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Which is a better estimate of the height of a basketball hoop...
10 feet or 10 yards?
10 feet
How many inches are there in 5 feet?
Think: How many inches in ONE foot? Set up your equation to find how many inches in 5 feet.
60 inches
How many ounces in one pound?
16
Sally wants to build a fence around her garden. The area she wants to build a fence around is 4 feet long and 2 feet wide. How many feet of fence does she need to buy?
8 feet
A jug contains 8 quarts of water. How many gallons of water does the jug contain?
2 gallons
What is the number of grams in 8 kilograms?
(hint)
Rule: grams = kilograms x 1,000
There is 8,000 grams in 8 kilograms.
One kilogram has 1,000 times more mass than one gram.
**"kilo" is derived from greek vocabulary that means "thousand"
How many feet are there in a 72 inch strip of yarn?
Think: How many inches are in a foot? Divide.
6 feet...
One pound is ____ times as heavy as 1 ounce.
16 times as heavy
Students depart school for a field trip at 8:20 am. They returned to school 4 hours and 10 minutes later. What time did they return to school?
12:30 pm
Mae builds a fence 6 yards long. How long is her fence is feet?
18 feet
How many quarts in 10 gallons of lemonade?
Rule>quarts to gallons: quarts = # of gallons x 4
40 quarts...There are 4 quarts in one gallon; multiply the number of gallons by 4 to find the number of quarts.
Name 3 units LENGTH can be measured in...
Inches, Feet, Yard, Meters, Mile, Kilometer (other examples may apply)
1 ton is ______ times as heavy as one pound.
2,000 times as heavy
Baxton has $145 to spend on snacks for the class party. He spent $24.89 on wings, $20.11 on cupcakes, and $40.00 on pizza. How much money did he have left over?
He had $60.00 left over.
How many grams in 3 kilograms?
3,000 grams
Which is the best estimate for a dose of medicine?
2 millimeters or 2 milliliters?
2 milliliters... liquid is measured in "liters" length is measured in "meters"
How many inches are there in 5 yards?
180 inches
There are ____ quarts in one gallon.
4 quarts
The perimeter of a rectangle is 24 meters. The length of one side is 2 meters. What would the width of one side be?
**HINT**Multi Step - sketch pic, remember rules of a rectangle...
Width of one side would be 10 meters.
Students took a trip to Jazz Festival in New Orleans, LA. They visit the Congo Stage at 10:00 am and watched Cardi B's 25 minute performance, Chris Brown's 35 minute performance, then watched a zydeco line dance performance by New Cupid & Lil Nate that lasted 2 and 1/2 hours. How much time did the students spend at the Congo Stage?
1:30 pm
Victoria is building a box for her CD's. Which is the best estimate of the width of a CD?
5 feet or 5 inches
5 inches
Vicki has a 50 inch roll of ribbon. She uses 3 feet of the ribbon to wrap a gift. How many inches of ribbon does she have left?
14 inches
A truck is carrying 2 tons 500 pounds of steel. How many pounds of steel is the truck carrying?
**Mixed Measurement- convert to same unit first then add
4,500 pounds
8 feet 4 inches - 3 feet 11 inches
4 feet 5 inches
Lewis fills his cup with 2 liters of water. Garret fills his cup with 1 liter of water. How many more milliliters of water does Lewis have than Garret?
1,000 more milliliters