Perimeter/Area
What is the perimeter of square with one side being 5 inches long?
The perimeter would be 20 inches.
Which country did the U.S.A. adopt its measurement system from?
The U.S.A. adopted its measurement system from England.
What is the name of the royal person who helps you understand the metric system?
The royal person's name is King Henry.
How many seconds are in 2 minutes?
There are 120 seconds in 2 minutes.
What main metal is a penny made out of?
A penny is mainly made out of copper.
What is the area of a square with one of its sides being 5 inches long?
The area of the square would be 25 square inches.
How many feet are in 60 inches?
There are 5 feet in 60 inches.
What are the 3 base units for the metric system?
The 3 base units for the metric system are liter, meter, and gram.
The name for 1,000 years would be a millennium.
How many quarters does it take to make $2.00?
It would take 8 quarters to make $2.00.
What is the area and perimeter of a rectangle whose width is 7 cm and length is 12 cm?
The perimeter of the rectangle would be 38 cm.
The area of the rectangle would be 84 square cm.
What unit of capacity would I use to measure how much water to put into a cake recipe?
The unit of capacity I would use would be cups.
What does "kilo" mean?
"Kilo" means 1,000.
Use your whiteboard to solve:
How many hours in 1 week?
There are 168 hours in 1 week.
Use your whiteboard to solve:
You have a $10.00 bill in your pocket.
You use it at Wal-Mart to buy a bag of Peanut M&M's for $4.40.
How much change should you get back?
I would get $5.60 back in change.
On your whiteboard:
Draw and label a shape that has a perimeter of 44 miles and an area of 121 square miles.
Show Mr. Scott your answer on your whiteboard!
What is the weight name for something that weighs thousands of pounds?
The weight name would be tons.
How many cm are in 8 m?
There are 800 cm in 8 m.
Use your whiteboard to solve:
If the brownies I made took 149 minutes to bake, how many hours and minutes did they bake for?
The brownies baked for 2 hours and 29 minutes.
Use your whiteboard to help you solve:
You have a quarter in your piggy bank. On the bus you found a dime and a penny on the floor. Your sister gave you back the nickel she borrowed from you last weekend and your parents paid you the $3.00 they owed you for doing the chores. You put all of this money into your piggy bank.
How much money do you have now in your piggy bank?
You have $3.41 in your piggy bank now.
On your whiteboard:
Draw and label a shape that has a perimeter of 22 mm and an area of 18 square mm.
Show Mr. Scott your whiteboard!
On an inch ruler, why can I not use decimals?
I can not use decimals because there are more than 10 spaces between the inches.
If my watermelon weighs 30 kilograms, how many grams would it weigh?
My watermelon would weigh 30,000 grams.
Use your whiteboard to solve:
If cookies take 1 hour and 20 minutes to bake and they have already been in the oven for 35 minutes, how many more minutes do they have left to bake?
The cookies would have 45 minutes left to bake.
Name 3 reasons why keeping your money in a piggy bank in your bedroom is NOT a good idea.
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