Weight
About how much does one paperclip weigh?
1 gram
About how much milk comes in a carton at lunch?
1 cup
Tom had 3 liters of water in a container. He dumped out 1 liter. How many liters does he have now?
2 liters
A bathtub holds about 2 liters.
False, liters are much smaller than a bathtub
There are 7 tables set up for thanksgiving. Your mom wants 1 block of butter for each table. About how many pounds of butter would that be?
7 pounds because 1 block of butter is about 1 pound
If you go to the store and buy milk for a family what kind of container do you usually buy?
1 gallon
Mrs. Flohre was holding a bag of books that weighed 36 lbs. If there are 6 books inside her bag, how much does each book weigh?
6 lbs
Mrs. Farkas' dog weighs around 60 ounces.
False, an ounce is about one piece of bread
About how much does a Narwhal weigh?
1 ton
What is a good estimate for how much water a bathtub holds?
A-12 pints
B-12 liters
C-12 gallons
C-12 gallons
A recipe for fruit punch asks for 4 quarts of juice. If I want to make the recipe 6 times, how many quarts of juice so I need to buy?
24 quarts
A whale could weigh 3 tons.
True, tons are a LARGE unit of measurement
What do we use scales to measure?
Weight or Capacity?
Weight
Clare says one ounce is a good estimate for a bottle of soda. Is she correct? Why?
The box of paperclips weighs 250 grams. Each paper clip weighs 1 gram. If Mrs. Peterman takes out 46 paperclips, how many grams are left inside?
204 grams
At the store my mom usually buys two gallons of milk for our house.
True, a gallon is a great unit for milk
A-8 grams
B-8 tons
C-18 pounds
8 tons
You have a 5 liter jug of water and a 5 ounce bottle of water. Which would be better to water the garden in your yard?
5 liters because it's bigger
There is 16 liters in a large tub. Sandra needs 30 liters to wash her horse. How many more liters of water does she need?
14 more liters
At lunch my milk carton holds about one cup.
True, one cup is a small amount of liquid