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Estimate & Measure It!
Which Unit?
Distance Around It! 1
Distance Around It! 2
Word Problems!
Comparing Lengths/Widths!
100
This part of your hand is about one centimeter. Another part of your hand is about one inch.
What is a fingernail (centimeter) and the tip of your thumb (inch)?
100
You would measure a crayon using this unit of measurement. Centimeters or meters...
What is centimeters?
100
What is the distance around your Imagine It! Book?
What is 40 inches? (11+9+11+9=40)
100
What is the distance around a pencil box?
What is 26 inches? (8+5+8+5=26)
100
Alexis measured that her bathtub was 140 centimeters long. Was her bathtub (A) longer than or (B) shorter than one meter?
What is (A) longer than one meter? (Because 1 meter = 100 cm. 140 cm > 100 cm... so the bathtub is longer than 1 meter.)
200
The length of a pencil box is about _______ inches.
What is 8 inches?
200
You would measure the basketball court using (A) Inches or centimeters, (B) feet, or (C) yards or meters.
What is C, yards or meters.
200
What is the distance around a calculator?
What is 14 inches? (3+4+3+4=14)
200
What is the distance around your Hundreds Chart?
What is 18 inches? (4+5+4+5=18)
200
Makeen's leaf measures 15 centimeters long, and the whole plant measures 57 centimeters long. How much shorter is the leaf than the plant?
What is 42 centimeters shorter? (57-15=42)
300
A book in your desk is about 11 inches long. (Measure if you need to...)
What is my ImagineIt! book?
300
You would measure the height of a person using this unit of measurement.
What is feet?
300
What is the distance around a snap cube, in centimeters?
What is 8 centimeters? (2+2+2+2=8)
300
What is the distance around one square tile? (**Look dowdn!**)
What is 48 inches? (12+12+12+12=48)
300
Luzmyla has a square picture frame, one side measures 7 inches long. What is the distance around the frame?
What is 28 inches? (7+7+7+7=28)
400
A pair of student scissors are about _________ inches long. (Measure if you need to...)
What is 5 inches?
400
You would measure the length of our cafeteria using this unit of measurement. Using that unit, estimate the length of the cafeteria from the RED ZONE to the doors we exit from. (Hint: our classroom is about 13 yards/meters long)
What is between 15 and 35 yards or meters?
400
What is the distance around a sheet of paper?
What is 36 inches? (8+10+8+10=36)
400
What is the distance around the center game?
What is 44 inches? (12+10+12+10=44)
400
Evelio's pencil measures 29 centimeters long. Naasir's pencil measures 13 centimeters long. How much longer is Naasir's pencil than Evelio's pencil?
What is 16 centimeters longer? (29-13=16)
500
The side of your desk measures about ________ inches. (Very tricky, be careful!)
What is 18 inches?
500
You would measure the length of a person's ear using (A) centimeters, (B) feet, (C) yards. Estimate the length of someone's ear at your table.
What is (A) centimeters? Estimation between 4-8 centimeters.
500
What is the distance around a flash card?
What is 16 inches? (3+5+3+5=16)
500
What is the distance around the post-it notes in centimeters?
What is 32 centimeters? (8+8+8+8=32)
500
Madison and Dominic are going to share a King Size Kit Kat candy bar. The long side of the Kit Kat is 20 centimeters. What is the length of the short side of the Kit Kat? 20+_____+20+_____=60
What is the short side is 10 centimeters? (20+20= 40 (long sides) and 60-40=20. There are two short sides, so 10+10=20). **Very tricky, nice job!**