Lovely Lengths/Crazy Conversions
Name an object that could have a length of 50cm.
What is the length of your desk? (other reasonable responses will be taken)
The dimensions of a square is 4cm length by 4cm width. Find its perimeter. (Don't forget the units!)
What is 16cm?
A rectangle has a length of 4cm and a width of 24 cm. Find its area (don't forget the units)!
What is 96cm2?
Write the equal measurement in milliliters: 3L.
What is 3000mL?
Ms Tuininga has 3 scoops for measuring pancake mix. They are 50mL, 100mL and 150mL. Determine the greatest amount of pancake mix she can measure using 2 full cups (they may the same or different measurements).
What is 300mL?
Name an object that could have the length of 12mm.
What is the length of the top of an eraser on a pencil? (reasonable responses will be taken)
A rectangle has the dimensions of 3cm length by 12 cm width. Find the perimeter.
What is 30cm?
A rectangle has the dimensions of 3mm by 6mm. Determine its area.
What is 18mm2?
Order these capacities from least to greatest: 120mL, 1800mL, 1L, 3700mL, 3L.
What is 120mL, 1L, 1800mL, 3L and 3700mL?
Sprinkles and Bruno are in a dog race carrying 1000mL of water from one point to another without spilling. They can only use two measuring cups. Sprinkles chooses a 100mL cup and a 225mL cup. Bruno chooses a 175mL cup and a 50mL cup. Determine who will carry more after the first two rounds if they use different cups.
Who is Sprinkles?
40cm is equal to ____________mm.
What is 400mm?
A rectangle has a perimeter of 30cm. Find its dimensions.
What is 5cm length by 10cm? Or what is 4cm by 11cm? (Other reasonable answers accepted)
Two different rectangles have a perimeter of 60cm. Rectangle 1 has 10cm length by 20cm width. Rectangle 2 has 5 cm length by 25cm width. Which rectangle has the greatest area?
What is Rectangle A?
A room has a volume of 50m3. Determine whether it is more likely to be a gym or a bedroom.
What is a bedroom?
A leaky tap drips 1mL of water every 20 seconds. Determine how many millilitres it drips every minute.
10m is equal to _________ mm
What is 10,000mm?
A square has the perimeter of 100cm. Find the lengths of its sides.
What is 10cm length by 10cm width?
The area of a square is 49m2. Determine its dimensions.
What is 7m by 7m?
Determine the most likely capacity of a bathtub- 180L, 18L or 1800mL.
What is 180L?
What is 2L, 3L, 5L, 7L, 8L, 10L?
50,000 mm is equal to ______________ m.
What is 50m?
A rectangle has the dimensions of 300mm length by 15cm width. Find the perimeter.
What is 90cm? OR What is 900mm?
Sydney wants to make a rectangular play area for her dog. She has 36m of fencing. What dimensions of a rectangle would give her dog the most area to play in?
What is 10m length by 8m width?
Match these 4 objects to their capacities.
Objects: baby spoon, soup spoon, cooking pot, Kleenex box.
Capacities: 5mL, 700mL, 15mL, 7L
What is the baby spoon is 5mL, the Kleenex box is 700mL, the soup spoon is 15mL and the cooking pot is 7L?
Mrs Briscoe has 3 strips of paper that are 25mm, 37mm and 51mm long. Determine how many combinations of lengths you can make with 1, 2 or 3 of the strips of paper.