Estimate it!
What does cm stand for?
centimeter
Nyla has a ribbon that is 20 cm long and another ribbon that is 30 cm long. How much ribbon does she have all together?
50 cm
Estimate how tall the door is in meters.
2 meters
Which is a more accurate measurement?
A ruler or someones foot
A ruler
Carter threw a football 8 meters long. How many centimeters is that?
Which is the best estimate for the length of the white board?
a. 3 meters. b. 3 centimeters
If I measure a book I get 12 inches and 35 centimeters. Why is that?
Because inches are larger than centimeters that are fewer of them.
Isiah measured that his bathtub was 140 centimeters long. Was his bathtub longer or shorter than 1 meter? a. longer than one meter b. shorter than one meter
a. longer than one meter. (Because 1 meter = 100 cm. 140 cm > 100 cm... so the bathtub is longer than 1 meter.)
Which is the best estimate for height of Ms.Davis? a. 6 feet b. 6 meters c. 6 centimeters
a. 6 feet
Gracee measured that her pencil was 4 centimeters long. Jaziel measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?
Jaziel (because an inch is longer than a centimeter!)
Which is the best estimate for the height of an ant? a. 1 foot b. 1 inches c. 1 centimeter
. 1 centimeter
How many centimeters are in 2 meters?
Ms.Davis wants to add some string of lights around the classroom. These are the measurements she collected. How long will the lights be? (50 cm, 27 cm, 50 cm, 33 cm)
160 cm