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100

Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the length of a football field? 

Centimeters, Inches, Feet, or Yards

Yards

100

Grayson has 67 more blocks than Jack. Jack has 21 blocks. How many blocks does Grayson have?

88

100

Measure to the nearest inch. How long is the crayon? 

3 inches

100

59 - [] = 34

25

100

There are 9 starbursts in a jar. Antonio eats 3 starbursts and Gino eats four starbursts at snack time. How many starbursts are left in the jar?

2

200

Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the length of a textbook? 

Centimeters, Inches, Feet, or Yards

Inches

200

Trinity has some candy. She gives 63 pieces to her friend Isabella. Now Trinity has 27 pieces of candy left. How many pieces of candy did Trinity have to begin with?

90

200

Measure to the nearest inch. How long is the flashlight?

1 inch

200

[] + 30 = 52

22

200

Mrs. Lagos has 7 blue paper clips and 11 yellow paper clips. Her  friend Ms. Stevenson gives her 13 black paper clips. How many paper clips does Mrs. Lagos have now?

31

300

Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the length of a pencil eraser? 

Centimeters, Inches, Feet, or Yards

Centimeters

300

Theo has a collection of dinosaurs. His brother gives him 25 dinosaurs for Christmas. Now Theo has 64 dinosaurs. How many dinosaurs were in Theo’s collection in the beginning?

39

300

Measure to the nearest inch. How long is the leaf?

5 inches

300

48 + 39 + [] = 94

7

300

There are 11  blue cats and 9 red cats  at the pet store. Dia’s family buys some cats and takes them home. Now there are 3 cats left in the store. How many cats did Dia’s family buy and take home?

17

400

Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the length of a human? 

Centimeters, Inches, Feet, or Yards

Inches

400

Noah has 14 fewer rocks than Kainoa. Kainoa has 41 crocks. How many rocks does Noah have?

27

400

Measure to the nearest inch. How long is the candy?

2 inches

400
[] - 39 = 294

333

400

244 + 279

523

500

Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the length of a dime? 

Centimeters, Inches, Feet, or Yards

Centimeters

500

There are 9 bullfrogs in the pond. 5 more bullfrogs jumped in the pond. Then some more bullfrogs stop at the pond. Now there are 19 bullfrogs. How many bullfrogs stopped at the pond?

5

500

Measure to the nearest inch. How long is the branch?

4 inches

500

67 + 67 + [] = 146

12

500

406-194

212