Length
Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the length of a single LEGO?
inches
What item is about the same weight as 1 ounce?
a strawberry
Which capacity unit would you use to measure the amount of water in a large swimming pool?
gallons
A pencil is 7 inches long. If you put 10 pencils in a row, how many inches long is the row?
70 inches
The Garcia family is driving to the beach. They drive 85 miles before stopping for gas. Then they drive another 42 miles before stopping for lunch. If the beach is 200 miles away, how many more miles do they have to drive?
73 miles
Which is the most realistic estimate for the length of a school bus?
A) 35 inches
B) 35 feet
C) 35 miles
D) 35 yards
B) 35 feet
Lucas is holding a backpack filled with 5 heavy textbooks. Which is the best estimate for the weight?
A) 10 oz
B) 10 lbs
C) 10 tons
B) 10 lbs
A juice box most likely holds about:
A) 1 cup
B) 1 gallon
C) 10 pints
D) 10 quarts
A scientist has 450 quarts of liquid. She pours out 125 quarts. How much is left?
325 quarts
A grocery store received 6 boxes of bananas. Each box weighs 10 pounds. They also received a crate of pineapples that weighs 85 pounds. What is the total weight of the fruit delivery?
145 pounds
A piece of blue yarn is 158 inches long. A piece of red yarn is 214 inches long. How many total inches of yarn are there?
372 inches
A baker has a 50-pound bag of flour. He uses 12 pounds for bread and 8 pounds for cookies. How many pounds are left in the bag?
30 pounds
A chef has a pot with 145 cups of soup. She adds 85 more cups. How many cups of soup does the chef have now?
230 cups
A football player ran 65 yards for a touchdown. On the next play, he ran 27 yards. How many total yards did he run?
92 yards
The cafeteria made a big tub of lemonade for Field Day. They poured in 9 bottles of juice that each held 5 pints. Then, they added 120 pints of water. How many total pints of lemonade did they make?
165 pints
Ben threw a paper airplane 125 feet. The wind blew it an extra 45 feet. If the hallway is 200 feet long, how many more feet does the plane need to go to reach the end?
30 feet
A small dog weighs 22 pounds. A large dog weighs 65 pounds. If a vet clinic scale has a limit of 100 pounds, how much more weight can be added if both dogs are standing on it?
13 pounds
A couple of water pitchers hold 60 pints of water in total. They are refilling the pitchers using 8 cups that each hold 6 pints. Will water pitchers have enough room? If so, how many pints of water will be leftover?
Yes, they have enough room. They will have 12 pints leftover.
An elevator can carry 800 pounds. If a group of people weighing 642 pounds gets on, how much room is left?
158 pounds
Captain Sarah is flying a plane 500 miles to a new city. In the first hour, she flies 185 miles. In the second hour, she flies 142 miles. How many miles does she have left to fly?
173 miles
The Miller Family is driving to see their grandparents.
Step 1: In the morning, they drive 145 miles.
Step 2: After lunch, they drive 168 miles.
If the total trip is 400 miles long, how many more miles do they have left to drive to reach their grandparents' house?
87 miles
A box of apples has 10 bags inside. Each bag weighs 5 pounds. If a cafeteria worker takes out 3 bags, how many pounds are left in the box?
35 pounds
A recipe needs 8 pints of milk. If the store only sells milk in Quarts, and you know that 2 pints = 1 quart, how many quarts do you need to buy?
4 quarts
Wyatt weighed his backpack before school and found it weighed 113 ounces. After he put his lunchbox and a heavy water bottle inside, his backpack weighed 182 ounces. How many ounces did his lunchbox and water bottle weigh together?
65 ounces
Farmer Joe is loading his truck. He puts in 8 bags of grain that each weigh 10 pounds. He also adds a hay bale that weighs 135 pounds. If his truck can only hold 300 pounds safely, how many more pounds can he add?
85 pounds