a snake that is 28 inches long.  How much will the snake need to grow before it is 3 feet long?

8 inches

200

Which measurement best describes the length of Yoda's light saber?

40 in.           40 ft.

40 m            400 cm


40 inches

200

What time is 2 hours after 12 o'clock?

2:00

300

If a room measures to be 3 feet long, how many inches would it be?

36 inches

300

If Rob's toy car is 36 inches long, how many feet is that?

3 feet

300

How many inches are on our ruler?

12

300

If a car is three and one half meters long, how long is it in centimeters?

350 cm

300

How many minutes are in 4 hours?

240 minutes

400

Is your teacher about two meters tall or about 2 feet tall?

2 meters tall.

400

 Jackie is going to run a 100 meter race. She has already run 25 meters. How many meters does she have left?

75 meters

400

If you measured a brand new pencil would you expect it to be about 3 inches long or about 8 inches long?

about 8 inches long

400

how many

4.5 or 4 and 1/2 meters

400

If a candy bar cost $1.75 and you have 60 cents, how much more money do you need to buy the candy bar?

$1.15

500

I measured the length of a classroom.  Would I measure in feet or in inches?

Feet

500

Kelly has 14 feet of fabric.  She used 3 feet to make a pillowcase and 8 feet to make some curtains.  How much fabric does Kelly have left over?  

3 feet

500

Which is longer, three feet or three meters?

3 meters

500

fghWhich is greater...240 centimeters or 3 meters?

3 meters

500

423 - 379 = ?

44