Measurement
Estimating Measurements
Time
Elapsed Time
Measurement Word Problems
100

What is the current volume of the container? 

4 L

100

Which of the following is most likely to be the capacity of the milk carton? 

a. 1/4 L
b. 1/2 L
c. 1 L
d. 2 L 

a. 1/4 L
100

What is nine o'clock in digital form? 

a. 9:00
b. 9:15
c. 9:30
d. 9:45

a. 9:00

100

Start time: 10:15 am
End time: 2:15 pm

What is the elapsed time? 

4 hours
100

Aparna has 8 pineapples. Each pineapple has a mass of 1 kilogram. How many kilograms do they weigh all together?

8 kilograms

200

What is the mass of the weights pictured? 

4 kg

200

Which is most likely the mass of the microwave? 

a. 15 g
b. 2 g
c. 15 kg
d. 2 kg

c. 15 kg

200

What is half past six in digital form? 

a. 6:00
b. 6:15
c. 6:30
d. 5:30

c. 6:30

200

Start time: 2:00 pm
End time: 7:00 pm 

What is the elapsed time? 

5 hours

200

What did Itzel buy if the total price was 20 + 12 + 11 + 11?

Picture book $20

Chapter book $12

Dictionary $11

1 picture book, 1 chapter book, and 2 dictionaries 

300

Alejandro is using a pan balance to measure a book. He adds metric weights until the scale is balanced. The pans are balanced when he puts one 200-gram weight, one 100-gram weight, and seven 10-gram weights. 

What is the mass of the book?

200 + 100 + 70 = 370 g

300

What is the mass of the coin? a. 1 g
b. 4 g
c. 40 g
d. 1 kg

b. 4 g

300

What is another way to write 10:18? 

a. 18 minutes before 10
b. 18 minutes before 11
c. 18 minutes after 10
d. 18 minutes after 11

c. 18 minutes after 10 

300

Start time: 2:50 pm
End time: 5:00 pm

What is the elapsed time? 

2 hours, 10 minutes

300

A pitcher of orange juice holds 2 liters. If a teacher needs 18 L for a party, how many pitchers does the teacher need? 

9 pitchers

400

Abdullah has several metric weights. He has a 500-gram weight, three 100-gram weights, two 10-gram weights, and six 1-gram weights. What is the total mass? 

500 + 300 + 20 + 6 = 826 g

400

What is the most likely volume of a normal water bottle? 

a. 1/4 L
b. 1/2 L
c. 1 L
d. 2 L 

c. 1 L 

400

a. 11:06, 6 minutes after 11:00
b. 12:06, 6 minutes before 12:00
c. 12:06, 54 minutes before 1:00
d. 11:06, 54 minutes before 12:00

c. 12:06, 54 minutes before 1:00

400

Start time: 7:30 am
Elapsed time: 2 hours, 19 minutes

What is the end time?

9:49 am

400

One apple is 250 grams. The other is 265 grams. What is the mass of both apples? 

515 g

500

What is the volume of the container? 

1,400 mL

500

Which of the following is a reasonable estimate for the mass of a cat? 

a. 4 g
b. 4 kg
c. 40 g
d. 40 kg 

b. 4 kg

500

1:50 

50 minutes after 1:00

ten minutes before 2:00

500

Start time: ?
Elapsed time: 3 hours
End time: 11:00 am

8:00 am

500

A pineapple is 1 kilogram. An apple is 250 grams. An orange is 270 grams. What is the mass of all of them together, in grams? 

1,000 + 250 + 270 = 1,520 g