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Word Problems
What would you use?
About how long?
100
What does in. stand for?
inch
100
How many inches is your name tag?

a) 4 inches

b) 8 inches

c) 11 inches

11 inches
100
Lily has two ribbons. The red one is 4 inches, the blue one is 1 inch. How much longer is the red ribbon?
3 inches
100
What unit would you use to measure an ant?

a) centimeters

b) inches

c) feet 

d) yards

centimeters
100
About how long is your hand? 

a) 5 centimeters

b) 5 inches

c) 5 feet

5 inches
200
What does cm stand for?
centimeter
200
How many centimeters is your name tag?

a) 12 centimeters

b) 28 centimeters

c) 33 centimeters

28 cm.

200
Danny puts two pieces of wood together. One is 6 cm and the other is 2 centimeters. How long is the wood when it is put together?
8 cm
200

What unit would you use to measure a pencil?

a) centimeters

b) inches

c) feet 

d) yards

inches
200
About how long is a grain of sand?

a) 1 centimeter

b) 1 inch

c) 1 foot

1 centimeter
300
What does ft stand for?
foot
300
How many inches is your desk?

a) 12 inches

b) 36 inches

c) 24 inches

24 inches

300
Many has two pieces of string. One is 32 inches and the other is 45 inches. How much longer is the second string?
13 inches
300

What unit would you use to measure a person?

a) centimeters

b) inches

c) feet 

d) yards

feet
300
About how long is the door?

a) 6 inches

b) 6 feet

c) 6 yards

6 feet
400
What does yd stand for?
yard
400
How many centimeters is your desk?

a) 24 centimeters

b) 49 centimeters

c) 59 centimeters

about 59 cm


400
Andy has a toy train set. One half of the train is 29 cm and the other half is 14 cm. If he puts the two pieces of the train together, how long is the train?
43 cm
400

What unit would you use to measure a field?

a) centimeters

b) inches

c) feet 

d) yards

yards
400
About how long are the cubbies?

a) 3 inches

b) 3 feet

c) 3 yards

3 yards
500
What does m stand for?
meter
500
How many inches across are two desks?

a) 24 inches

b) 48 centimeters

c) 104 inches

d) 48 inches

about 48 inches
500
Peter has 40 inches of bubble gum tape. He gives his friend 15 inches and he eats 10 inches. How much bubble gum tape does he have left?
15 inches
500
What unit would you use to measure your house?

a) millimeters

b) centimeters

c) meters

d) kilometers

meters
500
About how tall are you?

a) 4 inches

b) 4 feet 

c) 4 yards

4 feet