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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 inches
12 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: oz
ounces


Question: What would you use to measure the weight of yourself?
Answer: lb
pounds


Question: What would you use to measure the weight of a large car?
Answer: T
tons


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: inches
in.


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