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Topic 14 Customary Measurement
Estimating Length
Question: About how long is a paperclip?
1 foot
1 inch
1 yard
1 mile
Answer: 1 inch
Question: What would you use to measure the distance between Pine City and St. Paul?
feet
miles
inches
yards
Answer: miles
Question: What would you use to measure the length of your desk?
inches
feet
yards
miles
Answer: inches or feet
Question: About how tall is your desk?
3 inches
3 miles
3 yards
3 feet
Answer: 3 ft.
Question: About how high is our ceiling?
10 ft.
10 in.
10 mi.
10 yd.
Answer: 10 ft.
Converting Length
Question: How many inches are in 1 foot?
Answer: 12 inches
Question: How many feet are in 1 yard?
Answer: 3 feet
Question: Miss Flock is 5 ft. 7 in. tall. How many inches tall is she?
Answer: 5 ft. x 12in. = 60 in. 60 in. + 7 in. = 67 in.
Miss Flock is 67 in. tall
Question: A boy can jump 1 ft. 5 in. How high can he jump in inches?
Answer: 1 ft. = 12 inches12 in. + 5 in. = 17 inches
The boy can jump 17 inches.
Question: What would you use to measure the length of dragons den?
feet
inches
miles
yards
Answer: yards
Capacity
Question: What would you use to measure the capacity of a hot tub?
Answer: gallons
Question: What units would you use to measure the capacity of your sink?
Answer: gallons
Question: The capacity of my coffee thermos is about:
1 cup
1 pint
1 quart
1 gallon
Answer: 1 pint (about 2 cups)
Question: How many quarts are in one gallon?
Answer: four
Question: If a fish tank holds about 4 gallons of water, how many pints is that?
Answer: 4 gallons x (8 pints per gallon) = 4 x 8 = 32
32 pints
Weight
Question: What would you use to measure the weight of a mouse?
ounces (oz)
pounds (lb)
tons (T)
Answer: ozounces
Question: What would you use to measure the weight of yourself?
Answer: lbpounds
Question: What would you use to measure the weight of a large car?
Answer: Ttons
Question: What is the best estimate for the weight of a dog?
50 ounces
50 pounds
50 tons
Answer: 50 pounds
Question: The weight of a kleenex box is about 8 ____?
Answer: oz
ounces
Random!
Question: What would you use to measure the weight of a basketball?
Answer: ounces (oz.)
Question: What would you use to measure the capacity of a bathtub?
Answer: gallons
Question: What would be the best way to measure a marker?
Answer: inchesin.
Question: The length of a football field is about 100 ______?
Answer: yards
BONUS:
If a football field is about 100 yards, how many feet long is a football field?
Question: How many feet are in 1 mile?
Answer: 5,280 ft. = 1 mile